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LONDON 2012: Octavian Belu back in charge, and Romanians are a force again ...: And two months ahead of the London Olympics, he already has European Championship gold to show for it. In his broad hands and upon his Olympic return, a Romanian team that was little more than an afterthought a month ago is now squarely in the medal ...
LONDON 2012: After controversy and setbacks, Caster Semenya wants running to ...: Still just 21, and already with a gold and a silver from the last two world championships, Semenya heads into the London Games as one of South Africa's best medal chances. ?The plan is to win the Olympics, that's all,? Semenya said immediately after ...
Panasonic to Deliver Largest-ever Audio-visual Equipment Supply to London 2012 ...: At the London 2012 Olympic Games, the video signals distributed by the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) to the broadcasters of each country will be distributed in the HD format. Additionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and events ...
London 2012 Olympics: legal wrangles over selections spark fears best athletes ...: Having spent £9.3 billion of public money building the venues and more than £500 million more preparing the athletes, can we be sure that the British team at London 2012 will contain the best athletes? By Paul Kelso Judging by the spate of appeals ...

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Archery

2012 Summer Olympics: Lesser Known Sports You Should Be Watching: The women's team has never won a gold medal, but that could change in 2012. They might also bring some of the attention indoors, instead of on the beach. If there's a sport that gets less attention than archery, it would be hard to name.
London 2012 Olympics: What Much Wenlock could teach today's greedy control freaks: By Dominic Sandbrook With only 59 days to go until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, we are in danger of drowning beneath a tide of hype. The astonishing thing, though, is that the Games organisers, Locog, seem determined to secure as much ...
London 2012 Olympics: price of raising a glass to Team GB is £6 a pint: Ale and cider will also be stocked but strict Olympic rules mean they will be unbranded ? or in the case of the bars at the Olympic archery venues of Lord's cricket ground, the brand names will be covered up. Bottled water, one of the brands owned by ...
10 Summer Olympics Archery Terms to Know: Contributor Network ? Fri, May 25, 2012 5:01 PM EDT As with any sport, archery has its own set of terms and lingo to describe what is happening. In the 2012 London Summer Olympics, archery will feature the top 64 competitors in a single-elimination, ...

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Athletics

London 2012 Olympics: legal wrangles over selections spark fears best athletes ...: By Paul Kelso Judging by the spate of appeals facing selectors across the Olympic disciplines, there are plenty of athletes who think not. And thanks to the rules put in place by the governing bodies, UK Sport and the British Olympic Association, ...
London 2012 Olympics: Syrian athletes may compete under neutral, five-ring ...: A handful of Syrian competitors will be guaranteed unfettered access to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games, but they may end up competing under the neutral Olympic flag of the five rings, rather than the Syrian flag. By Jacquelin Magnay, Olympics ...
LONDON 2012: Octavian Belu back in charge, and Romanians are a force again ...: And two months ahead of the London Olympics, he already has European Championship gold to show for it. In his broad hands and upon his Olympic return, a Romanian team that was little more than an afterthought a month ago is now squarely in the medal ...
Panasonic to Deliver Largest-ever Audio-visual Equipment Supply to London 2012 ...: Osaka, May 30, 2012 (JCN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Panasonic Corporation, a TOP* sponsor of the Olympic Games, announced today that it will deliver the largest supply of its audio visual equipment for any Olympic Games in the company's history to support ...

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Badminton

London 2012 Olympics: doubles pair Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier win Team GB ...: Their selection means there will be no place for 2004 Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson and his partner Jenny Wallwork, who were 17th when qualifying ended. With the BOA ratifying Badminton England's policy to pick on world rankings, Robertson, ...
US Olympic Badminton Team 2012: Updated News & Analysis for America's Squad: Here's the scoop on the red, white and blue's badminton contingent this summer. Prior Olympic Results: Ganawan won gold for his native Indonesia in doubles at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Bach and his partner were defeated in the round of 16 at the 2004 ...
Summer Olympics Badminton: 10 Things to Know About the 2012 Olympics: Contributor Network ? 18 hours ago Badminton will be one of the first events this summer at the London 2012 Olympics. Whether you're experienced or a novice of the game, there are several things viewers should know to enjoy and understand the sport.
Badminton drops skirts-only rule: Badminton's world body has abandoned plans to force women players to wear skirts, officials said, in the face of fierce opposition which threatened to cause controversy during the Olympics. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) sparked uproar last year ...

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Baseball

Native American Swimmer Mary Killman Hopeful for Olympic Gold: Contributor Network ? 12 hours ago Synchronized swimmer Mary Killman, member of the Citizen Potowatomie Nation, has hopes for 2012 Olympic gold in London. She will be partnered on the American squad in the duet event with teammate Mariya Koroleva.
Digger's Summer Survival Guide 2012: There's baseball, MLS, tennis, golf, and this year the Summer Olympics. I am sure there are a few more I could list but who really wants to watch Arena Football? The London 2012 Summer Olympics will be kind of lame because it lacks hockey, curling, ...
BC-AP Sports Digest: LONDON - OLY-London 2012-Transport. London subway staff to get extra Olympics pay. Sent. - TOKYO - OLY--Tokyo 2020 Bid. Tokyo's governor criticizes citizens of the Japanese capital for their lack of support for the city's bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
Summer Olympics 2012: Top 6 Reasons Baseball Should Return to the Olympics: The International Olympic Committee voted baseball out of the 2012 London Olympics on July 7th in 2005. The consequences of this vote led to 16 teams and 300 players being eliminated from competing for their nations, as well as making baseball the ...

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Basketball

Second Winner Announced in IOC's "Show Your Best" Campaign -- Guatemalan ...: Montenegro, the second of three grand prize winners to be announced, has been awarded a trip to the London 2012 Olympic Games, and segments of his winning video will be featured in a TV spot that will be shown in the stadiums and by broadcasters around ...
2012 Summer Olympics Basketball: Teams that Could Challenge the US Men's Team ...: Contributor Network ? Fri, May 25, 2012 12:22 PM EDT As the reigning world champion, the Team USA men's basketball squad was an automatic qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics. With 12 nations divided into two groups, the United States will face tough ...
Summer Olympics 2012: Water Polo Terms to Know During the Olympic Games: Dribbling: For those familiar with basketball, dribbling is similar to how it sounds. A player dribbles the ball when he or she moves and controls the ball while swimming front crawl. Dry Pass: A dry pass is made when a player catches the ball before ...
WNBA players, coaches brace for Olympic break: 29, 2012, under USA Today Sports When asked what she'd be doing during the WNBA's break in the season for the Olympics, veteran Katie Smith of the Seattle Storm answered candidly. ?Vacation,? Smith said. ?I'm going to enjoy my Olympic break.

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Beach Volleyball

May-Treanor campaigns to return to 'Dancing' show: May 28, 2012|AP Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor has already secured a spot in the London Games. Now she hopes to take care of some unfinished business. May-Treanor wants a spot on ?Dancing with the Stars,'' the TV show ...
Olympic Beach Volleyball: London To Be Transformed For 2012 Games (PHOTOS): The London 2012 Beach Volleyball will be held in Horse Guards Parade, and the offices of the Scotland Office have windows which look out across the venue. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON -- Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will ...
Hall of Famer offers kids, adults volleyball clinics: Former Olympic Beach volleyball player Sinjin Smith teaches a youth clinic during an appearance at Capt'n Bill's Backyard Grill Tuesday afternoon. By Tom Grady Sinjin Smith, a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame, was on hand Tuesday afternoon to ...
Summer Olympics: Beach Volleyball Terms to Know: Contributor Network ? 19 hours ago Hopefully, as the 2012 Summer Olympics beach volleyball competition heats up at London's Horse Guards Parade venue, the world will be watching. After all, since beach volleyball became a medal sport at the 1996 ...

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Boxing

Olympics 2012: boxing: Graphic News - an infographics agency - has been compiling visual guides to Olympics sports - from boxing to handball, via shot-putting, cycling and athletics. Here's a snapshot of their work so far.
2012 Olympic Profile: MC Mary Kom: As a child, Kom was passionate about athletics, but she decided to make a career in boxing after witnessing the success of Dingko Singh, who won gold for India at the 1998 Asian Games. The only Indian woman boxer to qualify for the London Olympics, ...
Afghan female boxers strike a blow for girl power: By Ahmad Shafi | NPR | May 29, 2012 Saber Sharifi has been recruiting and training female boxers in Afghanistan over the past five years. When Saber Sharifi goes out recruiting girls and young women for his female boxing team in Afghanistan, ...
Zanesville PAL boxers win regional titles: 5 Junior Olympic boxing tournament. Zakery Rollins defeated Kyle Bolen representing Indiana in the semifinals in the super lightweight division. Rollins won by a second round TKO on his way to meet the Michigan state champ Denzel Lindsay in the finals.

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Canoe/Kayak

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Dragonboat, canoe-kayak aspirants flock National Games: MANILA, Philippines ? Over 700 aspirants for the dragonboat and canoe-kayak competitions flocked the ongoing second Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)-Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) National Games. The turnout was the biggest among 38 national ...
Cochrane earns spot in Olympics: The men were named to Canada's Olympic team in the K-2 200 on Monday. (BALINT VEKASSY) It was three years ago when Ryan Cochrane's Olympic quest took a favourable turn. On Monday, it was made official. Canoe-Kayak Canada named the Windsor kayaker and ...
Canoe/kayak: Olympic canoeing events are split into two disciplines: slalom and sprint. In slalom, competitors race down a white water course which contains up to 25 gates, similar to ice skiing slalom races. Within this discipline there are events for one-person ...
Dragonboat, canoe-kayak national team slots up for grabs in PHL games: National team pool slots are up for grabs when dragonboat and canoe-kayak competitions in the 2nd Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)-Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) National Games begin on June 1 at Lake Caliraya in Laguna. The three-day race, ...

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Cycling

Evelyn Stevens Wins Exergy Tour, Stakes Claim To Olympic Cycling Berth For ...: Armstrong believes her own Olympic time trial hopes are intact, after beating Stevens in three races earlier this year. "As far as selection criteria goes, I don't have any worries in my mind," Armstrong said. USA Cycling makes its selection on June 15 ...
Olympic men's cycling Box Hill tickets sell out: TICKET sales for the Olympic cycling races at Box Hill got off to a shaky start with many people experiencing delays buying online. Tickets for the men's and women's races on July 28-29 went on sale at 11am yesterday (May 29) for the Dormouse Drive and ...
Cyclist Harrif fancies his chances for a place in the London Olympics: By SHAMSHUL FITRI PETALING JAYA: Cyclist Mohd Harrif Salleh is optimistic of fulfilling his dream of featuring in the London Olympics. The Terengganu Cycling team rider, who has come of age since he took over the mantle as the team's lead sprinter ...
Kristin Armstrong of US has surgery: KUNA, Idaho -- Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong is confident she can overcome a shoulder injury to earn a spot on the women's cycling team for the London Olympics. Armstrong crashed her bicycle Thursday night in Boise, Idaho, during the first ...

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Diving

Mitcham heads Australia's Olympic diving squad: SYDNEY: Gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will spearhead Australian diving hopes at the London Olympics after being named Tuesday in a 10-person squad which includes Beijing Games teammate Melissa Wu. Mitcham, who performed the highest scoring dive in ...
Diving for gold: The 17-year-old Texan has set her heart on making the US Olympic diving team that will compete in London this summer. And the 2012 Olympics are a realistic goal for Cook, not just a teenager's pipe dream. She's one of four American divers considered as ...
London Summer Olympics Diving: Ten Things to Know: The Games of the XXX Olympiad will feature divers from around the world competing for international supremacy in their respective events. Modern Olympic diving's origins date to the 1904 St Louis games (where a local eye doctor won the first Olympic ...

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Equestrian

Olympic hopeful's horses killed in wreck: A Dalton man who has been training in hopes of making the US Olympic Eventing equestrian team said he was ?in a tailspin? after three horses he has been working with died from a Friday morning wreck in Spring Place. Two of the horses belonged to ...
Equestrian Olympics: BY AMBER HEINTZBERGER The 2012 Olympics kick off July 27 in London, marking 100 years since equestrian competition became part of the modern games. In a country rich with horse-related history, it will be the ultimate showcase for a crowd that is ...
Olympics-Equestrian-Saudi riders banned over doping: BERNE May 23 (Reuters) - Two Saudi Arabian show jumpers have been banned from the Olympic Games after their horses tested positive for controlled medication substances at events in February, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) said on ...
Canadian equestrian David Marcus wins twice in Lexington: Marcus enjoyed a personal best on Friday, earning a score of 69.02 per cent while riding Chrevi's Capital in the Grand Prix. Fellow Canadian Diane Creech earned 68.19 per cent with her Olympic hopeful, Devon L. In the Grand Prix Special held Sunday, ...

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Fencing

FENCING: British chiefs defend Olympic selection process after Williams 'row': WINSLEY fencer Sophie Williams is at the centre of a furore over Olympic selection after British Fencing chiefs responded to allegations surrounding the process. One report claimed 21-year-old Williams had been nominated for a host nation spot in the ...
Fencing champ won a record 39 Olympic and world medals: In 2003, the International Olympic Committee gave Mangiarotti its Platinum Wreath, saying, ?Edoardo Mangiarotti's total of 39 gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympics and World Fencing Championships not only earns him the distinction of being the ...
Olympian Mariel Zagunis visits Valley Catholic: Beaverton's Mariel Zagunis made a recent visit to her alma matter, Valley Catholic High School to get pumped up before her next trip to the Olympics. Zagunis graduated from Valley Catholic in 2003. The following year she became the first US Fencer in ...
Summer Olympics Introduction: Ten Rules to Help Understand Fencing: Contributor Network ? Fri, May 25, 2012 6:36 PM EDT One of the only downsides to the otherwise superb sport of Olympic fencing is the sometimes overwhelming quantity of rules and regulations that control the sport. For first-time watchers, ...

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Football

A Risky Trip Outside the Protective Cocoon: They are not expected to change that history in the coming Euro 2012 event, but before they set out for Poland and Ukraine, history will visit the players. On Thursday, two survivors of the Holocaust were to visit Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, ...
London 2012 Olympics: legal wrangles over selections spark fears best athletes ...: By Paul Kelso Judging by the spate of appeals facing selectors across the Olympic disciplines, there are plenty of athletes who think not. And thanks to the rules put in place by the governing bodies, UK Sport and the British Olympic Association, ...
Euro 2012 organisers hit back over racism fears: By Anya Tsukanova | AFP ? 12 hours ago Armed policemen stand guard at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev during an anti-terrorist drill held by the Ukrainian secret service in April 2012. An ? Riot policemen during a drill at Ukraine's Lviv Arena stadium on ...
London 2012 Olympics: What Much Wenlock could teach today's greedy control freaks: By Dominic Sandbrook With only 59 days to go until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, we are in danger of drowning beneath a tide of hype. The astonishing thing, though, is that the Games organisers, Locog, seem determined to secure as much ...

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Gymnastics

LONDON 2012: Octavian Belu back in charge, and Romanians are a force again ...: BRUSSELS ? Somehow in the hands of Romanian coach Octavian Belu, the past can make a comeback ? even in gymnastics. And two months ahead of the London Olympics, he already has European Championship gold to show for it. In his broad hands and upon his ...
USA Olympian Tasha Schwikert Warren to Perform & Coach at Los Angeles School ...: CULVER CITY, CA, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- On Sunday, June 3 from 1pm to 3pm, The Los Angeles School of Gymnastics (LASG) will be hosting its annual "Backhand Spring Clinic" with celebrity coach Tasha Schwikert Warren and LASG's head ...
Nastia Liukin Hears London Calling: By Brian Curtis Nastia Liukin has had just six months to return to Olympic form, as she tries to make Team USA Gymnastics in time for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Nastia Liukin returned to competition at the Secret US Classic in Chicago last ...
Utah gymnastics: Utes sign Junior Olympic vault champion: The Utes announced the signing of Taylor Allex from Becker, Minn., who also finished third in the all-around at the 2012 Junior Olympics. She will join the Utes after graduating a year early from Becker High School. "We feel very fortunate to add a ...

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Trampoline

By leaps and bounds, Logan Dooley excels at the trampoline: (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / May 24, 2012) By Diane Pucin Logan Dooley is a favorite to represent the United States as the men's trampoline competitor this summer at the Olympics. He is the first American man to win a gold medal at a World ...
Trampoline set to end Wighton's season: Canberra is set to be without winger Jack Wighton for the rest of the season after he sustained a toe injury on a backyard trampoline. Wighton will undergo toe surgery, having missed last Friday night's match against South Sydney at the Olympic stadium ...
Two brothers compete for one Olympic trampoline spot: By Jillian Eugenios Steven Gluckstein, 21, the highest-ranking male trampoline athlete in the country, is one qualifying event away from making the US Olympic team. There's only one person standing in his way: His brother Jeffrey, 19, who's ranked No.

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Handball

GB handball captain sets last eight target ahead of 2012 draw: Great Britain women's handball captain Lynn McCafferty says the team's goal at this summer's London 2012 Olympic Games is a place in the last eight. Great Britain and their Olympic rivals will find out who they will be taking on at London 2012 when the ...
Platform 'n' to screen Olympics in 3D: The company says it will provide the most extensive coverage of the Olympics in the Polish market. More than 100 hours of HD and 3D coverage will be transmitted by the Eutelsat-delivered satcaster including volleyball, handball, basketball, football, ...
Olympic joy for school: On the afternoon of the big event, they will join young Guard of Honour colleagues and have a 90-minute walking tour of the Olympic Park before heading to the Copper Box, the handball arena, to prepare for the evening task. The youngsters are likely to ...
New York City Wins Gold Medal in the Olympic Sport of Team Handball: "Keeping the Championship trophy in New York City in the Olympic sport of team handball makes us feel important. We are proud to be a part of a group that calls themselves USA champions, and even prouder to represent New York City and give our city a ...

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Hockey

London 2012: 5 Reasons the U.S. Women's Field Hockey Team Has Never Won Gold: Although the women found gold in the 2011 Pan American Games, it has evaded them in the Olympics. And with Summer 2012 beginning, the Olympics are only a few short months away. The US Women's Field Hockey Team is entering international competition ...
London 2012 Olympics: Great Britain men's hockey coach Jason Lee criticises ...: Not happy: following the defeat to Argentina head coach Jason Lee said: "If we play like that in the Olympic Games we will finish in the minor placings." Photo: PAUL GROVER By Telegraph Sport "Quite simply it was an appalling performance," he said on ...
Summer Olympics 2012: Water Polo Terms to Know During the Olympic Games: Contributor Network ? 12 hours ago Water polo, which was first contested at the 1900 Olympic Games, can sometimes be a bit confusing for the casual observer. Ball Under: Ball under refers to a foul committed when a player holds the ball under the water ...
Digger's Summer Survival Guide 2012: There's baseball, MLS, tennis, golf, and this year the Summer Olympics. I am sure there are a few more I could list but who really wants to watch Arena Football? The London 2012 Summer Olympics will be kind of lame because it lacks hockey, curling, ...

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Judo

Kosovan judo champion wants to compete under Olympic flag in London: Former world judo champion Majlinda Kelmendi hopes to compete at London 2012 under the Olympic flag as her country, Kosovo, is not a member of the IOC. Kelmendi has dual Kosovan/Albanian nationality, and although she has represented Kosovo in ...
Judo: Olympic gold hero Diane Bell rings out praise for stalwart coach: OLYMPIC gold hero Diane Bell says Grimsby judo coach Terry Alltoft was key to her moment of glory on the international fighting stage. The 48-year-old, who clinched the top individual prize at Seoul in 1988, returned to the area to host an ...
London 2012 Olympics: legal wrangles over selections spark fears best athletes ...: As well as taekwondo, fencing and judo are facing challenges over their final selections for places that only exist because the Games are in London. Fencing has been forced to delay its team announcement. Athletics and rowing have also faced appeals, ...
Olympics-Japan pins judo hopes on young blood: TOKYO May 14 (Reuters) - Japanese judo has been in a state of decline in recent years but the country is pinning its hopes on an infusion of new blood at the London Olympics. Japan tops the Olympic medals table for judo since the martial art was ...

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Modern Pentathlon

Two Modern Pentathlon Women to Pack for London 2012: Canada posted strong results at the Women's Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final on Saturday, unofficially qualifying two women for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Competing in Chengdu, China, Melanie McCann of Mt. Carmel, Ont., finished seventh on the day ...
MODERN PENTATHLON: World Junior Champion Jamie Cooke in battle for Olympic place: Only two pentathletes per gender per nation can compete at London 2012. The British Olympic Association is set to announce the British modern pentathlon team for London 2012 on June 8. In Chengdu, Cooke won only 13 of his 35 fencing bouts, ...
Nick Woodbridge closes in on Olympics spot: Nick Woodbridge has taken a giant step towards becoming Shropshire's latest London 2012 Olympian after hitting the modern pentathlon qualifying standard. The 25-year-old, from New Works in Telford, finished fifth at the World Cup final of the ...

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Rowing

Pippa Savage appeals Olympic rowing axing: AAP An awkward selection gamble to put powerful but "individualistic" sculler Pippa Savage into a team boat has backfired for Rowing Australia two months before the London Olympics. Savage flew back into Melbourne on Tuesday night and will appeal RA's ...
Olympics-Argentine rowers bridge the distance for London tilt: ... in Buenos Aires and Cristian Rosso 400 kilometres away in Mar del Plata but the Argentine rowers hope hard work and a helping hand from their French rivals will overcome the difficulties of training apart and let them shine at the London Olympics.
Taylor Ritzel's eight grab women's rowing record, world title: (Martin Rose, Bongarts ) Taylor Ritzel's bid to gain a place on the US Olympic rowing team took another positive step over the weekend when the US women's eight set a world record in a heat race at the 2012 World Rowing Cup II races in Lucerne, ...
Britain, China win 3 golds at World Cup regatta: LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) - Rowing powerhouse Britain showed its strength heading into the London Olympics, winning three gold medals in the World Cup regatta Sunday. China also placed first in three finals on the Rotsee course in Lucerne, ...

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Sailing

2012 Olympics: Three sailors added to NZ Olympic sailing team: New Zealand will field its largest ever sailing team at the 2012 Olympic Regatta, following the announcement of two further crews. Three more sailors have been confirmed to the London 2012 New Zealand Olympic Sailing Team. Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner ...
Olympics-Kiteboarding soars after 2016 inclusion: Ever since their sport was included on the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games their spirits have been sky high. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced the decision to include men's and women's kiteboarding at the expense of windsurfing ...
Retracing Roots - Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Sailing Competition: The Los Angeles and Long Beach combination that was seen in the 1932 Olympic Sailing Competition was used again at the 1984 Games as the USA hosted the Olympic Games for the third time. Although Soviet countries refused to attend the sailing event was ...

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Shooting

Olympic shooting team trials set for Fort Benning: (AP) - There are still seven spots open on the US Olympic shooting team, and trials at Fort Benning could determine who fills them. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/KPKVpw ) the shooting team trials are to begin Friday and run ...
2012 Olympic Profile: Michael Diamond: By GILLIAN TAN With the London Olympics fast upon us, WSJ.com introduces athletes competing in the 2012 Summer Games. Michael Diamond won Olympic gold for trap shooting in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000. This summer he joins an elite group of ...
London 2012 Olympics: British Olympic Association unable to name final member ...: Shooting has become the latest Olympic sport to be struck by selection wrangles after the British Olympic Association was unable to announce its final squad member yesterday. By Tom Rowley Three-times Commonwealth gold medallist Charlotte Kerwood and ...

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Softball

Rec sports: Special Olympics Howard County softball tournament is a home run: "This tournament has been the premier Special Olympics softball event in the state for 15 years thanks in large part to this joint partnership," said Marilyn Miceli, assistant director of SOHO. The 261 athletes and 71 coaches came from Baltimore City ...
For some players on U.S. women's soccer team, tattoos show off accomplishments: Yet for both women their first and subsequent tattoos have become indelible markers of accomplishment on a road each hopes will lead to a gold medal in the London Olympics this summer. ?All of them are meaningful,? says Leroux, whose first tattoo, ...
High School: Best College Softball Player's Olympic Dream Gone, She Must Move On: Ashley's original Olympic dream has become an unrealistic fairy tale now that softball has been dropped from the Olympic landscape. There really isn't much more available for her. Oh sure, there is the National Team and the four-team professional ...
London Olympics 2012: As Games near, queries intensify for Usain Bolt, Lolo Jones: Might as well pine for Olympic softball. Both Jones and Bolt are on the program for the Diamond League, which kicks off its European tour Thursday in Rome with the Golden Gala. It's a star-studded meet stocked with champions from all over the planet, ...

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Swimming

Swimmer Vies To Bring Olympic Joy Home To Greece: by Joanna Kakissis | May 30, 2012 ? 12:33 AM Spyros Gianniotis started the Olympic torch relay at the ancient site of Olympia earlier this month. Greece hasn't won an Olympic medal in swimming since 1896 ? something Gianniotis hopes to change in ...
USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash with Cullen Jones Tour Presented by ...: As pools open across the nation, Olympic Gold medal swimmer Cullen Jones and the USA Swimming Foundation, in partnership with Phillips 66, continues their campaign to raise awareness about the importance of learning to swim.
Summer Olympics 2012: Water Polo Terms to Know During the Olympic Games: A player dribbles the ball when he or she moves and controls the ball while swimming front crawl. Dry Pass: A dry pass is made when a player catches the ball before it hits the water. : An eggbeater kick allows players to lift themselves out of the ...
London 2012: 5 Questions with US Olympic Swimming Legend Summer Sanders: The former sideline reporter, game show emcee, NBA Inside Stuff co-host and Celebrity Apprentice contestant will be back in front of the cameras this summer in London as a member of NBC's Olympic swimming coverage team.

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Synchronized Swimming

Aquamaids Showcase Athletic Talents, Celebrate Memorial Day: By Robert Haugh Dancing underwater as if it were underwater ballet, integrating elements of swimming, dance and gymnastics, the Santa Clara Aquamaids exhibited what the fabled club is about, producing an outstanding synchronized swimming exhibition on ...
Native American Swimmer Mary Killman Hopeful for Olympic Gold: Thirty years later, after appeals to the Olympic Committee, Thorpe's gold medals were officially reinstated in 1983. This will be 21-year-old Mary Killman's first Olympics. She has been preparing for the moment by winning synchronized swimming events ...
Wayzata Team Wins State Synchronized Swimming Title: By Stefanie Briggs For the sixth consecutive year, the Wayzata High School Synchronized Swim Team won the state synchronized swimming meet championship March 25 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center with 155 points. WHS freshman Amanda Urke ...
Stanford synchronized swim coach will retire: Stanford synchronized swimming head coach Heather Olson has announced her retiring from coaching as of Sep. 1, 2012. Current Stanford assistant coach Sara Lowe will take over the reigns as head coach for the Cardinal. "It was a very tough decision for ...

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Table Tennis

US Olympic Table Tennis Team 2012: Updated News, Analysis for America's Squad: When it comes to the Olympics, table tennis is one of those sports that doesn't get much recognition from Americans. Known more as being a Far East sport, ping-pong (as it is better known as) is more of a recreational sport for some Americans, ...
A Short History of Table Tennis at the Olympics: Contributor Network ? Fri, May 25, 2012 6:12 PM EDT Table tennis made its Olympic debut in 1988 at the Seoul Olympics. The most dominant nation in the medal standings has been China, with its athletes accumulating 41 medals, including 20 golds.
Best Indian paddlers did not make London cut: Kucharski: NEW DELHI: India's best paddlers have not qualified for the London Olympics, says chief table tennis coach Leszek Kucharski who also feels that top star Sharath Kamal had paid a heavy price for his erratic play. Young Soumyajit Ghosh will play in the ...
Torch role sets pupils a shining example: A FORMER Whitleigh primary school pupil and table tennis champion left children 'awe-struck' as she spoke of being an Olympic torch bearer. Vicki Smith showed pupils at St Peter's RC primary school her Olympic torch which she carried near Land's End ...

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Taekwondo

Taekwondo champion Cook's Olympic dream on hold: The British Olympic Association (BOA) said Tuesday it had sought "further clarification" from British Taekwondo over the exclusion of European champion Aaron Cook from the London 2012 Games squad. Cook, 21, has appealed to the BOA after being left out ...
London 2012: Updated Taekwondo News & Analysis for America's Olympic Squad: The US Olympic taekwondo team is getting set to head to London in a few months to compete for multiple individual medals. According to Sarah Stevenson from BBC Sports, countries are only allowed to have a total of four qualifiers for the Olympic ...
Olympics-South Koreans fear being branded taekwondo traitors: By Peter Rutherford May 24 (Reuters) - South Korean taekwondo competitors going for gold at the London Olympics know the price of failure will be extreme. Such is Koreans' pride in their national sport that coming home without a gold medal would be ...
Glen Ellyn teen fights for Panama in summer Olympics: Now, at 16, Carolena will compete in her sport on the biggest platform in the world: the Olympics. She will represent Panama in the London 2012 Summer Games in July, the youngest of 128 athletes aiming for the gold medal in taekwondo.

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Tennis

Tennis-Tears and tantrums as French women blow Olympic hopes: Players must also have made themselves available to represent their country in the Fed Cup for two years in the run-up to the Olympics - one of them being in 2011 or 2012. "Alize and I are both very much disappointed. Last week we said, well, ...
London 2012: Vasek Pospisil and Daniel Nestor to play doubles: PARIS ? Daniel Nestor will be competing in the men's doubles tennis event at this summer's London Olympics with Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil. There had been speculation about whether his partner would be Pospisil or Canada's top-ranking singles player, ...
Mirza welcomes boom in Asian women's tennis: By Roberto Coloma Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 02:23 AM Asian poster girl Sania Mirza says the women's game is in its best state ever in the region, with Chinese stars like Li Na leading the charge and a new generation waiting in the wings.
London 2012 Olympics: Locog surpass £600 million ticket sales target after ...: Prime spots on Box Hill for the men's road cycling race and Henman Hill to see a large television screen of tennis action sold out quickly on Tuesday as London Olympic organisers released tickets for events previously claimed to be free.

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Triathlon

McMahon earns Olympic triathlon ticket: By Cleve Dheensaw, timescolonist.com May 28, 2012 The Island triathlete stamped his ticket to the 2012 Summer Games at the last qualifying race Sunday in Madrid and will join legendary fellow-Victorian Simon Whitfield and Kyle Jones of Oakville, Ont., ...
Ironman triathlete Mary Beth Ellis is in grueling sport's elite tier: Ellis prefers the "Ironman" competitions over the substantially shorter Olympic triathlon. Less than a year after competing in her first Ironman, she has won four of five career races, including the Memorial Hermann Ironman near Houston on May 19.
1st Korean Qualifies for Olympic Triathlon: The Korea Triathlon Federation on Tuesday said the 22-year-old earned a berth at the 2012 London Olympics. Heo finished fifth in the 2012 Tateyama ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships in Japan last month, the best performance ever by a Korean.
Ayrton Senna, the inspiration for Brazil's Olympian: Reinaldo Colucci has drawn inspiration from the Formula One legend late Ayrton Senna in his bid to become Brazil's first triathlete to achieve a top 10 finish at the Olympics. Colucci was confirmed in Brazil's Olympic squad Monday, having qualified for ...

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Volleyball

Summer Olympics 2012: The History of Volleyball in the Games: Contributor Network ? 12 hours ago When the London 2012 Summer Olympics begin in late July, 24 volleyball teams (12 men's, 12 women's) will descend on Earls Court to fight to bring the gold home. High-flying hitters, floor-sliding defenders and ...
Volleyball-Serbia, Russia clinch women's Olympic berths: May 27 (Reuters) - European champions Serbia snatched the last berth in the women's Olympic volleyball tournament after Sunday's dramatic 3-2 win over Japan, who also progressed to the London Games along with Russia and South Korea.
Olympian Misty May-Treanor wants another shot on "DWTS": LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - No one should question the competitive fire burning within Olympic volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor, even when it comes to "Dancing With the Stars." The beach volleyball champion wants another shot at the ABC dance ...
Summer Olympics Volleyball History and Facts: Contributor Network ? Fri, May 25, 2012 6:09 PM EDT Today, men's and women's volleyball is a fixture at the Olympic Games. That wasn't always the case, however. Indoor volleyball was first included in the 1964 Olympic Games, and for a while, ...

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Water Polo

Summer Olympics 2012: Water Polo Terms to Know During the Olympic Games: Contributor Network ? 12 hours ago Water polo, which was first contested at the 1900 Olympic Games, can sometimes be a bit confusing for the casual observer. Ball Under: Ball under refers to a foul committed when a player holds the ball under the water ...
Olympic veteran Heather Petri looking ahead to next chapter: By Jayne Kamin-Oncea, US Presswire Heather Petri competes against Greece during the Holiday Cup tournament at the USA Water Polo National Training Center in Los Alamitos, Calif., on Feb. 19. After being named to the US women's Olympic water polo team a ...
USA women's Olympic water polo team wins opener: With current, former or future Stanford players accounting for six goals, the US Olympic women's water polo team opened play at the FINA World League Super Final with a 10-6 win over host China in Changshu. Cardinal grad Brenda Villa and current ...

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Weightlifting

2012 Olympic Profile: Weightlifter Jang Mi-ran: By Min Sun Lee AP Jang Mi-ran was a gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, completing the weightlifting 'grand slam' after winning four world championship titles and one Asian Games gold medal. In Beijing, Ms. Jang set three new world records; ...
Mangold discusses Tim-Lo, Olympics: Mangold's younger sister, Holley, a member of the US weightlifting team, will compete in the London Olympics. Unfortunately for Nick, her competition falls during the first week of training camp, July 28 to Aug. 3. Mangold said Ryan gave him permission ...
Mixed emotions from GB weightlifters at final Olympic trials: Commonwealth bronze medallist Zoe Smith set six British records as one of nine British athletes who put themselves in contention for a place at London 2012 by lifting the Olympic 'B' standard at the final weightlifting trials in Derbyshire.
Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold is living large and loving it: So if this weightlifting thing doesn't work out, stand-up comedy wouldn't be a bad fall-back plan. "She's a hoot," says Olympic teammate Sarah Robles. "She can be in any circumstance and always find something funny in it." Like the fact that, ...

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Weightlifting accident - Beijing 2008

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Wrestling

Britain's only wrestler at Olympics gets passport: LONDON (AP) - The Ukraine-born athlete who is set to be Britain's only representative in the wrestling tournament at the London Olympics has received her British passport, confirming her eligibility for the games. Olga Butkevych was in a group of ...
London 2012 Olympics: Ukrainian-born competitor is only wrestler chosen to ...: Ukrainian-born Olga Butkevych, who only recently received her UK passport after completing five years of residency in February, will be Britain's sole wrestling representative at the London Olympics after the British Olympic Association rejected pleas ...
Ohioan makes Olympic wrestling team: DALLAS (AP) - Justin Lester had always planned on retiring from his first love, wrestling, in 2008. But his story was supposed to end with him leaving his shoes on the mat in Beijing, not the Olympic trials. Among the best in the world, Lester lost to ...
Febreze and Ambi Pur Declare Victory Over Odors With The Azerbaijani National ...: CINCINNATI, May 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- When Procter & Gamble's Febreze and Ambi Pur set out to find the Olympic sport with the biggest odor challenges, wrestling - with its sweaty grappling, arduous mat workouts, stinky equipment and locker rooms ...

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