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1. Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - February 12 to 28, 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010 For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. Also, for the first t...
2. German Fernandez German Fernandez is arguably the best high school runner ever. He demolished the CIF state meet record in cross country (14:24 for 5k), won the USA Junior Cross Country championships (24:18 for 8k), ran the best distance double in high school history...
3. Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is the current world record holder for 5,000 and 10,000 meters. He is the four time reigning world champion and two time reigning Olympic champion at 10,000 meters. He is also the five time short (4k) and six time long (12k) course wi...
4. Kara Goucher Kara Goucher is one of America's best distance runners competing today. She won the bronze medal at the World Championships in the 10k in 2007, ran the fastest half marathon by an American woman (1:06:57) and is on the all-time US top-10 list for 3k,...
5. How to Increase Your Vertical Jump     Whether you're a basketballer, High-jumper, cheerleader, baseball outfielder or any other sportsperson who needs to JUMP, you can always learn to jump higher. Here I hope to share some tips to get you started and I also take a look...
6. Haile Gebrselassie Haile "The Emperor" Gebrselassie was born April 18, 1973 in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. He stands 5 feet 5 inches tall (1.65 meters) and weighs 123 pounds (56 kg). Oh yeah, he's set 26 world records, too. Haile currently lives and trains in Addi...
7. Steroids should be legalized in sport Performance enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids should be legalized in competitive sports. Do you agree ?
8. Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. Yelena Isinbayeva holds the world record for female pole vault. Jelena Isinbayeva is pushing the world record higher nearly every time she participates in an athletics meeting. There has never been an fem...
9. Allan Wells Allan Wipper Wells (born May 3, 1952) is a former Scottish athlete who became Olympic Champion in the 100 m at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
10. The Ultimate Olympics Games Group Headquarters The Ultimate Olympic Games Group   This group brings together everything related to the Summer & Winter Olympics - including past, present & future games, the sports & the athletes. Re-live the greatest moments from Beijing 2008 an...
11. Sanya Richards Sanya Richards  is a Jamaican / American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States.
12. Javelin Throw: Everything you need to know about how to throw a javelin (properly!) Javelin throwing is an unbelievably technical event. Unlike our hammer, discus and shot putting counterparts, we do not rely so much on strength and muscle as excellent coordination and rhythm! It is the combination of many many little things that ma...
13. Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides.
14. Usain Bolt Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter and current world junior and Jamaican record holder over the 200 m. In the Peking Olympics, Usain Bolt has run the 100 meters in a nearly incredible time of 9.69 seconds. That is new world record and gained Usain Bo...
15. Asafa Powell Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter who held the world record in the 100 m sprint category from June 2005 to May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds, before he was overtaken by Usain Bolt.
16. Rhythmic Gymnastics: Grace and True Athleticism On the day of the opening of the 2008 Olympics, this lens is dedicated to the unsung heroes, the athletes who train, whose skill is unrivaled, yet are ignored or even ridiculed. The women of rhythmic gymnastics are amazing athletes. Their athleticis...
17. Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James Ovett OBE, born 9th October 1955, is a former middle distance champion form UK. He was a gold medalist in the 800m at the 1980 Olympic games, Moscow, and set world records for 1500m and 1 mile. Ovett first attracted internation...
18. Michael Phelps vs Usain Bolt Michael Phelps vs Usain Bolt Michael Phelps swam 5 individual races and 3 relays in Beijing. He won 8 golds and set 7 world records and 1 Olympic record. Usain Bolt ran 2 individual races and 1 relay in Beijing. He won 3 golds and set 3 world records...
19. Masai Shoes Barefoot Technology   In the early 1990s, Swiss engineer Karl Müller realized that both shoes and backache are unknown to the Masai tribesmen - and that there is a causal connection between these two facts. By walking barefoot on the natural, soft, uneven grou...
20. The Handbook of Peak Performance "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision." -- Muhammad Ali. "The great ones will lift you above and beyond." -Pat Riley, legendary NBA head coach. "Growing up,...