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07/15/11 Lu Li was 15 when she stunned the gymnastics world with a perfect 10 in uneven bars to claim the gold medal for China at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
07/14/11 by Palo Alto Online Sports Her resume happens to break the traditional one page rule, but that is what happens when you have played in three Olympic Games and, including last August in Rome, Italy, six FINA World Championships. She is Brenda Villa of USA Water Polo and these latest World Championships were just another for Villa where she ended up wearing the gold. And she's not done yet.
07/11/11 In Connellsville, John Woodruff has been a local legend for 75 years. Woodruff was the first African-American to receive the gold at the 1936 Olympic Games , medaling in the 800-meter run.
07/10/11 When Kizzy Dutton returned from the World Special Olympic Games last week, she hurried to the tennis court to show off her medals to coach Ron Barber.
07/09/11 Lornah Kiplagat will take part in the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday October 16. She will be chasing her goal to qualify for the Olympic Games in London, where she hopes to make her dream come true: to win Olympic gold.
07/04/11 U.S. figure skater Sasha Cohen competes in the short program in Torino, Italy, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games. / ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY
07/02/11 Kenny Monday spent the majority of his career garnering national attention for collegiate championships at Oklahoma State and a gold medal at the Olympic Games. It was in those venues where the world-class ...
07/01/11 PAUL HESSION faces his first big test of the season when he lines up for the 200m at Cork City Sports today in a field that includes Alonso Edward (Panama), silver medallist behind Usain Bolt at the World Championships in Berlin two years ago when the Jamaican shaved .11 of a second off the world record he set at the Olympic Games in Beijing the previous year.
07/01/11 India's hopes of a coveted track medal at next year's Olympic Games in London have taken a hit after two of the country's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallists failed drug tests.
06/25/11 More than 670 Special Olympic athletes from 30 Northern California counties converged on the UC Davis campus Friday and remain through Sunday to participate at the 2011 Summer Special Olympic Games.Admission is free on both Saturday and Sunday with the games starting at 8:30 a.
06/17/11 New Zealand athletes are in full Olympic Games qualifying mode for London in 13 months' time. How are they shaping up and where do our best hopes of success lie? Archery Quietly optimistic would be the best way to put archery's...
06/14/11 The Tall Ferns' improbable task of qualifying for next year's Olympic Games starts today as they leave for two tournaments in China.
06/14/11 The Tall Ferns are about to get a decent gauge of how much work lies ahead to qualify for a fourth straight Olympic Games in London next year.The national women's team, world ranked No 16, fly to China today for two round robin...
06/04/11 Carrying the Olympic torch is a tradition that dates back to the earliest of Olympic Games and it's no different for Northern New York's Special Olympians. Our Amanda Kelley shows us how local law enforcement agencies joined together Saturday to carry a flame of hope for Special Olympians throughout the area.
06/02/11 Senior OlympicsThe New Mexico Senior Olympic Games will be held July 27-30, in Las Cruces. The Games will offer competition in a at least 24 different sports.
06/02/11 Former Missouri S&T track & field standout Tyrone Smith, who is bidding to earn a spot in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, will compete this weekend on national television at the Prefontaine Classic at the University of Oregon, a meet that will feature many of the world's top performers. Smith, who was an All-America performer in the long jump during his days at Missouri S&T, will compete in ...
05/31/11 Fred Peppe of Bonsall, runs to hit a return as he competes in the California Senior Olympic Games pickelball tournament on Tuesday at the Melba Bishop Recreation Center in Oceanside. The tournament ---- which has a 131 entrants ages 50-84 ---- continues through Friday. Pickleball is played on a court about a quarter of the size of a tennis court, with a 34-inch high net. Players hit a perforated ...
05/27/11 Senior OlympicsThe New Mexico Senior Olympic Games will be held July 27-30, in Las Cruces. The Games will offer competition in a at least 24 different sports.
05/26/11 Senior OlympicsThe New Mexico Senior Olympic Games will be held July 27-30, in Las Cruces. The Games will offer competition in a at least 24 different sports.
05/23/11 Sports BriefsSenior OlympicsThe New Mexico Senior Olympic Games will be held July 27-30, in Las Cruces.
05/20/11 Senior OlympicsThe New Mexico Senior Olympic Games will be held July 27-30, in Las Cruces. The Games will offer competition in a at least 24 different sports. | 
