Tag: beijing-olympics
India's only weightlifting entry for the Olympic Games, L Monika Devi, was stopped on Tuesday from boarding a flight to Beijing to compete in the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance....
Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amanda Beard had to launch her naked, anti-fur campaign poster outside the Athletes' Village on Wednesday after Chinese authorities canceled a planned unveiling, citing safety concerns....
Shawn Johnson is favored to win the all-around competition, the sport's most coveted title — and to do so in a nation where she has developed a following partly because her longtime coach, Liang Chow, is a product of China's proud gymnastics program....
Bryant, 19, and Rittenhouse, 17, are set to make their Olympic debuts, as their event -- three-meter synchronized diving -- kicks off the diving competition at the "Water Cube" on Aug. 10....
Over 60% of the students in the most intense Olympic training centers are girls. The reason for the focus on female athletes is simple: they are more likely to win gold....
Wenger and Natalia Golda are likely to be the water polo names you hear most often when reports of the U.S. games emerge from Asia....
Dara Torres, who set American records and qualified for her fifth Olympics in two individual events at the U.S. trials at age 41, is the latest athlete to attract both amazement and suspicion by accomplishing the seemingly impossible. ...
Shawn Johnson, the 16-year-old reigning world champion in the all-around, is a favorite to win a gold medal in Beijing, where Chinese gymnasts will try to defeat her on their turf....
26-year-old Jenn Stuczynski is the best female vaulter in U.S. history and has a chance to become the best vaulter on the planet if she can overtake world-record-holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia....
At 4-foot-11, Clarissa looks like a gymnast but wrestles big....
