...International Association of Athletics Federations to get the four medals back and readjust the results and rankings from the Athens Games.Until then, no actions will be taken regarding the medals.Medal or no medal, though, he knows he's the rightful...
...Gatlin, insisting he would be gunning for the Olympics at age 30, eight years after winning the Olympic 100 title at the Athens Games.Sanya Richards-Ross, of the United States, won 400 gold in 50.79 seconds, beating Russian Aleksandra Fed...
...wilderness following a snowmobile accident in 2002. He also shrugged it off when a car hit his motorcycle before the Athens Games in 2004, where he won bronze and called it quits by leaving his wrestling shoes on the mat.He spent his time giving...
...and trying to hold down a job and be a husband. He was progressing but would not be good enough to try diving in the Athens games. The best he could hope for was the 2008 Olympics -- after seven more years of training. "That was a lot to ask...
...lost to Rafael Nadal in an epic Wimbledon final in July. Federer wept after losing to Berdych in the second round at the Athens Games in 2004. This time, the result was different. "Of course you have memories of such a big tournament and losing...
BEIJING --- There's one good way of avoiding a rash of damaging doping scandals at the Olympics: Catch the drug cheats before they get there.
...Sunday's announcement caps a roller-coaster comeback for Morgan Hamm. Like his brother, he took 2½ years off after the Athens Game before resuming training in hopes of making his third Olympic team. But he tore a muscle in his chest last October...
...The team that won worlds in 1999 and 2003 and the Olympics in 2000 only to fall to a surprisingly bad fifth place at the Athens Games finished with 277.775 points. That was 2.375 more than Russia, which won a surprising silver. Defending Olympic...
...When Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner retired after the Athens Games, he decided to give his body a break. Let all those...improbable life of which folk heroes are made.Before the Athens Games, he was on his way to practice when his motorcycle...
...Individually, for sure. And, collectively, I know we have so much more in us."Walsh and May-Treanor won gold at the Athens Games in 2004, but after repeating as Olympic champions in Beijing in '08 they both took time away from the sport. Walsh...
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