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Gachinski upstages Plushenko at Europeans
Veteran Evgeni Plushenko was upstaged by his protege Artur Gachinski on Thursday as the Russian duo seized the top two positions in the men's competition after the short program at the European figure skating championships.
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18 days ago
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Brazilian teams reshuffle ahead of season
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist Marcio Araujo and 2008 FIVB World Tour champion Pedro Salgado will join forces for the 2012 season, while the latter's two sisters, Carolina and Maria Clara, will split for the first time since 2003 after a number of Brazilian tandems were shaken up ahead of the start of the World Tour.
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18 days ago
Austria's Reichelt tops downhill training run
Hannes Reichelt of Austria was the fastest in Thursday's training run
for a World Cup downhill race on the Kandahar course but missed a gate
like many top competitors on a badly prepared slope.
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18 days ago
Lindsey Vonn leads second DH training run in St. Moritz
Lindsey Vonn took advantage of perfect weather and changes to the
Engiadina course to lead a training run Thursday for a World Cup
downhill race.
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18 days ago
Mennea questions Rome's plan to bid for Olympics
One of Italy's greatest athletes is questioning Rome's plan to bid for
the 2020 Olympics amid the country's ongoing economic crisis.
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18 days ago
London's unemployed strive for Olympic jobs
The first sprint of the Olympic Games has begun: Unemployed Londoners
are converging on a center taking applications for those wanting to be
Olympic security guards.
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18 days ago
London to host cycling festival after Olympics
A two-day 'festival of cycling' will be the first large scale event to
use the Olympic Park when it reopens in 2013 after this year's Games,
London mayor and keen pedaller Boris Johnson announced on Thursday.
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18 days ago
Olympic Games watchdog member quits over Dow deal
A volunteer on the 2012 Olympics' sustainability commission says she is
resigning over the Dow Chemical Co.'s sponsorship of the games.
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18 days ago
Clipped hurdle in Beijing hardly haunts Lolo Jones
Nearly four years since her stunning stumble in the 100m hurdles final at the Beijing Olympics, Lolo Jones refuses to allow one missed hurdle to haunt her. She is busy getting her mind and body right ahead of the London Games.
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18 days ago
Kenyans set to dominate again at Dubai Marathon
Runners from Kenya and Ethiopia will be aiming to maintain their
dominance at this year's Dubai Marathon with favorite and three-time
London Marathon winner Martin Lel back in top form after an injury and
last year's women's champion Asselefech Medessa returning to defend her
title.
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18 days ago
Swiss sprinter Pascal Mancini sues doctor
The Swiss athletics federation says sprinter Pascal Mancini will sue a doctor after twice testing positive for a banned steroid.
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18 days ago
Russia's Aryasova stripped of Tokyo marathon title
Russian runner Tatiana Aryasova has been stripped of her 2011 Tokyo
Marathon title after testing positive for a banned substance.
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18 days ago
Solo uncertain for U.S. game deciding Oly berth
Hope Solo has an ailing leg, the result of some extra work she was
putting in to get back into playing shape after "Dancing With the
Stars." The timing isn't the greatest. The U.S. women's soccer team is
about to play the game that determines whether it goes to the Olympics.
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19 days ago
Farah preps for Games in Kenya's home of champions
The Kenyan highland town of Iten has a big reputation in the running world and Mo Farah,
the world 5000m champion and favorite for 10,000m gold at his home London Olympics in six months' time, has been
making the most of it.
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19 days ago
Charlotte a training ground for 2012 Olympics
The road to the 2012 London Games runs through Charlotte for many Olympic hopefuls.
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19 days ago
America's next Olympic star? Could be anyone
Michael Phelps. Missy Franklin. Jordyn Wieber. Ryan Lochte. Any of
those athletes could be the defining face of the U.S. Olympic team in
the run-up to the London Games. So far, though, none stands alone as
"The One To Watch."
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19 days ago
Ice dance main event at Nationals
With the women still struggling to find a star who can captivate the
public like Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen once did, ice dance has
emerged as the Americans' main event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
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19 days ago
Volosozhar, Trankov lead pairs at Europeans
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov took advantage of the late
withdrawal of their main rivals to lead the pairs competition after the
short program at the European figure skating championships on Wednesday.
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19 days ago
Injured Noguchi will run Olympic qualifier in Nagoya
Athens Olympics champion Mizuki Noguchi has withdrawn from the Osaka
International women's marathon on Sunday because of a left hamstring
injury.
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19 days ago
Key vantage point on road race course to get upgrade
Thousands of spectators will be able to command one of the best vantage
points at the London Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday when
announcing an upgrade in capacity at a key part of the cycle road race
course.
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19 days ago
UK police arrest 97 for Olympic ticket fraud
A top British official says almost 100 people have been arrested for
illegally selling tickets and bogus hotel rooms for the 2012 London
Olympics.
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19 days ago
Savchenko, Szolkowy late withdrawal from Europeans
Aliona Savchenko has aggravated a left thigh injury in training and will
not defend her pairs title with Robin Szolkowy at the European figure
skating championships.
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19 days ago
Solo has quad injury, hopes to play Friday
Hope Solo is nursing what she calls "a little quad pull"
as she tries to help the U.S. women's national team qualify for the
Olympics.
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19 days ago
Burke tribute planned for X Games Thursday
The Winter X Games will hold a tribute Thursday to honor freestyle skier
Sarah Burke, who died last week from injuries suffered during a
training accident.
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19 days ago
Researchers: West Germany tolerated doping
Two
groups of researchers claim that the West German government accepted
doping as a necessary evil for the country's athletes to achieve Olympic
success in the 1970s and 1980s.
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19 days ago
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