Greer Makes US Track Roster For Beijing Olympics – CBS News(AP) Javelin thrower Breaux Greer made the U.S. track and field team for the Beijing Olympics, joining Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix and Jeremy Wariner on the 126-member roster. Greer, an eight-time national champion, didn’t qualify at the recent Olympic

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Australian women’s gymnastics coach confident of medal in Beijing – Xinhua News AgencySpecial report: 2008 Olympic Games By Jiang Yaping CANBERRA, July 17 (Xinhua) — Australian head coach to the women’s artistic gymnastics Peggy Liddick said here on Thursday she hoped her team would claim its first women’s gymnastic

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There's a Buzz in the Air in BeijingAOL Canada, Canada - Jul 15, 2008The flowerbeds have "Beijing 2008" in red throughout the city. Even Tiananmen Square, where Beijingers assembled in 1949 to hear the declaration of the …

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Foreign visitors set to spend $400 m on touring – China Economic NetThe Olympic Games could be worth as much as $400 million in tourism revenue to Beijing, a city official said Tuesday. “We expect to receive about 400,000-450,000 overseas tourists during the Olympics. Based on last year’s figures, each is expected to [...]

Tour de France rivals have mixed fortunes Area rider makes U.S. Olympic team Greer makes US track roster for Beijing Olympics Olympic swimmer Shanteau has testicular cancer Sprinter Chambers’ appeal delayed until Thursday ATHENS, Greece – Doping more

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'Rome 1960' highlights a world-changing Olympics – USA Today

'Rome 1960' highlights a world-changing OlympicsUSA Today - 10 hours agoBy Dennis Moore, USA TODAY The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome reflected a changing world. Despite the subtitle of David Maraniss' new non-fiction book, …

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Paula Radcliffe racing to prove Olympic fitness – Telegraph.co.uk

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Paula Radcliffe racing to prove Olympic fitnessTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 56 minutes agoNamed as the nominated reserve, the Scot has been training as normal and will be invited to travel to the team's pre-Olympic holding camp in Macau. …Radcliffe in battle to be fit for Beijing Times Onlineall 265 [...]

ATHENS (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt laid down another marker for the Beijing Olympics when he ran the fastest 200 meters of the year so far at the Athens Grand Prix on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who broke the 100 meters world record at the end of more

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AUSTIN, Texas : The races are a month away, yet U.S. Olympic men’s track coach Bubba Thornton says the team he’s leading to the Beijing Games could rank among the best. “Probably the strongest team we’ve ever sent to the Olympic Games,” Thornton said more

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Two swanky arenas that will amaze fans at GamesPeninsula On-line, Qatar - 7 hours agoThe National Stadium in Beijing, the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, is dubbed the ‘Bird’s Nest’ because of its innovative grid formation. …

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Behind the Broadcast: Announcers must do balancing act – Schenectady Gazette

Behind the Broadcast: Announcers must do balancing actSchenectady Gazette, NY - 22 hours agoIf you miss any Summer Olympic coverage from Beijing next month, it will be your own fault. NBC Universal announced Tuesday that it will present an …NBC plans extensive Olympic coverage MSNBCNBC Uni's Olympic [...]

Special report: 2008 Olympic Games by Xinhua writer Lou Chen BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) — Subway security guard Wang Lei gets up at 3:30 a.m. and works a 12-hour day but said he hasn’t ever been happier. more

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Olympic trials can be unjust for the world's best – USA Today

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Olympic trials can be unjust for the world's bestUSA Today - Jul 9, 2008But because of less than stellar Olympic trials performances, or, in Gay's case, a fall in the 200-meter quarterfinals, they will not participate in events …Track trials spread US wealth going [...]

Prof to study industrial shutdown for Olympics – Chicago Tribune

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Prof to study industrial shutdown for OlympicsChicago Tribune, United States - Jul 7, 2008Those steps offer scientists a perfect chance to study China's impact on air pollution in Japan before, during and after the Summer Olympics. …Locusts, algae, government bureaucracy among current hurdles Santa Rosa Press DemocratGet [...]

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Lagat wins 1500m at US Olympic trialsCBC.ca, Canada - 7 hours agoBy Paul Gains, CBC Sports The US Olympic track and field trials concluded Sunday in Eugene, Ore., with Kenyan born Bernard Lagat winning the 1500 metres to …Trials are education in competition Detroit Free PressSlogan rings true at trials — this is the hardest [...]

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Carter qualifies for 2008 Summer Olympics in women’s shot putTexasSports.com - Jul 5, 2008Former Longhorn Michelle Carter qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Saturday afternoon after recording the farthest distance in the shot put. …

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Let the Games Beijing – Sydney Morning Herald

Let the Games BeijingSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 4, 2008All 37 Olympic venues have been declared fully functioning, including 12 new venues such as the iconic Bird's Nest National Stadium and the Water Cube …

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Sky is the limit for Jenn Stuczynski – Los Angeles TimesEUGENE, Ore. — Four years ago Jenn Stuczynski was a long-hitting golfer with plans to join the LPGA Tour. She had recently begun pole vaulting, just dabbling, not thinking it would lead anywhere. So she had little reason to pay attention while the [...]

China’s National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, left, is seen from the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing Thursday July 3, 2008. 580-hectare (1,433-acre) Olympic Forest Park is part of efforts to create a “Green Olympics”. (AP Photo/Greg Baker more

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US Olympic Trials: Elizabeth Beisel Clocks Another 2:07 to Lead …SwimmingWorldMagazine.com, AZ - 17 hours agoOr, will Hayley McGregory finally see her bad luck at the Olympic Trials come to an end? The answer will be delivered tomorrow night when the aforementioned …US Swimmers Set World Records at Olympic Trials Voice of AmericaWorld records fall at [...]