Athletes
Stephanie Rice to carry flag for Australia in closing ceremony
Australian swimming champion Stephanie Rice has been chosen to carry the flag for Australia at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
“He (John Coates) said, I’d really like for you to be the flag bearer and I just thought, oh my gosh. I never even saw that coming at all,” Rice said.
“I feel so honoured [...]
Nastia Liukin receives hero’s welcome in Dallas
Nastia Liukin has received a hero’s welcome when she arrived back in Texas.
“I was not expecting anything like this. I thought it was going to be a few girls from the gym and coaches,” said Liukin, who was wearing a dark blue T-shirt with Chinese characters, a pair of jeans and white sneakers.
Read more: Hundreds [...]
Usain Bolt cops a scolding from Jacques Rogge
IOC President Jacques Rogge, has criticized Usain Bolt for being too much of a showman after he won the 100 and 200 meter sprints.
“That’s not the way we perceive being a champion,” Rogge said.
He added:
“I have no problem with him doing a show,” Rogge said in an interview with three international news agency reporters. “I [...]
Usain Bolt makes it a double - gold in 200m!
Usain Bolt has won his second gold medal and makes it a double in the 100 and 200 meters.
He also set a new world record of 19.30, breaking it by just 2/100ths of a second.
Bolt turns 22 tomorrow, so he has 2 more reasons to celebrate.
Churandy Martina from Netherlands Antilles came second with [...]
Shawn Johnson finally wins gold in the beam
Shawn Johnson of the United States scored 16.225 to win the gold medal in the beam.
Johnson’s teammate Nastia Liukin took the silver medal with 16.025. China’s Cheng Fei came third with 15.950.
What makes Michael Phelps’ physique unique
Michael Phelps is the closest thing to a human ‘aquaman’. Of course he trains extremely hard and is a great athlete, but his physique also plays a large part in his swimming success.
Generally, a man’s arm span equals his height but in his case it’s 6′7″ — three inches more than his height. Naturally [...]
Who is Michael Phelps’ girlfriend?
Now that Michael Phelps has achieved his Olympic success and become the focus of world sports this week, people are going to want to know more about his personal life, most importantly, who is his girlfriend?
He has previously been pretty coy about his personal life in the past saying, “I swim, listen to hip hop [...]
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- Usain Bolt sets new world record - 9.69
