Stories from Higher, Faster, Stronger
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Heavy security surrounds Olympic torch runner in Japan
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 26, 2008
NAGANO, Japan (AP) — Dashing past sporadic protests, runners carried the Olympic torch Saturday through Nagano’s streets, lined by thousands of riot police and closely monitored by helicopters overhead. Police guards in track suits surrounded the torch bearers and and another 100 uniformed riot police trotted alongside six patrol cars and two motorcycles. They were backed up by thousands of other police. Japanese officials said the security… Full Story »
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Boston, NYC Marathons want Olympic trials back, with changes
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 23, 2008
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Marathon officials in Boston and New York are already eager to bring the 2012 Olympic trials back to their cities, as long as the sport’s governing body helps them recoup the $1 million it cost to piggyback another event on their races. “There’s no going back at this point,” said Mary Wittenberg, the president of the New York Road Runners, which organizes the New York Marathon. “We’ve taken the trials to a whole new level. I think we’re shortchanging everybody if we don’t find a way to build on it.” Although… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Olympic Trials
- Olympics
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IOC strips medals from Marion Jones’ relay teammates at 2000
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 11, 2008
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING — Marion Jones gave up her Olympic medals. Her relay teammates aren’t quite as willing. Jones’ former relay teammates paid for her doping offenses Thursday, losing their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics as the International Olympic Committee stripped them from athletes who won gold with Jones in the 1,600-meter relay and bronze in the 400 relay. “The decision was based on the fact that they… Full Story »
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Security tightened as San Francisco girds for protests along Olympic torch relay
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 9, 2008
By JULIANA BARBASSA and MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Security was tightened on the Golden Gate Bridge and elsewhere around the city Tuesday as officials prepared for massive protests of China's crackdown in Tibet during the Olympic torch's only North American stop on its journey to Beijing. The Olympic flame was whisked to a secret location shortly after… Full Story »
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Olympic leader: A boycott of Beijing Olympic would be ’serious error’
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 5, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — The head of an organization that oversees 205 national Olympic committees said politicians who encourage a boycott or partial boycott of the Beijing Games are making “a serious error.” Mario Vazquez Rana, the president the Association of… Full Story »
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Records fall in the water as new suits take off
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 4, 2008
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer When Natalie Coughlin tried to squeeze into her first racing swimsuit, oh the agony. “I was crying because it hurt so bad,” said Coughlin, who captured five medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and five more at last year’s world championships. “Everyone was just trying to wear as small a suit as possible.” Not anymore. Covering up is the thing. World records don’t stand a chance against the full-body suits that are spawned in high-tech labs and tested in NASA wind tunnels.… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Natalie Coughlin
- Medals
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IOC inspectors are satisfied after final meeting with
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 3, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — International Olympic Committee inspectors said Thursday that they were satisfied by Chinese organizers’ assurances that operations in critical areas will run smoothly in the Summer Olympics. With the Games just four months away, the inspectors — know as the coordination… Full Story »
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U.S. women's volleyball team beats Chinese squad
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 3, 2008
By News Services At Nanjing, China: Foluke Akinradewo scored 18 points as the U.S. women's national training volleyball team defeated JiangSu, a professional Chinese club team, 25-22, 25-23, 25-22 on Wednesday at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics to conclude… Full Story »
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IOC wants Beijing to open Internet during Olympics
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Apr 2, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — The Internet must be open during the Beijing Olympics. That was the message a top-ranking International Olympic Committee official delivered Tuesday to Beijing organizers during the first of three days of meetings — the last official sessions between IOC inspectors and the Chinese hosts before the games begin in just over four months. Beijing routinely blocks Chinese access to some foreign news Web sites… Full Story »
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Pitcher Lisa Fernandez, a three-time gold medalist, left off U.S.
Higher, Faster, Stronger &bull Mar 29, 2008
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer Lisa Fernandez, a three-time Olympic champion and perhaps softball’s signature star for more than a decade, did not make the U.S. team’s final 15-player roster for the Beijing Games. “It’s like Michael Jordan getting… Full Story »
