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olympics

Aug 23, 2008 12:21 PM CDT

US Women Win Basketball Gold

Victory over Australia marks 4th straight championship

(Newser) - Lisa Leslie and the US women's basketball team were once again too good for Australia at the Olympics. Leslie capped off her illustrious Olympic career with a fourth straight gold medal, scoring 14 points in a 92-65 victory against Australia today. She joined former teammate Teresa Edwards as the only...

China's Gold Rush
Pays Off Nicely for Athletes

Olympics

Aug 23, 2008 11:04 AM CDT

China's Gold Rush Pays Off Nicely for Athletes

Government, corporations give athletes big bucks on top of Olympic glory

(Newser) - Decades ago, bringing glory to the motherland would have been the sole reward for victorious Chinese Olympians. The glory is still there—plenty of it, as China leads the gold medal table—but champions can now expect an average reward of $300,000 in cash and bonuses, even before corporate...

Bolt Claims 3rd Gold, Record

Aug 22, 2008 11:40 AM CDT

Bolt Claims 3rd Gold, Record

(Newser) - Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records today, an unprecedented Olympic feat. With his giant strides, he ran a lighting final bend that set anchor Asafa Powell on the way to a record 37.10 seconds in the 4x100 meters, chopping a massive .30 off...

US Men Sweep 400

Olympics

Aug 22, 2008 2:57 AM CDT

US Men Sweep 400

Merritt shocks Wariner to take gold

(Newser) - LaShawn Merritt stunned teammate and rival Jeremy Wariner in the men's 400-meter race today, eclipsing the favorite by nearly a full second to take gold in the US medals sweep. Wariner, the defending champion, turned the final corner to find Merritt far in front of him, reports the Los Angeles ...

Gold Medal Is Priceless,
But Metal Is Worth $215

Aug 20, 2008 8:49 PM CDT

Gold Medal Is Priceless, But Metal Is Worth $215

(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ eight Olympic golds may be priceless, but they're not worth that much to a commodities trader, MarketWatch notes. This year's gold medals are made mostly of silver and coated with less than a quarter-ounce of gold, putting their value around $215. But people are, of course, willing to...

Phelps' Ties
to Timekeeper Raise Doubts

OLYMPICS

Aug 20, 2008 5:23 PM CDT

Phelps' Ties to Timekeeper Raise Doubts

Sponsor Omega won't release images of race No. 7 finish

(Newser) - Michael Phelps' razor-thin victory in his seventh race is raising sticky ethical questions because the Olympics' official timekeeper is also one of Phelps' sponsors, the New York Times reports. Making matters worse, the timekeeper, Omega, and swimming's governing body won't break with protocol and release underwater images of the finish....

US Wrestling Prodigy Wins Gold

olympics

Aug 19, 2008 8:40 AM CDT

US Wrestling Prodigy Wins Gold

21-year-old is youngest American to win wrestling gold

(Newser) - Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old US prodigy who had competed in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, won gold today in Olympic freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling. Cejudo, crying the moment the match ended and wrapping himself in an American flag, defeated Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan in the best-of-three match. Cejudo is...

Phelps' Quest for the Gold Is
Just Beginning

Aug 18, 2008 10:32 AM CDT

Phelps' Quest for the Gold Is Just Beginning

Marketing the Olympic swimming star could bring $100M

(Newser) - Even before Michael Phelps dove into the pool in pursuit of his eighth gold medal, another epic task had begun: Turning the swimming star into a marketing icon. By the time he’d collected his final piece of gold—along with a $1 million bonus from Speedo—the 23-year-old was...

How Phelps Saved the Games

OPINION

Aug 18, 2008 7:43 AM CDT

How Phelps Saved the Games

Swimmer inspired America to love the games again

(Newser) - If the Chinese invented organized sports 6,000 years ago, writes Pat Forde on ESPN.com, then how appropriate that Michael Phelps came to Beijing to prove he was “the apotheosis of the athlete.” And America knows it. In a year when the Olympics had become “passe,...

Bronze Medalists Happier Than Silver Winners

Aug 18, 2008 4:46 AM CDT

Bronze Medalists Happier Than Silver Winners

2nd place a letdown, 3rd is a thrill

(Newser) - Newly minted gold medalists are ecstatic, second-place finishers slightly less so, and bronze winners the least happy—or so conventional wisdom would have it. But psychologists find that bronze medalists are usually happier than those who finish with silver, the Washington Post reports. Why does this Olympic paradox play out...

Nadal Captures Gold, No. 1 Rank

OLYMPICS

Aug 17, 2008 8:19 AM CDT

Nadal Captures Gold, No. 1 Rank

Williams sisters take doubles title; 10-0 Olympic record

(Newser) - Rafael Nadal won the Olympic men's singles gold medal today, overcoming two set points in the second set and holding every service game to beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The gold medal was the first for Spain in Olympic tennis, and Nadal became the first top-five...

8 Golds:
Phelps
Makes
History

OLYMPICS

Aug 16, 2008 10:51 PM CDT

8 Golds: Phelps Makes History

(Newser) - Michael Phelps swam into history today by picking up his 8th gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, NBC reports. Phelps swam the third leg of the men's 4x100 medley—yes, another world record—to trump Mark Spitz's record of 7 medals set more than three decades ago. "I'm more...

Defining Olympic Moment?
Phelps By a Hair

opinion

Aug 16, 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Defining Olympic Moment? Phelps By a Hair

(Newser) - Sure, if Michael Phelps wins his eighth Olympic gold, as he’s expected to do in the men’s relay, all eyes will be on him. And we’ll wonder (even more) if he’s all human or part-fish. But the Olympics' "defining fabulous moment" has already passed, writes...

Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds

olympics

Aug 15, 2008 9:41 PM CDT

Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds

(Newser) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by the thinnest of margins to win the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps, seemingly destined for second at the finish, somehow touched the wall first, a scant .01 seconds ahead of Cavic....

Phelps Grabs Gold No. 6

Aug 14, 2008 9:53 PM CDT

Phelps Grabs Gold No. 6

(Newser) - Six for six. Michael Phelps swam to another gold medal with an easy win in the 200 individual medley, the AP reports. Phelps, who continued his perfect streak of world records, beat Hungary's Laszlo Czeh (silver) and fellow American Ryan Lochte (bronze). He's got two races remaining to set a...

Irate Wrestler Chucks Bronze

OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2008 1:38 PM CDT

Irate Wrestler Chucks Bronze

Sweden's Abrahamian only out for the gold

(Newser) - Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw his bronze medal to the floor during the ceremony, stormed off, and vowed to quit the sport, the Telegraph reports. "I don't care about this medal. I wanted gold," Abrahamian said. The wrestler had earlier confronted the judges’ over their decision that eventually...

Phelps' Winning Personality
Separates Him From Spitz

OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2008 7:02 AM CDT

Phelps' Winning Personality Separates Him From Spitz

Golden-boy swimmers are only similar in the pool

(Newser) - Michael Phelps has passed Mark Spitz's record number of career gold medals, and is dead set on eclipsing the seven golds Spitz won in Munich in 1972. But apart from their metal preferences the two men are very different people, observes the New York Times. The detached Spitz matched his...

China Gymnasts Golden
Amid Age Accusations

Olympics

Aug 13, 2008 7:46 AM CDT

China Gymnasts Golden Amid Age Accusations

Second-place US thinks Chinese girls too young

(Newser) - China’s women bested the defending champion US women to take their first gymnastics gold medal today, as the Americans stumbled and the younger, smaller Chinese gymasts won a comfortable lead. But the victory came amid continuing charges that the Chinese competitors—who average 4 foot 9 and 77 pounds—...

Phelps Makes History: 11 Golds

updated

Aug 12, 2008 9:23 PM CDT

Phelps Makes History: 11 Golds

(Newser) - Michael Phelps now has more gold medals than any athlete who's ever competed in the Olympics. The 23-year-old American swimmer won his fourth and fifth golds of the Beijing Games with world-record victories in the 200 butterfly and the 4x200 relay. He now has 11 gold medals in his career,...

Phelps Nails
3rd Gold,
New Record

OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2008 2:58 AM CDT

Phelps Nails 3rd Gold, New Record

Swimmer smashes 200-meter freestyle record, matches Spitz in career medals

(Newser) - Michael Phelps racked a third gold medal today, this one in the 200-meter freestyle, and obliterated another world record in the process. His time of 1:42.96 seconds shaved nearly a full second off his previous best, reports the Baltimore Sun. The gold, his ninth overall, ties him with...