Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2001, announced this week that he will seek relection to the post. The 66-year-old Belgian is expected to be unopposed for this position when the IOC votes in October of 2009. Rogge, the eighth president of the IOC, has presided over four Olympic Games, […]
Londoners turned out en masse today to celebrate Great Britain’s more than 500 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Gold Medalists Chris Hoy (cycling), Rebecca Adlington (swimming), and Victoria Pendleton (track cycling) were among those featured on the 12 floats that snaked their way through the downtown streets.
Great Britain earned 47 Medals in the Olympic Games, including […]
The Women’s Sports Foundation chose Olympic Gymnast, Nastia Liukin as their individual Sportswoman of the Year at their annual banquet on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Liukin won five medals at the Beijing Games, including the Gold Medal in the women’s all-around competition.
US Women’s Softball player, Jessica Mendoza was awarded the Team Sportswoman of the Year award.
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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) elected a new chairman this week to replace out-going Chairman Peter Ueberroth. Taking the held of the USOC will be Lawrence (Larry) Probst, 58 the chairman of Electronic Arts (EA), a world leader in developing and publishing electronic entertainment and computer games. Probst will serve a four-year term beginning […]
The Russian News Agency, Allsport is reporting that the Silver and Bronze Medalists in the mens hammer throw event at the Beijing Games both tested positive for trace amounts of testosterone after the event on August 17 (2008). Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, both from Belarus, will face the IOC disciplinary commission at the […]
Oprah Winfrey hosted 150 US Olympians for the taping of her season premiere yesterday in Chicago’s Millenium Park. She invited the whole team and most were able to attend, including Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Shawn Johnson, and Nastia Liukin. Also on hand was Chicago’s Mayor, Richard Daley. He and Winfrey made clear their hopes […]
Three-time Gold Medalist, Usain Bolt of Jamaica held a press conference on Saturday to donate $50,000 of his own money to the Chinese Red Cross, earmarked to helping the survivors of the earthquake that hit China’s Sichaun province on May 12, 2008. The earthquake killed nearly 70,000 people and left more than 10 million people […]
Lyudmyla Blonska of Ukraine has been forced to relinquish the Silver Medal that she was awarded in the womens heptathlon event after testing positive for steroid use, the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday. She had been temporarily suspended and removed from the long jump competition on Thursday pending verification of the test results. The […]
Move over Tony Tiger, at least temporarily. Kellogg’s announced today that Michael Phelps and his eight Gold Medals will be gracing the front of specially-marked boxes of the company’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes.
Kellogg’s is an Official Sponsor of the 2008 US Olympic Team and a sponsor of Phelps, so the tie-in is only […]
One of the torches used during the Beijing Olympic Torch relay sold for 260,000 yuan ($37,843) this week at auction. The auction was part of Olympex, an expo of Olympic memorabilia being held in Beijing.
According to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) the torches were gifts to the individual torch bearers. They […]
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