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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

Archive for the ‘Olympians’ Category

October 11th, 2008

Olympian Montgomery Sentenced for Heroin Sale

Tim Montgomery set a world record in the 100m and was awarded a Gold Medal in the 400m relay in the 2000 Games and a Silver Medal in the same event four years later. Since then, his life has been one big set of mistakes and missed opportunites. His track and field achievements were erased […]

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October 9th, 2008

Evers-Swindell Sisters Retire from Rowing

New Zealand’s Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, the Gold Medalists in the women’s double sculling event in both the Beijing and the Athens games, announced their retirement from the sport on Friday (New Zealand time), which happens to be their 30th birthday. The rowing twins are one of just a handful of New Zealand athletes to […]

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October 7th, 2008

Dancing with the Stars Week Three: Maurice Greene

With Misty May-Treanor injured, that leaves just one Olympian to vie for the mirror ball trophy on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”–sprinter, Maurice Greene. Appropriately, the two-time Olympian and dance partner, Cheryl Burke stepped up their game last night with the jive, danced to “Rockin’ round the Clock.” The judges rewarded them with a score […]

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October 7th, 2008

Misty May Treanor Injured in DWTS

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (in beach volleyball) Misty May-Treanor injured her Achilles tendon on Friday when training for the ABC show, “Dancing with the Stars.” The 31-year-old champion will undergo surgery today to repair the injury. She and dance partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy have withdrawn from the competition. Too bad for Treanor, who was doing well […]

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October 4th, 2008

Olympian Candace Parker Wins WNBA MVP Award

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It’s been quite a year for rookie Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker. She was the #1 player in the WNBA draft this season, helped lead the US women’s baskeball team to the Gold Medal in Beijing, and won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. As of Friday, she can […]

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October 2nd, 2008

Send a Personalized Message from Shawn Johnson

The city of Des Moines has created a fun promotion assisted by Olympic gymnast, Shawn Johnson. If you click on the widget below, you can send a personalized message to a friend, family member, or fellow Shawn Johnson fan from Shawn Johnson herself. Yes, the message encourages them to relocate to Des Moines, but the […]

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September 30th, 2008

Olympians on Dancing with the Stars - Week Two

Our Olympic pair did pretty well last night on the second week of “Dancing with the Stars.” Misty May-Treanor with her dance partner Maksim did a very respectable and dramatic paso doble, all dressed in black leather. You can watch their routine below:

The other Olympian competing on the show, Maurice Greene was a little less […]

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September 29th, 2008

Gebrselassie Sets New Marathon World Record

Ethopia’s Haile Gebrselassie sucessfully defended his Berlin Marathon title yesterday, September 28, 2008. He set a new world marathon record of 2:03:59. Gebrselassie, 35, won Olympic Gold in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta and the 2000 Sydney Games. He made the Beijing team, but withdrew from the marathon. Gebrselassie, an asthma sufferer, was concerned […]

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September 26th, 2008

Usain Bolt on Letterman

The cavalcade of Olympians continues. Last night Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt sat down with David Letterman. The 22-year-old was extremely poised even in the midst of Letterman’s silly questions. Take a look:

Bolt won three Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympic Games this summer in the 100m, 200m, and 4×100m events.
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September 25th, 2008

Behind the Scenes at the Tour of Gymnastic Superstars

Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, the Hamm Brothers and other US Olympic gymnasts are still on tour with Disney’s “Tour of the Gymnastic Superstars.” Here’s a brief clip of what goes on behind the scenes at the tour, plus a few works from Nastia Liukin about her plans after gymnastics.

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