The Olympic Cycling competition features four disciplines—Mountain Biking, Road Racing, Track Racing and BMX. Road Racing (think France’s Tour de Force) is the original Olympic cycling event (introduced at the first modern Olympic Games...
Mon Jul 7, 03:31:59 pm Views: 818 Judo, which means “the gentle way” in Japanese, was added as an Olympic event at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. The host country was allowed to add one sport, and fittingly, Japan added men’s Judo. Women didn’t get in on the actio...
Mon Jul 7, 03:30:47 pm Views: 810 Olympic Triathlon Triathlon is an endurance event consisting of swimming, cycling and running performed back to back over various distances. It is an individual sport where each athlete is competing against the course and the clock for the...
Diving made its debut at the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis. The divers performed in Springboard and Platform dives as they do today, though the event was known as “high diving.” In today’s Olympic Springboard event, five di...
One of the fastest female sprinters in the world, Lauryn Williams’ goal for Beijing is to one up the silver that she secured in the 100m at the 2004 Olympic Games. That high profile second place win took place just months int...
One of the most naturally-gifted female players, Misty May-Treanor, along with partner Kerri Walsh, captured gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, an historic first for U.S. Women’s Volleyball. May-Treanor and Walsh didn’t lose a singl...
Kerri Walsh is on her way to becoming the best female beach volleyball player of all time after a professional career spanning only seven years. She is a two-time AVP MVP and part of the Tour's Team of the Year for the past five seasons. She was na...
At 16, Shawn Johnson has established herself as a gymnast to watch at the Beijing Games. Arguably the only athlete in the world to have three "G" level skills (most difficult on the Code of Points scale) Johnson is an inspiration to a...
Mon Jul 7, 03:17:00 pm Views: 965As a child, Katie Mocco was taught that athleticism and striving for excellence were virtuous qualities but as the only girl in a family of champion wrestlers she tended to be overlooked. At the time her brothers were competing, wrestling just wasn&r...
Mon Jul 7, 03:15:14 pm Views: 801First demonstrated at the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago, Synchronized Swimming was originally referred to as “water ballet.” It emerged as an exhibition sport at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 1968 and debuted as a full medal sport a...
Two-time World Champion and four-time U.S. National Champion, Anastasia Liukin was named the 2005 Gymnast of the Year by the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. At 19, the 5′2″, 92-pounder is a Senior International Elite gymnast, the h...
aura Wilkinson's repertoire of dives includes some of the highest degree of difficulty in the sport. Despite her 30 years, considered advanced in the world of competitive diving, the 2000 Olympic gold medalist is back for her third shot at the Olympi...
Katie Hoff is a formidable contender in multiple events for the 2008 Olympic Games and is on her way toward being one of the most decorated swimmers in her sport. Her strongest events are the 200 and 400 individual medley and she holds the American r...
Mon Jun 16, 01:25:04 pm Views: 757A member of the U.S. Women’s National Team since 2005, Tina Ellertson is known for her unmatched speed and natural athleticism. Growing up in Vancouver, Washington, she excelled at basketball, volleyball and track and was a Washington state fin...
Mon Jun 16, 12:22:15 pm Views: 10302004 Olympic gold medalist and American record holder in the 400 meter dash, Sanya Richards is the youngest American to break the elusive 49 second barrier at 400 meters. In addition to her 4x400 Gold medal win in Athens, Richards earned silver in th...
Mon Jun 16, 12:20:17 pm Views: 813A six-time National Team member and two-time World Champion, Chellsie Memmel started doing gymnastics when most tots are learning how to walk. Her parents, former All-American gymnasts and careered coaches, encouraged her to play around in the gym an...
2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)People around the world eagerly waited to hear the news announcement-of which city would host the 2008 summer Olympics. The decision comes down to 122 voters who serve on the International Olympic Committee(IOC), and cho...
The Olympics are a tradition that has been carried on since thefirst ancient athletic competition was held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC. At the ancient Olympics, the city-states of Greece sent their fastest young men to compete in the only event offe...
