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NEWS ABOUT: Olympic trials

Olympic trials stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

 Why Is 'Supermom'
 Getting the Bonds
 Treatment? 

If it weren't for McNamee, maybe we'd still be happily naive about sports doping

Jul 6, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some are calling five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres "Supermom," but Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star thinks that "Wonder Woman" might be more appropriate. Everyone's wondering how a 41-year-old new mother could come back from retirement and surgery to take first place at her fifth qualifiers.... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • swimming • asthma • Brian McNamee • comeback • Olympic trials • Dara Torres

Cramp Fells Tyson Gay in 200m Trials

Injury a jolting
reminder that talent
isn't always enough

Jul 6, 08 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's best-known hopeful for the Olympic track team is still going to Beijing—but won't be defending his world championship title in the 200-meter sprint. In a stunning twist, super runner Tyson Gay suffered a leg cramp that felled him during his key event in the quarterfinals of the Olympic... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • injury • Tyson Gay • track and field • muscle pain • Olympic trials

 Coughlin Gives Up,
 Regains World Record 

Swimmer loses top time in backstroke, for only one heat

Jun 30, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Olympic swim trials in Omaha, Neb., today looked more like a final in Beijing, as Hayley McGregory took the 100-meter backstroke world record from Natalie Coughlin—who promptly took it back, the Los Angeles Times reports. McGregory swam it in 59.15 seconds, and Coughlin stroked it in... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • record • USA Swimming • Olympic trials

OPINION

Gay Is Fastest Man, Ever*

*Except that track, unlike any other sport, factors in the weather, columnist writes

Jun 30, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tyson Gay might have used the Olympic trials yesterday to cover 100 meters faster than any human in history, but he is not the world record-holder because track, unlike any other sport, attaches asterisks to records, Jim Caple writes on ESPN.com. Strong tailwinds propelled Gay to victory, but his... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • running • 100 meter dash • Tyson Gay • track and field • wind • Olympic trials

(Newser) - Records fell at the Olympic trials in Omaha yesterday as both Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff triumphed in the 400 IM, USA Today reports. Each swimmer had a personal motivation: Phelps took almost a second of his own world record, and Hoff recaptured the record from Stephanie Rice. More »

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Michael Phelps • Ryan Lochte • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Olympic trials • Katie Hoff

 Busy Beard
 Narrows Focus
 to Beijing 

Three-time Olympian puts endorsements aside to shoot for fourth Games

Jun 29, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three-time Olympian Amanda Beard has endorsements and extracurriculars to worry about, but only one thing really matters right now: this week's Olympic swimming trials. The red-carpet fixture and onetime Playboy cover model is all business as she dives into the pool of hopefuls competing to represent the US in breaststroke... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Playboy • USA Swimming • Olympic trials • Amanda Beard

 As US Track Trials Begin,
 Field Is Wide Open 

Few household names are present for Oregon trials

Jun 27, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before US track and field athletes can book their tickets to Beijing, they must prove themselves at the Olympic Trials in Oregon, which get under way today. With the field this year largely devoid of big names and the sport still shrouded in shame over doping scandals, the New York ... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Bernard Lagat • track and field • Olympic trials

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