As Whitney Houston would say, “It’s not right, but according to the International Olympic Committee it’s okay and perfectly legal. Bahamian runner Shaunae, Miller beat Allyson Felix in the women’s 400-meter sprint on Monday night by diving, doing a belly flop for the finish line to win the gold. Social media had mixed reaction to […]
The look on Carmelita Jeter’s face says it all. The US women 4X100-meter relay win gold in an awesome finish setting a World record. Carmelita Jeter crossed the finish line pointing toward the clock, the accomplishment was almost entirely unexpected: 40.82 seconds, slashing more than a half-second off of a world record that had stood for 27 years. Tianna Madison, […]
Usain bolt became the first Olympian to ever win back-to-back gold medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter races. He sprinted across the finish line in just 19.32 seconds, earning his fifth gold medal. Thursday in the 200, Bolt led a Jamaican sweep, with his training partner and pal Yohan Blake – who upset Bolt in […]
It took just one hour for tennis great Serena Williams to dismantle Russia Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to win her first singles gold medal to complete a career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics.
Four sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was using performance enhancing drugs won an appeal Friday to have them restored. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee’s decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games. […]
