The World Anti-doping Agency published a report this week that explains how a number of athletes were requested and scheduled to be tested for blood doping in London, but simply didn’t show up and somehow avoided earning any sanctions.
We’ve never actually heard of the CW medical drama “Hart of Dixie,” but the network confirmed that it is in fact a show and that gold-medal gymnast McKayla Maroney will have a two-episode character arch on said show this season as Tonya, a friend of Rose.
The London organizers are going out of there ways to define the term righteous indignation, swelling with fury over the fact that some Rio committee employees “stole” strategy and security operations reports without asking, even though the Brits admit they would have given the Brazilians the documents if they had simply asked.
We don’t cover football at OlympicTalk, but (like everyone else) we’re looking to awkwardly capitalize on the news cycle of injustice surrounding Seattle’s controversial Monday night victory over Green Bay.
In only 500 days an American team will compete in its first Olympics on Russian soil, and the 2014 host city organizers, headed by Dmitry Chernyshenko (right), celebrated the start of its Olympics countdown with 500-meter relay races, roller hockey, some summer bobsledding -- on longboards -- and finally, by revealing the new official slogan for the Games: “Zharkiye.
Roughly six weeks after France’s Nicolas Batum connected his fist to Juan Carlos Navarro’s crotch in the semis of the Olympic basketball tournament, the offending guard told a blogger at Trailblazers.com that he regretted committing the now infamous foul.
In the final diving event of the London Olympics, American David Boudia realized his full potential when he came from 18th place in the preliminary round to win gold in the men’s 10m platform final.
We may be a little less than four years from the Rio Olympics, but the Brits are already patting themselves on the back for a relatively impressive 46-medal haul, due to come home in 2016.
Most of us assumed that 36-year-old four-time Olympic triathlete Hunter Kemper would be ready to retire after London; ready to log fewer miles and hours swimming, biking, and running, and spend some time with his wife, Val, and their three sons.
After five straight second place finishes at the world championships, road cyclist Marianne Vos finally won gold in Limburg Saturday, waving the Dutch flag as she crossed the finish in front of her home crowd in 3 hours, 14 minutes, 29 seconds.
We’re not sure who is showing less Olympic spirit: the Rio organizers who allegedly stole internal documents from the London organizers by downloading them without authorization, or the London organizers who didn’t learn how to share when in school.
It’s never too early to look waaaaay ahead toward the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia (also, heads up: the 2014 Winter Olympics are in Sochi, Russia, and only 17 months away).
After Olympic heptathlon champ Jessica Ennis’ triumph in London, rumors persisted that the hometown hero was looking at paring down her events and focusing on the 100m hurdles.
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