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Wearing baggy shorts and a cloth tied around his head, the small Italian runner's legs buckled from exertion. It appeared as if he might faint beneath the finishing tape rather than break it.

Modified: 05/29/12 06:04:10 AM

Evelyn Stevens won the Exergy Tour following a final-stage breakaway, firmly cementing her claim to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the London Games.

Modified: 05/28/12 05:29:07 PM

In August of 1944, when the tough east London neighborhoods of his childhood lay smoking in bombed-out ruins, a Nazi German V1 rocket packed with one ton of high explosives "fell just where you're sitting," David Gold says.

Modified: 05/28/12 01:33:55 PM
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Janet Evans finished sixth in the 800-meter freestyle Sunday at the Speedo Grand Challenge in the former Olympic champion's final tuneup meet before the Olympic trials next month when she'll try to make the U.S. team at 40.

Modified: 05/28/12 12:03:57 AM

Nastia Liukin sat in her hotel room and pulled out her competition leotard - hot pink, of course.

Modified: 05/26/12 10:04:24 PM
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Now that they've made peace with their international partners on the financial front, leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee must decide whether to try to bring an upcoming Olympics to America.

Modified: 05/26/12 11:24:13 AM

Now that they've made peace with their international partners on the financial front, leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee must decide whether to try to bring an upcoming Olympics to America.

Modified: 05/26/12 11:24:13 AM

Rebecca Soni beat Jessica Hardy to win the 100-meter breaststroke at the Speedo Grand Challenge, Hardy returned to win the 50 freestyle, and 40-year-old Janet Evans finished fourth in a consolation final of the 400 free on the meet's opening night Friday.

Modified: 05/26/12 12:09:43 AM

Becky Hammon hopes that the Olympics will be a little less stressful for her.

Modified: 05/25/12 09:20:19 PM

All eyes will be on Olympic champion Nastia Liukin at the U.S. Classic.

Modified: 05/25/12 06:45:53 PM
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