2008 Summer Olympics

...honor by winning the 100- and 200-meter finals in record times at the World Championships in Berlin, matching his 100-200 double from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won a third gold in the 400-meter relay. "It's been an amazing year for me,"...

In this article: Usain Bolt, Sanya Richards, Tyson Gay, Berlin, Athlete of the Year, Beijing, United States, and Aaron Ross

...the fracture been slightly longer. It is part of Australian cycling folklore how Meares recovered from the injury in time for the Beijing Olympics, where she won silver in the sprint. Meares had since posted some good results, including...

In this article: World Cup, Melbourne, Great Britain, London Olympics, Silver, and Track cycling

...after such intense strength and base training at the altitude camp," said Tallent, who also claimed bronze in the 20km walk at the 2008 Olympics. "We haven't really been working on speed recently so to start the summer with a personal best...

In this article: Jared Tallent, Beijing Olympics, Australian Institute of Sport, Mexico, and Melbourne

...night in 33.583 seconds, a personal best and the second-fastest time in history. It meant three gold medals at this event for the Beijing Olympics silver medallist, who also took out the match sprint and won bronze with Emily Rosemond...

In this article: Anna Meares, Beijing Olympics, Ukraine, World Cup, New Zealand, Sandie Clair, and Shuang Guo

...but spared a sentence and released after spending five months in custody. The conviction came one day after Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Olympics. July 2001 - Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang, Chinese academics with U.S. permanent...

In this article: Taiwan, United States, China, Ching Cheong, Cnooc, Rio Tinto, Beijing, and Royal Dutch Shell

...International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. "The IOC today announced sanctions against five athletes who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for having committed anti-doping violations," the IOC said in a statement.

In this article: International Olympic Committee, Rashid Ramzi, Beijing, Davide Rebellin, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Stefan Schumacher, and Beijing Olympics

...in the 1,500. Ramzi won Bahrain's first Olympic medal when he beat Kenya's Asbel Kipruto Kiprop to take gold in the 1,500 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. * Doping violation: In April 2009, Bahrain's Olympic Committee announced...

In this article: Rashid Ramzi, Olympic Committee, Bahrain, Hicham El Guerrouj, Bernard Lagat, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Safi, Morocco, and Osaka

...2008, but that was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in May. The CAS ruling cleared Pistorius to compete at the Beijing Olympics, but he failed to run the required qualifying time of 45.95 seconds. His personal best is...

In this article: Oscar Pistorius, 2012 London Olympics, Court of Arbitration for Sport, University of Wyoming, Southern Methodist University, Beijing Olympics, and Blade Runner

Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi celebrates winning the gold in the men's 1500-metre at the Beijing 2008 Olympics on Aug. 19, 2008. Ramzi was stripped of the medal in November, 2009 after drug testing. Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press LONDON -...

In this article: Rashid Ramzi, International Olympic Committee, Silver, Davide Rebellin, Beijing, Stefan Schumacher, Sebastian Coe, Beijing 2008 Olympics, Bahrain, and 2012 London Olympics

The Beijing Olympics may have been a triumph for Team GB, but for me they were a disaster. My fault totally. I screwed up. And it removed the shine from one of the best results of my career - beating Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati...

In this article: Beijing Olympics, Andy Murray, Beijing, Cincinnati Masters, Yen-Hsun Lu, Novak Djokovic, Cincinnati, London, and Taipei