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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (CBSNewYork/AP) - Shaun White lost to a kid they call the “I-Pod,” and now, he may never hear the end of it.

How big of an Olympic shocker was this? White, the best snowboarder of his era and one of the best-known and best- ( Read more... )

here is the link to the full story, I just pasted a little. I think they SHOULD look into it. They owe everyone an explaination for the documents that have seemed to be changing to accomadate the Chinese sport. Fishy if you ask me.

BEIJING (AP)-The International Olympic Committee said Friday it had asked gymnastics officials to investigate ( Read more... )

I thought this was pretty cool. This guy can RUN, omg. WOW

BEIJING (AP)-Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.

Bolt is the first man ever to break the world marks in both sprints at ( Read more... )

Yay! Shawn Johnson, US women's gymnist finally got a Gold medal, beating China's Cheng Fei, and her teammate Nastia Lukin, on the balance beam.

A quote from the Yahoo story: (here)

“I kept saying, ‘finally’ a lot,” Johnson laughed. “I made it. I finally won a gold medal.

I can’t stop smiling. I’m so excited.”


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Michael won his 8th Gold medal!!!!! WOOO HOO!!! He now has 16 total Gold medals career wise. I was cheering, "keep it up" at Lesak" all the way to the end. What a race. Lesak was just amazing again! Michael was just out of words, while talking to NBC Sports.  Michael broke 7 world records in this Olympics ( Read more... )

Someone is OBVIOUSLY lying and it's not America.

BEIJING - For a long time, elements of the Chinese government itself thought women’s gymnast He Kexin was born Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14 and too young to compete in these Summer Olympics.

Whether it was repeated mentions in the government-controlled media - including a new one uncovered ( Read more... )

Ok.. how in the world can Nastia and Shawn get low scores like this? What crap! Nastia had a near perfect vault to led off tonight and she doesn't even get a 16 ( Read more... )

Rebecca Soni, first time Olympian, wins her first Gold Medal tonight in the 100 meter breaststroke. She broke a world record, winning this event with a time of 2:20.22 ( Read more... )

WOW. I understand him a little, but come on. It's very un-sportsman like.

BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw down his greco-roman bronze medal in protest on Thursday after his bid for Olympic gold was ended by a decision denounced by the Swedish coach as “politics.”

Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck ( Read more... )

I'm a little disappointed. Again, I felt the scoring was a little weird, especially on the balance beam. You can make AT LEAST 5 balance checks, and still get over a 16 point score? Those are deductions according to the announcers. They also said that Shawn Johnson and ( Read more... )