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Injury puts Moceanu comeback on hold
Jul 19 2005 10:37PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu's comeback is on hold. Moceanu, the youngest member of the "Magnificent Seven" gymnastics team that won gold at the 1996 Olympics, said Tuesday night she is withdrawing from this weekend's U.S. Classic because of an Achilles' injury. The competition was to be her first since 2000.
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Jockey seriously injured at Finger Lakes
Jul 19 2005 10:21PM (CT)
FARMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - Jockey Omar Camejo was seriously injured Tuesday after being thrown from his mount and trampled by another horse at Finger Lakes Race Track.
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Gross sales down at Fasig-Tipton
Jul 19 2005 8:06PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A record number of horses for sale didn't translate into an increase in gross sales during Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky July Yearlings sale, which ended Tuesday.
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Canadian Despatie wins 3-meter title
Jul 19 2005 7:37PM (CT)
MONTREAL (AP) - Alexandre Despatie gave Canada another gold medal to celebrate at the World Swimming Championships. Despatie won the 3-meter springboard title Tuesday night in front of his flag-waving hometown fans.
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Phelps expanding his repertoire at worlds
Jul 19 2005 7:29PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Michael Phelps is taking some time off from his relentless pursuit of first-place finishes, world records and Olympic medals. After enjoying unprecedented success in the swimming pool last summer, Phelps has embarked on a new challenge: expanding his repertoire to include events that will test his versatility, conditioning and resolve.
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U.S. margin of error shrinks in softball
Jul 19 2005 4:50PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - After a dominant, gold medal-winning performance at the Athens Olympics and 85-game winning streak, the margin of error for the U.S. softball team seems to be shrinking.
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Armstrong aiming for daily Tour stage win
Jul 19 2005 4:17PM (CT)
PAU, France (AP) - The high mountains safely behind him, the finishing straight almost in sight, just one thing is missing as Lance Armstrong closes in on a seventh straight and last Tour de France title: a daily stage win of his own.
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Moody has seen water polo come a long way
Jul 19 2005 3:58PM (CT)
MONTREAL (AP) - Heather Moody was there in the lean days of the U.S. women's water polo team, when players washed cars, sold T-shirts and held raffles to raise money. She was also there for its greatest successes, anchoring the Guy Baker-coached squads that won the 2003 world championship and medals in the last two Olympics. At this week's world championships, she's the new coach of a program in flux again.
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Sports court to rule on U.S. relay medals
Jul 19 2005 3:45PM (CT)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A sports arbitration court will rule Thursday whether the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team should lose its gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of Jerome Young's earlier doping infraction.
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Armstrong to focus on kids after retiring
Jul 19 2005 3:33PM (CT)
PAU, France (AP) - Don't expect to see Lance Armstrong take a regular job after he retires from cycling next Sunday. The six-time Tour de France winner, who is looking to claim his seventh straight title this weekend in Paris, is no longer the type of guy to wake up early and head to the office.
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Integrated technology helped Armstrong
Jul 19 2005 3:29PM (CT)
PAU, France (AP) - Lance Armstrong's impact on cycling has extended well beyond his Tour de France victories, and the young riders coming up to form the next generation of cycling champions will enter a peloton changed by his presence.
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Tour de France rider Kloeden may withdraw
Jul 19 2005 1:01PM (CT)
PAU, France (AP) - Andreas Kloeden, last year's Tour de France runner-up, may withdraw from the race after fracturing his right hand during Tuesday's 16th stage.
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Spectator punches Tour de France rider
Jul 19 2005 12:27PM (CT)
PAU, France (AP) - Andrey Kashechkin was hit in the face by a spectator during the 16th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday and said organizers needed to improve security on the roads.
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Australian cyclist killed in car crash
Jul 19 2005 12:08PM (CT)
GERA, Germany (AP) - Australian rider Amy Gillett was killed and five teammates injured when a car crashed into the group during a training ride for a women's cycling race.
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