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Americans start anew in gymnastics
Aug 9 2005 8:03PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Paul Hamm is cracking the books, Carly Patterson is nursing a back injury and Blaine Wilson is hanging up his grips. One year after hauling in nine medals at the Athens Olympics, the Americans are starting over at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships this week. Gone are the familiar names of the last four _ or more _ years. In their place is a new crop of up-and-comers who will be charged with keeping the Americans' successful run going.
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Blaine Wilson retires from gymnastics
Aug 9 2005 8:02PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Olympic silver medalist Blaine Wilson's voice caught and shook, and tears filled his eyes. He's been the poster boy for grit and determination for more than a decade, enduring injuries that should have ended his career, seven operations and long separations from his wife and daughter, all in a quest to put U.S. men's gymnastics back on the podium. When it was finally time to say goodbye, though, his trademark toughness dissolved.
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Jackson leads 1-2 U.S. 400-hurdle finish
Aug 9 2005 5:59PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Batman didn't let a little rain slow him down. Bershawn Jackson, who earned his nickname as a kid because he had ears like a bat's and was so fast he seemed to fly, splashed to victory in the 400-meter hurdles Tuesday night, leading a 1-2 U.S. finish at the world track and field championships.
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Bush to keep Armstrong on cancer panel
Aug 9 2005 4:25PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush intends to reappoint seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong to a panel that monitors cancer research.
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Sprinter Spearmon gets second chance
Aug 9 2005 2:00PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Wallace Spearmon walked off the track at the U.S. championships thinking he lost his chance at winning a world title.
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1968 gold medal winner Besson dies at 59
Aug 9 2005 1:26PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored a big upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 59.
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Sola looks shaky in javelin at worlds
Aug 9 2005 10:34AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - When Shaka Sola lined up for his first attempt at throwing the javelin Tuesday at the world track and field championships, the crowd looked on with disbelief.
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Stevenson withdraws from pole vault event
Aug 9 2005 9:54AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Olympic silver medalist Toby Stevenson withdrew from the world championship pole vault qualifying Tuesday with a hamstring injury, a competition that was disrupted when a Finnish vaulter's crash damaged the measuring equipment.
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Bekele runs away with 10,000 title
Aug 9 2005 5:44AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Despite an unbeaten record in outdoor races this year, Kenenisa Bekele admitted he has trouble training.
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