Tag: london
Olympics: Jordyn Wieber next to last on floor exercises, would have...
She didn't want it to end this way. No one did.
Life after Olympic stardom begins now for Michael Phelps
LONDON - On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps slept in.
Swimming: San Benito Aquatics looks for continued growth
Swimming is more than just an exercise for the nearly 100 participants at San Benito Aquatics every week. To those kids - ranging from as young as eight to as old as 17 - swimming is a stable dream and an end to a means.
Olympics: London prepares to save surprise, welcome the world
LONDON - These 2012 Olympics have been dubbed The Twitter Games, the first in history to feel a major impact from social media as athletes share everything from their patriotic feelings to their lunch choices with legions of followers. Already, a racist 140-character joke by Greece's star triple jumper Voula Papachristou got her expelled from the Olympics on Wednesday, making her the first athlete in history to lose her spot for a social media posting.
Olds is ‘hungry’ for her Olympic opportunity
On her personal website, Shelley Olds eloquently writes that she is “always searching for that unequivocal high that comes from victory in sport,” and that “there is nothing that makes me happier than finishing a race and exceeding my own expectations.”
A local we can cheer for
Even after enduring a bad bicycle crash in March that left Shelley Olds with a broken wrist, the Gilroy cyclist may bring home a gold medal in the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
2012 Olympics: A step away from her dream
After six years of cycling, and spending the past few years as a professional rider in Europe, Shelley Olds is five months away from fulfilling her longtime dream of riding in the Olympics.
