THEY were already British role models - with one an Army captain set to return to the frontline next year and the other a school teacher. full story ![]()

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soraya Jimenez, the weightlifter who a gold medal in 2000 in Sydney to become Mexico's first female Olympic champion, has died of a heart attack. She was 35. The Mexican Olympic Committee released a statement Thursday saying it was "in mourning" following Jimenez's death. After retiring from weightlifting because of various injuries, Jimenez became a...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

More than 900 people cheered Sunday in Rapid City as they watched distance runner Billy Mills win an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 1964 — and again as Mills took the podium at the Catholic So…
rapidcityjournal.com (2 months ago)

Although she's now retired from gymnastics, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson hasn't given up her focus on staying fit and fabulous. She hosts the Nike Women 10K in Chicago on March 10, and will run the...
examiner.com (2 months and 15 days ago)

Lisa Dobriskey has revealed how sickening it was to watch a drug cheat ‘prance around’ London’s Olympic Stadium after winning the women’s 1500 metres last summer.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 27 days ago)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Jordan Burroughs has one Olympic wrestling gold medal to his name. He wants to win another one and maybe a third.Click to Continue »
centredaily.com (2 months ago)

Russian Olympic champion Sagid Murtazaliyev announces he is returning his gold medal in protest at the IOC's recommendation to exclude wrestling from Olympic core sports
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 26 days ago)

Elise Christie admits 'nerves' as she targets Olympic gold after World Championship Speed Skating bronze.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 14 days ago)
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Top Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Yordanov said he will return his Olympic gold medal to protest the IOC decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic program.
thonline.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
The 2011 World Champion in Modern Pentathlon had already been part of two Olympic Games, got married, had a son, then decided to give it a try once again in London. However, her third Olympic trip was not what she expected, so it was time to decide.
mydesert.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Sammy Lee has been found more than 24 hours after he went missing from his Huntington Beach home.Click to Continue »
sanluisobispo.com (1 month and 19 days ago)
Jackie Stewart, Pele and Muhammad Ali in...
Ryan Gosling skips Cannes premiere of...
Obama honors Carole King at White House...
Sundance Kid swaps festivals for a...
Pitt felt "pathetic" 10 years ago,...
'Fast & Furious 6' exclusive movie...
'Fast & Furious 6' exclusive movie...
'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' Clip:...
'This is the End' exclusive movie clip
'Star Trek Into Darkness' exclusive...
Stove manufacturer looks to China
CEO on Eurozone 'leadership vacuum'
Croatia welcomes EU membership
Child born just before tornado
No hotel for Mick Jagger, he prefers a yurt
Eva Longoria graduates from college
Brad Pitt thinks he may have face blindness
Former 'Bachelorette' reveals secret...
Eva Longoria proves she's not just a...
Brad Pitt 'overused drugs and wasted his...
7 travel insurance tips for hurricane...
Pay for life insurance from job you've...
$1 billion in unclaimed life insurance....
Health insurance evolution becomes...
Wild and weird tales from travel insurance
Will insurance fix yard wrecked by...
'Loving father-of-one and popular...
Exclusive: Fury as anti-war campaigners...
Prince Charles in emergency landing...
Is Katy Perry harming herself with too...
South Koreans protest after Japanese...
Jessica Alba wows in white origami-style...
The TOWIE gang were spotted arriving at Malaga Airport on the Costa Del Sol on Wednesday...
The Hangover 3 cast not only posed together on the red carpet during Wednesday night's London...