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Drunken athletes, bullying, taking sleeping pills as an initiation ritual — the reasons behind the Australian swimming team’s flop at London 2012 were laid bare today.
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Nearly 200 Special Olympics athletes gathered for variety of sports in annual games on Friday afternoon during the Special Olympics Montana Area Games at The Wave in Whitefish.
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Mo Farah insists he never had any thoughts of pulling out of the Virgin London Marathon in the wake of the Boston bombings and claimed the level of security at the 2012 Olympics provided all the safety assurances he needed.
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Swimmer Missy Franklin, star of the 2012 London Olympics who is bound for Cal this fall, wins the Sullivan Award as the U.S.'s top amateur athletes
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BBC athletics commentator Steve Cram on Mo Farah's form and how the double Olympic champion deals with fame
bbci.co.uk (19 days ago)
Steve King There are a lot of great athletes. But there are far fewer great athletes who are also great teammates. Those are the special ones. They’re, oh, so valuable. The fact Tamita Pickett and Winnfried Schroeder are firmly entrenched in the latter category - and may even be better teammates than they are athletes - is why ...Read More
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LONDON (Reuters) - Stephen Kiprotich, who overcame childhood illness and the might of the Kenyans on his way to winning marathon gold at the London Olympics, now seeks to inspire young athletes in his native Uganda.
reuters.com (2 months and 3 days ago)

Almost 50 Special Olympics athletes from Cobb competed against participants from 12 different states and Canada in the USAGymnastics Special Olympics Championships this weekend. The national event, which was at the Cobb County Gymnastics Center off Fairground Street, featured Special Olympics athletes, both men and women, who competed in artistic gymnastics, rhythmic...
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In May 2012, a handful of Special Olympics Montana athletes lined up in the gymnasium at McKinley Elementary, welcomed to the school by the applause and cheers of the student body.
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BBC Sport's Steve Cram talks to double Olympic Champion Mo Farah in Kenya where the distance runner has gone to train.
bbci.co.uk (4 months and 4 days ago)
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