Ron Reed's top 10 golden Olympic moments - Herald Sun

Ron Reed's top 10 golden Olympic moments
Herald Sun
AUSTRALIA has won 135 gold medals at the summer Olympics, more than half of which - 70 - have come at the seven Games I have been fortunate enough to attend ...

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August's 50 People Who Made A Difference - Stamford Advocate

August's 50 People Who Made A Difference
Stamford Advocate
5, 1984. At left is a 1984 Olympic poster given to her by a freind. At right is her Olympic Diploma given to her after winning gold in 1928. ...

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Ryan Lochte and his swimming career - bettor.com (blog)

Ryan Lochte and his swimming career
bettor.com (blog)
He thus qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ryan was also selected for the 4 into 200 metre freestyle relay team for America. Along with other members ...

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Coolpoint Will Buy Stake in Chinese Sportswear Maker Li Ning - BusinessWeek

Coolpoint Will Buy Stake in Chinese Sportswear Maker Li Ning
BusinessWeek
He was the gold-medal gymnast from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics who lit the flame, Spiderman-style, at the 2008 Beijing Games. Coolpoint said it hasn't yet ...

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Youth Olympics: 'Sounds good' to be golden, Montreal teen says - Montreal Gazette

Youth Olympics: 'Sounds good' to be golden, Montreal teen says
Montreal Gazette
He also competed at the Olympics in 1984 at Los Angeles, 1988 at Seoul and 1992 at Barcelona, where he finished eighth. Among his many international titles, ...

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August Flashback: Continental Baseball League folds - American Chronicle

August Flashback: Continental Baseball League folds
American Chronicle
The first US gold in the Rome Olympics is won by diver Gary Tobian. Russia leads the team standings. Don Johnson wins the Hallie Open for the eighth time, ...

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Sport's hard luck stories - Sydney Morning Herald

Sport's hard luck stories
Sydney Morning Herald
Zola Budd - disqualified from the 1984 Olympic 3000m race for tripping American Mary Decker - and Serena Williams - thrown out of last year's US Open for ...

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Caution! Invincibles falling - Times of India

Caution! Invincibles falling
Times of India
The American had earlier won gold in the springboard and tower diving events in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In Seoul he suffered a concussion after ...

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Golfer hits rock, causes spark, fire - Arizona Daily Star

Golfer hits rock, causes spark, fire
Arizona Daily Star
Fifteen competitors at the 2006 World Junior Diving Championships made the Olympics in 2008. Laurent Fignon, a Frenchman who won the Tour de France in 1983 ...

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