Broken hand causes major setback for Hamm's repeat gold bid (AFP)
Reigning Olympic all-around men's gymnastics champion Paul Hamm will miss next month's US Olympic Gymnastics trials after suffering a broken right hand at the US Championships.
Gebrselassie aiming for Olympic 10,000 metres berth (Reuters)
Twice Olympic
10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie will face a daunting
task at Saturday’s grand prix in Hengelo when he tries to earn
his fourth consecutive Olympic appearance.
Liu Xiang Starts Season With a Win
Olympic 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang has begun is season as he means to continue it in Beijing, with a gold medal.
(Via Xinhua) Liu said: “I’ve always started my season strongly in Osaka so I hope this will be a good omen.” As Liu knows very well, the rest of China is hoping this [...]