U.S. Olympic Swimmer Battling Cancer
When you’re getting ready for your first Olympics, you would think that would be the most important thing going on in your life. But that’s not the case for U.S. Olympic Swimmer Eric Shanteau. A week before the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Eric got a call from his doctors telling him that [...]
USA Swimming names Beijing Olympic Swim Team
Swimming is one of the more well-known summer Olympic sports here in the United States. It’s also one where we usually do well. Hopefully, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be no exception. Yesterday, USA swimming posted the final roster of the swimmers who will be representing the United States in [...]
Olympic Trials– Do They Mean What You Think They Mean?
I don’t know about you, but I thought the Olympic Trials were the final hurdle for athletes wanting to attend the Olympics, and for some sports that may be true. But not for all of them. Take gymnastics, for example. When the gynmastics Olympic Trials were held recently, two gymnasts were chosen [...]