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Kikkan Randall knew she'd have a tough fight in Wednesday's cross country classical sprints. The American finished second at the World Championships last year, but that competition was in freestyle. Randall has never been as strong in classical and...

German biathlon star Magdalena Neuner won her first Olympic gold medal Tuesday, easily overtaking Slovakian sprint winner Anastazia Kuzmina in the women's 10k pursuit.

Switzerland's Dario Cologna won the men's 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country race at the Vancouver Games on Monday in his Olympic debut.

Charlotte Kalla of Sweden won the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race. The U.S. women's best was No. 30 at the Vancouver Games for her first Olympic gold medal.

Johnny Spillane has claimed the first U.S. medal in the sport of Nordic combined, testing an athlete's ski jumping and cross country skiing ability.

Vincent Jay of France has won a gold medal in his Olympic debut, capturing the 10-kilometer sprint at the Vancouver Games.

For the young American team, the event was good experience. All three moved through Friday's qualification round, but none reached the final 30. Nick Alexander and Peter Frenette tied for 41st; Anders Johnson placed 49th.

The best U.S. men's water polo performance in 20 years of Olympic play came to an end somewhere in the third quarter, as two-time defending champion Hungary pulled away with five unanswered goals on the way to a 14-10 win in the gold-medal match.

Sheila Taormina's medal hopes were over by noon Friday. Her fourth Olympics in three different sports were not. Left in a deep hole after a frustrating morning in fencing, the second of five events in the modern pentathlon, Taormina stormed back to...

Eight was a lucky number for the Opening Ceremony (8-08-08) and Michael Phelps (eight gold medals). Would it be a lucky number for venues visited in one day? USA TODAY's Beau Dure decided to find out.

Three-time world champion Emma Snowsill of Australia won the women's triathlon Monday at the picturesque Ming Tombs Reservoir, running away from a lead pack of 20 after the swim and bike phases.

And with Luis Yanez and Shawn Estrada losing Saturday at Workers' Gymnasium, the U.S. boxing team has qualified just two boxers for the quarterfinals welterweight Demetrius Andrade and heavyweight Deontay Wilder.

Olympic boxing has its share of controversy, but Shawn Estrada is one fighter departing the competition with no complaints.

The U.S. women's sabre team, flustered after losing a couple of close decisions in the split-second sport, fell 45-39 in the semifinals to Ukraine. The fencers returned a few hours later to leave on a high note with a resilient 45-38 win against...

Already playing without key midfielders Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley in the group-stage finale against Nigeria due to an accumulation of yellow cards, the USA lost left back Michael Orozco to a red card in the third minute and played 10-on-11 the...

After losing his first-round bout against Hungary's Peter Bacsi by a 1-5, 2-2, 0-3 score, TC Dantzler said he was slow reacting because he had to speed up cutting weight due to a faulty scale.

While Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong were easily handling the South Africans, the Beijing University of Technology gym was rocking. Two courts away, China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng were knocking out Denmark's Jens Dyrloev Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard...

Still, the 22-year-old Californian outlasted any previous U.S. women's single entry none had managed to win a single game. The match had the undivided attention of the nearly full 6,900-capacity Beijing University of Technology gymnasium.

Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley, both at the heart of the U.S. men's team's midfield, picked up two yellow cards in two games and will miss the group-stage finale against Nigeria.

One minute away from one of the biggest wins any U.S. soccer team has recorded, the American men gave up a tying goal and settled for a 2-2 draw Sunday against the Netherlands.

Soon after Sarah Konrad got her Ph.D. in geology, she gave up her cycling career and decided to put her cross-country ski talents to use in biathlon. This year, at age 37, she has qualified for not one, but two World Championships cross-country and...

Water polo player Ryan Bailey spends much of his time two meters away from the opponent's goal, but that's given him a unique view of the world. The former UC Irvine star spoke with USATODAY.com's Beau Dure after the first of his team's two daily...

Laura Wilkinson has plenty of gold. In 1998, she won at the Goodwill Games. In 2000, she won in Sydney. In 2002, she married Eriek Hulseman. The 26-year-old Texan is gearing up to win again in Athens 2004, and she has already had success at the...

Sailing isn't all about yachts for people in silly hats. The Mistral class of Olympic sailing is essentially windsurfing, and it's a true test of athletic ability as well as sailing skill. Peter Wells, who won the U.S. Olympic trials in the men's...

Curt Clausen, who won a bronze medal in walking at the 1999 world championships, has qualified for his third trip to the Olympics. He took time out of training for his difficult sport to talk with USATODAY.com's Beau Dure.

Synchronized swimming is a demanding sport that requires athletes to do maneuvers that many would find difficult on land, let alone in a pool in which they can't touch the bottom. Yet many in the United States know the sport through an old Saturday...