OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE: Allyson Felix, Track & Field
5/16/2012
INDIANAPOLIS – Allyson Felix has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 100 meters in 10.92 seconds at the Doha Diamond League meet on Friday.
Felix, the two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 200m, dropped down from her signature distance to defeat the reigning Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and [...]
BOXING: World Championship Updates
Team USA Advances Five Boxers to the Medal Round at 2012 Womens World Championships
MAY 16, 2012, 4:22 PM ET (courtesy teamusa.org)
Bantamweight Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y.), featherweight Tiara Brown (Lehigh Acres, Fla.), light welterweight Mikaela Mayer (Los Angeles, Calif.), welterweight Raquel Miller (San Francisco, Calif.), and light heavyweight Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Md.) will all compete in the semifinals on Friday.
One [...]
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: FIVB Heroes Feature – Kerri Walsh, Mother and athlete
FIVB Hero Kerri Walsh is a professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medal winner. But she is also a mother of two amazing kids and the way she combines her career and being a mum is outstanding.
FIVB Heroes Feature – Juliana
In the first FIVB Heroes feature Juliana Felisberta da Silva from Brazil shows not [...]
VIDEO: First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2012 Olympic Media Summit…Let’s Move!
2012-05-14
First Lady Michelle Obama joined athletes from Team USA at the 2012 Media Summit in Dallas,Texas. Mrs. Obama was at the Summit to announce a collaboration with the U.S. Olympic Committee to get 1.7 million American children active. It’s part of her Let’s Move! initiative that she launched two year ago to solve the problem [...]
SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: Claressa Shields Fights Her Way to London: Road to London
At the mere age of 17, Claressa Shields aims to be the best women boxer in the world. Shields has already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Team. Brawling her way into history, Shields uses the element of surprise to her advantage. Often, her competitors underestimate Shields’ ability and experience based on age alone. Physically and [...]
U.S. Olympic Committee and Allstate Unveil U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Class of 2012
Olympic, Paralympic, Team and Special Inductees to be honored on July 12 in Chicago
DALLAS, Texas – Fans of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sport have let their voices be heard. The United States Olympic Committee and Allstate Insurance Company today announced the members of the Class of 2012 who will be inducted into [...]
U.S. SAILING: Tunnicliffe, Vandemoer and Capozzi Qualify for 2012 US Olympic Team
Final Members of US Olympic Team Selected
In a thrilling conclusion to four days of women’s match racing, Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) and her Team Maclaren crew Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) won the 2012 US Olympic Team Qualifying Regatta by defeating Sally Barkow (Nashotah, WI) and her Team 7 Match Race crew Elizabeth [...]
OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT: Sanya Richards-Ross, Track & Field
Olympic Spotlight: Sanya Richards-Ross, Track & Field from Women’s Sports & Ent. Network.
WSEN’s Denise Saul caught up with Olympic Gold Medalist Sanya Richards-Ross (SRR) at the 2012 Penn Relays. SRR and her teammates set a new meet record. Richards-Ross, running the anchor leg, clocked the fastest split of the day in 49.5 to help [...]
TRACK & FIELD: U.S.A Women Shine at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA – Team USA on Saturday dominated the biggest international field ever assembled for USA vs. the World to sweep all six races at the 13th edition of the event at the Penn Relays.
With Americans setting meet records in the women’s 4×100m and 4×400m relay and a historic first win for the [...]