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Catchings takes leadership role for U.S. women
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:19:04 GMT

Tamika Catchings and Katie Smith have become the unquestioned leaders of the USA women's basketball team during its current training camp in Italy and coach Anne Donovan would like them to continue to be leaders when some of the veteran players rejoin the team. Catchings scored 13 points Tuesday to lead the U.S. team to its fourth win in a row, a 81-41 pounding of the Pomezia Region All-Stars. Catchings has averaged a team-high 12.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in the four wins. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=DLgE4s"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=DLgE4s" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109959121" height="1" width="1"/>

Olympic skiing champion Janica Kostelic retires
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:40:55 GMT

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Janica Kostelic retired from Alpine skiing Thursday, saying she is enjoying life off the slopes more than winning medals. The 25-year-old Croat, who took the last World Cup season off due to chronic back and knee injuries, wants to spend more time with her boyfriend and at the beauty salon she has just opened. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=tbvXMT"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=tbvXMT" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/110337993" height="1" width="1"/>

South Korea to host 2014 Asian Games
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:08:33 GMT

The South Korean city of Incheon won the bid to host the 2014 Asian Games over India's New Delhi. The Olympic Council of Asia announced the vote of the assembly's 45 members on Tuesday. The Asian Games are held every four years; the 16th Asian Games will be held in 2010 in Guangzhou, China.. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=cXNKWJ"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=cXNKWJ" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109839145" height="1" width="1"/>

U.S. fencer to give Olympics one more shot
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:15:35 GMT

Though her comeback is less than a year old, iris Zimmermann ranks third nationally and 48th internationally in women's foil heading into next month's World Cup competition. The IOC had dropped women's team foil fencing at the 2004 Olympics in Athens but decided to reinstate the event for next year's Games. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=vgjCS6"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=vgjCS6" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109810600" height="1" width="1"/>

Doping fight to target manufacturers, distributors
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:17:19 GMT

The World Anti-Doping Agency wants to target manufacturers and distributors of illegal substances as well as the athletes taking them. "We know that mere collection of urine and blood samples is not going to end the fight against doping in sport," WADA director general David Howman said Tuesday. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=hCDv7V"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=hCDv7V" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109795636" height="1" width="1"/>

Cheruiyot wins his third Boston Marathon
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:16:47 GMT

Running in wind and rain, Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia and Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya utilized impressive finishing miles to win titles Monday in the 111th Boston Marathon. Cheruiyot made his decisive move with about a mile left, covering the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 13 seconds to defend his Boston title with countryman James Kwambai second. The top U.S. male was Peter Gilmore in eighth place (2:16.41). <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=a0nxTg"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=a0nxTg" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109537895" height="1" width="1"/>

American women stay unbeaten in Italy camp
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:28:54 GMT

Anne Donovan was pleased with what she saw Monday from the USA's young post players as the women's team remained unbeaten during its training camp in Italy. WNBA veterans Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever) and Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Los Angeles Sparks) posted double-doubles in the USA's 82-42 rout of Viterbo, an Italian league pro team. But 6-5 Sylvia Fowles (LSU), 6-4 Jessica Davenport (New York Liberty) and Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) were also impressive in the win. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=Q20kBf"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=Q20kBf" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109655508" height="1" width="1"/>

USA's Boston Marathon drought continues; Kastor derailed
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:23:34 GMT

It wasn't the damp chill, head winds of up to 36 mph or fatigue that caused Deena Kastor to drop back from the lead group in the 111th Boston Marathon on Monday. Stomach cramps forced a pit stop, ending her hopes to become the first American winner in 22 years ."I just had a really bad day out there," said Kastor, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=YDOj3J"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=YDOj3J" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109676032" height="1" width="1"/>

USA Hockey turns to youth for world championships
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:29:07 GMT

When USA Hockey announced the 18 players for this month's world championships, it might also have been offering coming attractions for the next Olympics. Choosing 12 players under age 25, including NHL Rookie of the Year candidate Paul Stastny, 21, of the Colorado Avalanche and heralded Los Angeles Kings rookie defenseman Jack Johnson, 20, the Americans clearly have one eye on the future. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=HbMkmr"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=HbMkmr" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109632464" height="1" width="1"/>

Now that it's Chicago, some do's and don'ts
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:56:23 GMT

Whether that will be enough to beat out the likes of Rome and Tokyo, we won't know until 2009. The Olympic host selection process is a drawn-out, complicated, exhausting ordeal. Like U.S. presidential races, or the Davis Cup.So we will leave them to their two-year campaign. As a loyal Midwesterner, here are some suggested dos and don'ts for future IOC presentations. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=isuUCJ"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=isuUCJ" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109615841" height="1" width="1"/>

Beijing torch relay proposals to be evaluated
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:12:04 GMT

Proposals to take the torch relay through Taiwan and Tibet for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be evaluated this month by the IOC. For China, the torch relay route could be used to underscore Chinese claims to Tibet, a Himalayan region under Beijing's control since 1950, and Taiwan, the self-ruled island that split from the mainland in 1949. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=NhlvB3"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=NhlvB3" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109615842" height="1" width="1"/>

Boston Marathon plays wrong Russian anthem again
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:11:33 GMT

Boston Marathon women's winner Lidiya Grigoryeva didn't notice organizers were playing the wrong Russian national anthem as she wore the victor's olive wreath and accepted her trophy on Monday. But Russians in Boston watching the race and others watching on television were horrified to hear the wrong anthem for the second time since another Russian woman won in 2003. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=fyulkk"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=fyulkk" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109608163" height="1" width="1"/>

Choosing Chicago only the first step in bid for 2016 Games
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:42:19 GMT

Within minutes of Saturday's announcement that Chicago will be the U.S. candidate for the 2016 Summer Games, U.S. Olympic Committee international relations chief Robert Fasulo was on the phone. The second, and most important, phase of Chicago's race for 2016 had begun. Fasulo called a handful of International Olympic Committee members, who will vote on the 2016 host in October 2009. Madrid, Milan, New Delhi, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Tokyo also are expected to bid. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=r2Rcws"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=r2Rcws" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109392632" height="1" width="1"/>

Shami wins Paris Marathon
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:51:02 GMT

Mubarak Shami of Qatar won the Paris Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 19 seconds. Defending champion Gashaw Melese of Ethiopia was second in 2:09:53, 35 seconds ahead of Daniel Rono of Kenya. Tafa Magarsa of Ethiopia won the women's race in 2:25:07. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=DdVph2"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=DdVph2" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109257072" height="1" width="1"/>

Chelanga, Ominami win Rotterdam Marathon
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:32:19 GMT

Joshua Chelanga became the ninth straight Kenyan to win the Rotterdam Marathon, finishing the race in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 21 seconds Sunday. Takayuki Matsumiya of Japan was second in 2:10:03. Chelanga was one of 12 Kenyans in the men's race. Hiromi Ominami of Japan won the women's race in 2:26:36. <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?a=iZGFuC"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories?i=iZGFuC" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomOlympicsCoverage-TopStories/~4/109257073" height="1" width="1"/>