2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes
| Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|
Absalon, Julien | Mountain bike racing |
Adlington, Rebecca | 800m, 400m and 4x200m freestyle |
Ainslie, Ben | Laser, Finn |
Bauge, Gregory | Track cycling (sprint) |
Bekele, Kenenisa | long distance and cross-country |
Blake, Yohan | 100m, 200m , 4x100m |
Bolt, Usain | 100m, 200m , 4x100m |
Bryant, Kobe | Basketball |
Campbell-Brown, Veronica | 100m, 200m, 4x100m sprints |
Cancellara, Fabian | road bicycle racing |
Cavendish, Mark | Road racing, track cycling |
Cheruiyot, Vivian | |
Cielo, Cesar | 50m, 100m, 4x100m freestyle, 50m butterfly |
Daley, Thomas | 10m platform, 10m synchronised |
Drysdale, Mahe | Single sculls, quadruple sculls |
Farah, Mohamed | 5000m, 10,000m, cross-country |
Federer, Roger | |
Franklin, Melissa | backstroke, freestyle and relays |
Gasol, Pau | |
Gay, Tyson | 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay |
Hoy, Chris | |
Idowu, Phillips | Triple jump |
Isinbayeva, Yelena | pole vault |
James, LeBron | Basketball |
Jeter, Carmelita | 100m, 200m, 4x100m |
Kitajima, Kosuke | |
Li, Na | |
Liu, Xiang | 60 m hurdles, 110 m hurdles |
Lochte, Ryan | 100m, 200m backstroke, 200m, 400m medley, relays |
Magnussen, James | 100m freestyle, relays |
Merritt, Lashawn | 400m, 4x400m relay |
Murofushi, Koji | Hammer |
Nadal, Rafael | 2001 |
Pellegrini, Federica | 200m, 400m, 800m freestye, relays |
Pendleton, Victoria | Sprint, keirin |
Phelps, Michael | 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, butterfly, freestyle relay |
Phillips, Dwight | long-jump |
Powell, Asafa | 100m, 4x100m |
Riner, Teddy | Judo, open weight category (over 100kg) |
Robles, Dayron | 60m hurdles, 110m hurdles |
Rudisha, David | 800m |
Scheidt, Robert | Laser and Star |
Semenya, Caster | 800m |
Sun, Yang | 400m free, 800m free and 1500m free |
Uchimura, Kohei | gymnastics |
Vezzali, Valentina | Foil |
Vlasic, Blanka | High jump |
Vos, Marianne | Road, track and cyclo-cross |
Wieber, Jordyn | Gymnastics |
Wiggins, Bradley | |
Zagunis, Mariel | Sabre |
van Grunsven, Anky | Dressage |
Olympics News
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Carolina Marín, Olympic and world badminton champion, retires
- Carolina Marín, one of the greatest ever badminton players, retired Thursday after the Spaniard couldn't fully recover from a third serious knee injury.
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The unexpected path that led Morgan and Frankie Price to Arkansas gymnastics
The Price sisters have led the Arkansas gymnastics team in their final season of the sport -- and they hope it ends with an NCAA championship berth.
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Devynne Charlton, Cooper Lutkenhaus star at World Indoors
Devynne Charlton matched her own world record by clocking 7.65 seconds to win the 60-meter hurdles at the World Indoors for the third straight year Sunday.
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Sprinter Fred Kerley gets 2-year ban for missing drug tests
Sprinter Fred Kerley received a two-year ban Friday for missing drug tests -- a suspension that shouldn't impact the 30-year-old former world champion because he has signed to run in a league that does not prohibit performance enhancers.
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Diving World Cup canceled after surge of violence in Mexico
The Diving World Cup scheduled for next week outside of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, has been canceled due to safety concerns in the area.
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Jeff Galloway, Olympian and pioneer of run-walk method, dies at 80
Jeff Galloway, a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team who for decades inspired elite athletes and countless everyday runners by promoting a run-walk-run strategy, whether in a marathon or just a neighborhood jog, died Wednesday at age 80.

























