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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today Evan Lysacek as its male Athlete of the… Read

By Jason Devaney, Universal SportsBETHESDA, Maryland, April 8. AT 6 a.m. Beijing time, Dara Torres awoke in her room at the Olympic Village and started her day.Drink a Living Fuel breakfast shake at 6...

The United States Olympic Committee announced today Evan Lysacek as its male Athlete of the Month and ice dancers Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto as its Team of the Month for March.

The International Olympic Committee has wrapped up a six-day visit to Chicago, one of four cities vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The city's bid is getting strong support from President Obama, a Chicagoan, who helped make the pitch in a videotaped message.

The reunion at Lausanne University in 1913 took the Olympic Congress to an altogether higher intellectual plane. No less than the “psychology and physiology of sport” were under the microscope as the increasing success of the Olympic Games, most recently in Stockholm in 1912, prompted questions relating to the demands of competitive sport and whether it caused more harm than good. Among the 100 or so participants were several academics, while many scientists from abroad submitted written presentations.Quest for recordsThe first meeting started with the reading of a paper by former US President Theodore Roosevelt, which told the audience how he had developed from a weak and feeble boy to a self-confident man by practising sport. A lecture on The Team demonstrated how team members can develop into “important social elements of society” while another presentation questioned whether the quest for records was exaggerated and degrading to sport.Exceptional speech

The Olympic family has honoured and invested in BMX by including it on the Olympic Programme. At its second Olympic event in 2012, BMX should breakthrough as a new, exciting, and innovative sport. We want to help you breakthrough. The 2012 World Championships, taking place just months prior to the London Olympic Games, will be crucial in building the right momentum for BMX. BMX has grown to become an important and popular sport especially among the youth in Denmark. We truly believe in and fully support the further development of BMX both in Denmark and around the world and are dedicated to making it stand out from the crowd.

Tara Cunningham of the USA competes in the women's 48 kg category weightlifting competition on August 14, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

With SwimNews. Zhang Lin, the 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist over 400 metres freestyle, started his new season in impressive style, setting a new Chinese record in the 200m free of 1:45.83 secon...

A Colorado Springs teacher is doing what she can to help fight cancer. She's training for an Olympic-distance triathlon in honor of two students at her school who have cancer.

Matthias Steiner of Austria makes a lift during the snatch portion of the men's 105 kg category weightlifting competition on August 24, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)