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Weightlifter Wins Two Gold Medals at 2009 Pescara Mediterranean Games 26 June 2009 Tunis — The Tunisian weightlifter Khalil Maaioua has given Tunisia 2 gold medals at the 2009 Pescara Mediterranean games held in the Italian city from June 26 through...
Tags: mediterranean games, gold medals
Calif. Michael Phelps has easily won the 200-meter butterfly at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix. The superstar from the Beijing Olympics touched first in 1 minute, 54.31 seconds in Friday night's final, beating the field by 5.67 seconds. His...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Santa Clara Invitational, Beijing, meter butterfly, gold medals
A blind pianist from Japan and a teenager from China won gold medals Sunday at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, making history as the first winners from Asian countries. Nobuyuki Tsujii, 20, of Japan and Haochen Zhang, 19, of China...
Tags: Japan, China, Altre Media/Van Cliburn Foundation, Nobuyuki Tsujii, Haochen Zhang, gold medals, 13th van, Zhang Haochen, blind pianists, Asian
Cecilia girl's and boy's track teams wasn't much of an adjustment...Cecilia gave the longhorns a run as they finished with 43 points just seven behind Burwell...Cecilia returned to Class C this year after competing in B a year ago. The Bluehawks were...
Tags: St. Cecilia, Lincoln Southwest, gold medals
Michael Phelps was quickly back to his dominating best, powering to a pair of victories in less than an hour on his return to competition at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix Friday. Back on the blocks for the first time since his record eight gold medal...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Beijing, meter freestyle, beijing olympic, Charlotte UltraSwim, grand prix, phelps makes, Aaron Peirsol, gold medals
Michael Phelps makes his first competitive appearance since the Beijing Olympics at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix meet on Friday, looking forward to the 2012 London Games and leaving behind a drug fiasco. Returning to the pool following the longest...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Beijing, gold medals
Jhannah Kaye Elpeloa, Tam Marie Castante, Jessierel Jalando-On and Rosemary Occeno also topped the EG’s 200m freestyle team relay event but was also disqualified due to false start, awarding the gold to NCR team. With the two disqualifications, the NCR...
Tags: Western Visayas, Palarong Pambansa, NCR, Mervin Guarte, gold medals
Florida lawmakers have honored Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte . Lochte, a University of Florida graduate who trains in Gainesville , was in the House on Wednesday as the chamber passed a resolution commending him. Lochte won two gold medals...
Tags: Ryan Lochte, Florida House, gold medals
Philippines Jey Rey Sucaldito and Maika De Oro retained their titles as Western Visayas ran away with three gold medals in secondary athletics Monday at the start of the 2009 Palarong Pambansa in Tacloban City. The 16-year-old Sucaldito capped his final...
Tags: Western Visayas, Palarong Pambansa, Mrs. Arroyo, Leyte Sports Development Center, gold medals, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals. As the Baltimore resident shifts to focusing on shorter races, he hopes the new freestyle technique...
Tags: Michael Phelps, freestyle technique, shorter races, sprinting speed, swimming technique, record performance, Beijing, beijing olympics, gold medals