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The 30-year-old, who joined with twin sister Caroline in winning a gold medal in the rowing double sculls in Beijing last August, married Sam Earl in front of about 100 friends and family at a church in the small settlement of Pukehou, a Sunday newspaper...
Tags: Sam Earl, olympic gold, gold medallist, twin sisters, Georgina Evers-Swindell, marrying sam, Beijing
Abhinav Bindra's Olympic gold is of no help to the country's other shooters, who are still an ignored lot, feels world record holder marksman Ronjan Sodhi. "The Olympic gold will do wonders for Abhinav personally but what good it has done to shooting...
Tags: gold medal, olympics, air rifle, Abhinav Bindra, India, olympic gold, Bindra New Delhi
Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi announced her retirement Tuesday, saying she has reached the end of the road as a top women's professional marathon runner. ''I've reached the point where I'm no longer able to stand confidently and run...
Tags: Naoko Takahashi, Yoshinobu Takahashi, gold medalist, Japan, japan series, Tokyo, olympic gold, sydney olympic, medalist naoko, marathon gold
Doreen Wilbur, an Olympic gold medalist in archery from Jefferson, has died. Wilbur, who died Sunday, was 78...In 1981, she was selected for The Des Moines Sunday Registers Iowa Sports Hall of Fame...Read more in tomorrows Register. In your voice...
Mr Cosgrove says he was privileged to be part of the crowd who saw them take gold at their nail biting victory in Beijing this year. Related Stories Evers-Swindell's announce retirement 09/10/2008 13:32:22 Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell have decided...
Tags: Caroline Evers-Swindell, Georgina Evers-Swindell, New Zealand, Beijing, Nick Willis, gold medal, golden girls, olympic gold, 30th birthdays, double olympic
She was practicing for "Dancing With the Stars" when there was a loud pop. Misty May-Treanor appeared on the program in a cast Monday night, revealing that she had torn her Achilles tendon...Her rep told People the surgery was "successful" and that "she...
Tags: achilles tendon, beach volleyball, Stars, olympic gold, gold medalist, olympic beach, medalist misty
He and model Beth Ostrosky tied the knot Friday at Manhattan's tony Le Cirque restaurant in a ceremony officiated by actor Mark Consuelos, an ordained minister. Among the guests: Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman, arriving together despite their breakup...
Tags: olympic gold, Stars, gold medalist, medalist misty
Olympic champion hurdler Dayron Robles will lead a parade of Beijing medallists at this month's Kawasaki track and field meet, organisers said on Friday. The Cuban set a 110m hurdles world record of 12.87 seconds in June before winning Olympic gold in...
Tags: Beijing, world record, Dayron Robles, olympic gold, David Oliver (actor)
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps walks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 9, 2008.[Agencies] Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps on Thursday admitted to a case of nerves, but seemed confident he won't be a fish out of water when he...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Swimmer Phelps, New York Stock Exchange, gold medals, olympic gold, gold medalist, Beijing
Phelps answered questions politely, then changed into swimming trunks for a dip in the pool. The 23-year-old won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics this month. In his first 24 hours back on American soil, he appeared in New York with Tiger...
Tags: Michael Phelps Back Home, olympic gold, Walt Disney World Resort, Phelps Celebrates Gold, Cate Wittmack, gold medals, United States, Nastia Liukin, American, swimmer michael