http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york-2/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york-2/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:13 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york-2/ For Michael Phelps, inspiration comes in all different shapes and sizes. On
a whistle-stop visit to New York, for the global launch of Head and
Shoulders' "Wash In Confidence" campaign, the world's most decorated
Olympian found inspiration at two unlikely places.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york-2/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-using-hyperbaric-chamber-to-aid-recovery-2/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-using-hyperbaric-chamber-to-aid-recovery-2/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:13 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-using-hyperbaric-chamber-to-aid-recovery-2/ Michael Phelps is the latest athlete to use a hyperbaric chamber to aid his recovery from training.The 16-time Olympic medalist said Wednesday he had been sleeping "at 8,000 feet every night" for almost a year.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-using-hyperbaric-chamber-to-aid-recovery-2/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/reichelt-tops-1st-dh-training-on-sochi-2014-course/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/reichelt-tops-1st-dh-training-on-sochi-2014-course/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/reichelt-tops-1st-dh-training-on-sochi-2014-course/ Hannes Reichelt of Austria led the opening World Cup training session on the 2014 Sochi Olympics downhill course on Wednesday.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/reichelt-tops-1st-dh-training-on-sochi-2014-course/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/hirscher-preparing-for-super-g-to-win-world-cup-overall/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/hirscher-preparing-for-super-g-to-win-world-cup-overall/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/hirscher-preparing-for-super-g-to-win-world-cup-overall/ Slalom specialist Marcel Hirscher of Austria is preparing to start
racing in the super-G in an attempt to win the overall World Cup title.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/hirscher-preparing-for-super-g-to-win-world-cup-overall/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/former-tour-winner-ullrich-surprised-by-contador-ban/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/former-tour-winner-ullrich-surprised-by-contador-ban/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/former-tour-winner-ullrich-surprised-by-contador-ban/ Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich described a doping ban for
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador as "unexpected and tough" on Wednesday
on the eve of his own Court of Arbitration (CAS) decision.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/former-tour-winner-ullrich-surprised-by-contador-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/brunel-makes-two-changes-to-italy-team/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/brunel-makes-two-changes-to-italy-team/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/brunel-makes-two-changes-to-italy-team/ Italy veterans Marco Bortolami and Gonzalo Canale were recalled as the
only changes in the starting team for the Six Nations match against
England at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/brunel-makes-two-changes-to-italy-team/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/boonen-wins-4th-stage-closer-to-4th-qatar-title/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/boonen-wins-4th-stage-closer-to-4th-qatar-title/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/boonen-wins-4th-stage-closer-to-4th-qatar-title/ Tom Boonen edged closer to winning his fourth Tour of Qatar title when
he grabbed the fourth stage ahead of Tom Veelers and Fabian Cancellara
on Wednesday.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/boonen-wins-4th-stage-closer-to-4th-qatar-title/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/sochi-olympics-downhill-course-gets-high-marks/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/sochi-olympics-downhill-course-gets-high-marks/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/sochi-olympics-downhill-course-gets-high-marks/ Didier Cuche called it "magnificent." Bode Miller was highly critical.
Aksel Lund Svindal said the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was "what
downhill is all about."

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/sochi-olympics-downhill-course-gets-high-marks/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/horner-expected-to-compete-in-tour-of-california/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/horner-expected-to-compete-in-tour-of-california/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/horner-expected-to-compete-in-tour-of-california/ Defending champion Chris Horner and three-time winner Levi Leipheimer
are expected to be in the field for the 2012 Amgen Tour of California,
which will include a 130-mile fourth stage that will make for the race's
longest day.

]]> http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/horner-expected-to-compete-in-tour-of-california/feed/ 0 http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york/ http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:12 +0000 CazBandit http://www.countdowntotheolympics.com/index.php/2012/02/phelps-finds-inspiration-abounds-in-new-york/ For Michael Phelps, inspiration comes in all different shapes and sizes. On
a whistle-stop visit to New York, for the global launch of Head and
Shoulders' "Wash In Confidence" campaign, the world's most decorated
Olympian found inspiration at two unlikely places.

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