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.
The daredevil downhill skier in him still craves going fast even if his body no longer permits it. Once
helped into his motorized scooter, former Olympic champion Bill Johnson
races through the halls of an assisted living facility in Gresham,
Oregon, hardly ever backing off the accelerator.
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Sebastian Coe says it is his "dream" to see the Olympics held in Africa
and he will try to help bring the games to the continent for the first
time.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said new research findings expected this
spring could suggest as many as 1 in 10 athletes who compete
internationally may be doping.
Ethiopia is on a mission to restore its distance running pride and prevent another Kenyan romp this summer. Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba took first steps in their preparation at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
The World Anti-Doping Agency urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly
hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour
de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.
Sebastian Coe says it is his "dream" to see the Olympics held in Africa
and he will try to help bring the games to the continent for the first
time.
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency says Alberto Contador
should be considered a "cheat" now that he has been found guilty of
doping and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
British rider Mark Cavendish won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar on
Tuesday while former champion Tom Boonen of Belgium retained the golden
jersey.