Olympic organisers have unveiled the white and gold kit to be worn by
torchbearers as they carry the flame on its 8,000-mile journey around
Britain plus the name of a 99-year-old who will take part.
Saudi Arabia looks set to send women athletes to an Olympics for the first time later this year. The
Saudis, Brunei and Qatar have never previously included females in
their teams and the IOC is eager to
see that situation change in London in July.
James Magnussen swam the world's fourth fastest 100 metres freestyle on
Monday to win Australia's national title in front of a thrilled crowd
and warn his Olympic rivals to "brace themselves".
Both Marcel Hirscher and Lindsey Vonn have just finished their best-ever
World Cup seasons but neither overall champion could do so on a high.
Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia won the Los Angeles Marathon women's race on
Sunday, improving her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a
$100,000 gender challenge bonus. Kenya's Simon Njoroge won the men's race.
Two-person races played out on both the men's and women's sides at
the seventh edition of the NYC Half, with Firehiwot Dado and Peter Kirui
getting the best of Kim Smith and Deriba Merga, respectively.
Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the final women's World Cup giant
slalom of the season to take the discipline title, while Lindsey Vonn
failed to break the 2,000-point record for one season.
Andre Myhrer of Sweden won the season-ending men's World Cup slalom Sunday to take the discipline title.
In a partial preview of the longest race contested on the track, Dathan
Ritzenhein, Ed Moran, Bobby Curtis and Scott Bauhs all are set to run
against one another in Sunday's NYC Half.
Dressed in old-fashioned ski clothes and using long, wooden skis, Didier
Cuche made the slowest run of his World Cup career on Saturday as he
bade farewell to the Alpine ski circuit.