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Gwen Jorgensen of U.S. Olympic team a convert to the triathlon
It wasn't so long ago that Gwen Jorgensen got a call from U.S. triathlon officials. They knew she had competed as a runner and swimmer in college. Now that she had graduated, they wondered if she might like to try something new. But Jorgensen had pretty...
Tags: Cycling, Road Running, Sports, Running, Triathlon
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Cyclist Sarah Hammer gets second wind after bad Beijing experience
Sarah Hammer has a beautiful smile. That smile was hidden at the Beijing Olympics, behind one of the masks Hammer and three of her track cycling teammates wore as they got off their arrival flight, the athletes having taken advice that it was best to...
Tags: Cycling, Pursuit Cycling, Beijing Games, Sprint Cycling, Awards and Prizes
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Mark Whitehead dies at 50; cyclist was part of U.S. team that participated in blood doping during 1984 Summer Olympics
Mark Whitehead, a member of the U.S. track cycling team that participated in blood doping during the 1984 Summer Olympics, creating a scandal that led to the practice being banned from the sport, has died. He was 50.
Whitehead died in Frisco, Texas,...Tags: Pursuit Cycling, Cycling, Multi-Sport Events, Sprint Cycling, Summer Olympics
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It figures for Kim, Lysacek to take golden parachute
L.A. Times Olympics BlogTen things I know, and you should: 1. I hope I'm wrong, but my gut feeling is 2010 Olympic figure skating singles champions Kim Yuna of South Korea and Evan Lysacek of the United States are done with competitive skating....... -
Gear: A step up in home ellipticals
The elliptical trainer and its smooth oval foot pattern was a hit the moment it arrived on the scene in the mid-1990s, but a good one that could stand up to regular home use without rattling apart has never come cheap. That's doubly true of some of the...Tags: Cycling, Weight, Lance Armstrong, File Sharing, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Question of the day: Can cycling recover from all the drug allegations? [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumWriters from around Tribune Co. weigh in on the topic. Check back throughout the day for more responses, and feel free to leave a comment of your own. Phillip Hersh, Chicago Tribune For a decade, I have seen professional cycling...... -
Machines to help you take a load off
"Every runner over 45 that I see in here has advanced osteoarthritis in his knees," my doctor told me last year before recommending surgery for my torn meniscus. "I tell all you guys the same thing: ‘The impact is too much. Switch to the...Tags: University of Virginia, Cycling, Feet, Basketball, Sports
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Philip Hersh: Lewis-Powell long jump -- the best in my quarter-century of globetrotting
L.A. Times Olympics BlogFor a quarter century, I have had the best job in the world. It began when I convinced the sports editor who brought me to the Chicago Tribune, Gene Quinn, that the success of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (which,...... -
IOC needed to dump tennis, not add mixed doubles
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe International Olympic Committee has made two more ill-advised decisions regarding the program for the Summer Olympic Games. Today the IOC executive board went along with a recommendation from the International Cycling Union to dump what some call... -
The envelope, please: My athletes of year, decade
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe year after a Summer Olympics is supposed to be a time when the stars of the previous Games catch their breath while the likely stars of the next Winter Games give the Olympic world some breathless anticipation. So it...... -
On track for a fast ride
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSpeeding across a hill of wooden planks as steep as a black-diamond ski run, I pedal a bike with no brakes. I'm getting a quick lesson in track cycling, and the incline feels, threateningly, as if it were about to topple me sideways. My instructor's...Tags: Dining and Drinking, World War II (1939-1945), Cycling, Auto Racing, NASCAR
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'The Amazing Race': Baguettes and doughboys
Show TrackerWar is, as they say, hell. But apparently so too is Morse Code. On this week's episode of "The Amazing Race," the teams were transported from Hamburg, Germany, to a secret, undisclosed location within the French countryside, where they participated......
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