Nastia Liukin Olympics 2012: U.S. Gymnast Embodies America's Spirit at Games
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PLANO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Just in time for the excitement in London this summer, five-time Olympic medalist and role model, Nastia Liukin, is teaming up with Fisher-Price, Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT), to help introduce the new, Plus, Karlie Kloss's latest campaign and the ladies of the Olympics and their beauty sponsorships. In this edition, [...]
Read MoreHope Solo stands by critical tweets
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The Olympian tweets that critical commentator Chastain needs to "get more educated" U.S. women's soccer goalie Hope Solo started a Twitter feud with former soccer star Brandi Chastain on July 28. Solo expressed her displeasure with Chastain's announcing skills during the July 28 match and criticized the comments she made. Chastain has So here we [...]
Read MoreJordyn Wieber's Coach Calls Elimination an 'Injustice'
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Reigning all-around champion Jordyn Wieber loses the top spot to her own teammates. -So who suffered the bigger disappointment: Nastia Liukin or Jordyn Wieber? Both are devastating in their own right. But comment below who you think had/has it worse. If one more face of the U.S. women's gymnastics suffers The 2008 Beijing Olympics all-around [...]
Read MoreMissy Franklin wins gold in 100 back; Ryan Lochte fails to medal in 200 free
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LONDON (AP) — Yannick Agnel dealt another crushing blow to Ryan Lochte and everyone else in the supposed Race of the Century at the London Olympics on Monday. Missy Franklin restored American swim hopes with a gutty performance in the Colorado's own Missy Franklin won the women's 100-meter backstroke at the London Olympics on Monday. [...]
Read MoreNBC Olympics gets slammed on social media — and couldn't care less
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A big part of the recent Twitter-NBC Olympics partnership was that they would be bringing back the Twitter Tracker they used back in 2008, but in a bigger way on devices. The tracker can be accessed within the NBC Olympics On the menu: swimming, gymnastics, beach volleyball, and more. Every single event is live-streamed. Why [...]
Read MoreMissy Franklin wins gold in 100 back; Ryan Lochte fails to medal in 200 free
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So along came Missy Franklin to restore American swim hopes with a gutty performance at the Olympics on Monday night. Coming back less than 14 minutes after swimming a semifinal heat, the Colorado teenager won the first gold medal of what figures to be Missy Franklin's Tuesday started out early in the morning in London [...]
Read MoreHope Solo stands by critical tweets
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Solo, the outspoken goaltender who competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2011, took to Twitter to slam former player and NBC's current announcer Brandi Chastain for her comments criticizing the U.S. team's defense. MANCHESTER, England — Hope Solo met with the coach and captains of the U.S. women's soccer team Sunday to discuss her [...]
Read MoreLondon 2012 diving: China takes gold, USA silver in 3-meter synchronized
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Wu and her partner He Zi won the first diving gold medal of the London Olympics on Sunday, putting the country on a path toward a possible sweep of the eight medals. They led throughout the five-dive round and totaled 346.20 points in the 3-meter LONDON—Canada has its first medal of the London Olympics. Divers [...]
Read MoreNBC Olympics — live from 1987
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in the 200 meter freestyle final. By Patch Staff; Email the author; 9:13 am. Tweet. Email. Print. 2 Comments. ‹ Back to Article. new Video_thumb. Embed | Share. 2012 Summer Olympics Page. Check out the NBC Olympic Schedule on Patch. U.S. Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle final. By Patch Staff; Email the author; 9:13 [...]
Read MoreMissy Franklin, Olympic Radical
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Olympian Missy Franklin's Favorite Post-Swim Drink. Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 9:00 AM. | posted by selfeditor. Though she hasn't even graduated from high school, Missy "The Missile" hopes to make a big splash at this year's Games, where Franklin qualified second for tonight's semifinals of the 100-meter backstroke behind Australia's Emily Seebohm, who set [...]
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