Olympics
Garrett Weber-Gale Credits Good Nutrition for Olympic Gold
Think eating healthy isn’t important to your athletic career? Don’t tell that to Olympic gold medalist and Team USA hopeful Garrett Weber-Gale. The swimmer credits a low-sodium, low-sugar, plant-based diet [...]
Volleyball Duo Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh Train for a Three-Peat in London
Two Olympic gold medals are not enough for beach volleyball superstars Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. They are currently gearing up to capture their third gold at the 2012 London [...]
World Champion Sprinter Kirani James's Secret for Success
An interesting fact about the reigning 400-meter world champion, Grenadian sprinter Kirani James: he's the world's slowest walker. You could beat him in a walk-a-thon. Seriously. “I actually walk really [...]
Road to London 2012: Talking Nutrition with Team USA Swimmer Natalie Coughlin
Few swimmers have had careers as stellar as Natalie Coughlin's. She's won 11 Olympic medals, including six in 2008, and she has her sights set on winning more in London [...]
Tyson Gay's 2012 Summer Olympics Training
He’s the fastest man in America, yet Tyson Gay is taking it slow in his quest to compete for Olympic gold in the 100-meter dash, the crown jewel of all [...]
Maintaining Perspective With U.S. Triathlete and Olympian Gwen Jorgensen
U.S. Triathlon team member Gwen Jorgensen has a simple philosophy: "there is more to life than sports." It's a surprising attitude for any athlete, but particularly shocking coming from an [...]
Coca Cola "Moves to the Beat" for the London Olympics
Coca-Cola has produced a slick new commercial (below) to coincide with the 2012 London Olympics. Featuring five elite athletes from five different countries, the spot has a hip, cosmopolitan feel. [...]
“Failure Is My Fuel”: Judo Champion Kayla Harrison Trains for Olympic Gold in London 2012
“I work out, eat, rest, work out, eat, rest, repeat,” quips Kayla Harrison, a gold medalist at the 2010 World Judo Championship. “Everything is devoted 110 percent to training.” And [...]
Nike Unveils Its Hyper Elite USA Basketball Uniforms
At the recent Olympic Innovation Summit in New York, Nike introduced the apparel that their athlete-endorsers will wear this summer at the 2012 Olympic Games—including the Hyper Elite USA Basketball [...]
Aly Raisman Prepares for the 2012 Olympics
The United States gymnastics program has a long history of Olympic success, thanks to leadership from world-class gymnasts like Nastia Liukin, Carly Patterson and Alicia Sacramone. Now that the 2012 [...]