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Gold medalist Dan O'Brien is competing in the decathlon again. Well, not the decathlon. He won Olympic gold in that event at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and at age 46, he is now a little past his prime. But he will compete in a decathlon. To be specif...

Claressa Shields' boxing gold medal hasn't brought endorsements or TV interviews, but the 17-year-old isn't giving up the fight.

Great Britain is the source of some of our most cherished tales, from "Robin Hood" to "Harry Potter." Fittingly, the 2012 London Olympics provided us with more astounding stories.

The U.S. 4x100 relay team couldn't keep up with Usain Bolt and the Jamaicans, but it doesn't mean it'll stop trying.

Great Britain's Mo Farah put on quite the show for the home crowd while winning the 5,000 meters and after it was all over.

A lot can happen when a relay team holds on to the baton. For the U.S. women Friday night, what happened was a dominating performance that led to a world record.

No matter how hard you train, no matter how many years you put in, the unexpected can happen at the Olympics. Just ask Morgan Uceny and the men's 4x400 relay team.

Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee pulled off a rare American feat in the Olympic decathlon, a feat that warrants a very specific level of respect.

Sure, Usain Bolt can run 200 meters faster than anyone else in the world, but let's see him do it on a broken leg. Manteo Mitchell did exactly that when his left fibula cracked midway through his opening leg of the men's 4x400 relay. He didn't sto...

There have been two dominant household-name athletes at the past two Olympics -- Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. But unlike Phelps, Bolt is as much an entertainer as an athlete.

LONDON -- After his South Africa 4x400 relay team crashed in Thursday afternoon's semifinal, Oscar Pistorius sent out this tweet: We have been so blessed to this point with a Silver at World Champs in 2011 and We were looking forward to the Final....

LONDON -- As you may have heard, there are surface-to-air anti-missile weapons placed on some of the rooftops near Olympic Park. This is not, however, to prevent terrorism. This is to keep people from scalping tickets. The attitude here toward tic...

This was high jumper Amy Acuff's fifth time at the Summer Olympics, and, for once, there was also summerlike weather Thursday to go along with it. "I had to come to London to get a day that it wasn't pouring rain," Acuff said. "Atlanta, Sydney, ...

LONDON -- Allyson Felix was talking to a couple of reporters about winning her 200-meter semifinal Tuesday evening when she was interrupted by the loud, repeated squeals of France's Myriam Soumare. Soumare wasn't hurt or scared or in danger. She w...

Track cyclist Sarah Hammer's best chance at a gold medal evaporated three years ago when the International Olympic Committee dropped the individual pursuit, the event in which she has been world champion since 2008. "It's my pet event, what I love...

LONDON -- Wallace Spearmon is confident he can beat Usain Bolt in a race. Of course, he is talking about an auto race. "We both have the same car, a Nissan GTR," Spearmon said after Tuesday's 200-meter heats. "I kind of told Bolt about it and he w...