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The best part about winning an Olympic medal? Knowing that you represented your country proudly in international competition. The next best part? I'll be honest: I'm enjoying the recognition. It feels so good to know that what you do -- all the train...

Natalya Antyukh of Russia won the women's 400-meter hurdles at the London Olympics on Wednesday night, edging world champion Lashinda Demus and narrowly missing the games record.

The official slogan for the Olympic track trials was "Best.Time.Ever." But a better slogan would be "Best.Stories.Ever." While Olympics fans focused most of their attention on Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte this past week, the most intriguing athletes were in Eugene.

DALLAS -- Mother's Day carried added meaning on the first morning of the U.S. Olympic Media Summit, thanks to U.S. track stars Lashinda Demus and Sanya Richards-Ross. Demus just missed qualifying for Beijing in 2008 in her specialty, the 400-meter hu...

DALLAS -- Lashinda Demus, the world champion in the 400 hurdles, said that every time she competes at a track and field meet, "We know we're in a dying sport." "People are making $15,000 a year and calling themselves a professional athlete. To me ...

Reigning 400-meter hurdles world champion Lashinda Demus knows that drug testing, though inconvenient, is a necessary evil. But she wonders: Do the powers-that-be test the clean athletes more frequently than the suspicious ones?

Lashinda Demus will be blogging for espnW in the lead-up to this summer's Olympics. Check back in April for more on her journey to London. Young children don't understand world championships, Olympics, American records, or any of the statistic...

For world-champion hurdler Lashinda Demus, getting to tell her 4-year-old twin sons "Mommy won!" is a great reward for another successful race.

For world-champion hurdler Lashinda Demus, getting to tell her 4-year-old twin sons "Mommy won!" is a great reward for another successful race.

After barely missing out on the 2008 Olympics and battling postpartum depression, world-champion 400-meter hurdler Lashinda Demus is speeding toward London:...

After barely missing out on the 2008 Olympics and battling postpartum depression, world-champion 400-meter hurdler Lashinda Demus is speeding toward London.

In a golden half hour for the United States, three Americans won world championship titles on Thursday, none more surprising than Jennifer Barringer Simpson getting the first 1,500-meter victory since Mary Decker-Slaney in 1983.

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius and his South African 1,600-meter relay teammates qualified for the final in the world championships.

L.J. van Zyl of South Africa and Lashinda Demus of the United States have both set this year's world-best times in the 400-meter hurdles at the Herculis Super Grand Prix.

Lashinda Demus stumbled near the finish line while in the lead and wound up third Friday in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bislett Games, losing her chance for a $1 million jackpot.