Aug 20th, 2008 · Like two sprinters leaving the rest of the field behind, the United States and China are neck-and-neck in total medals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. The United States and the host country are tied, 79-79, in total medals. But China leads the U.S. in gold medals, 45-26.
May 1st, 2008 · Dana Hussein, one of four Iraqis who have qualified for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, has had to deal with sniper fire and sectarian violence just to practice. She is the only Iraqi training for the games inside the country.
Oct 5th, 2007 · Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use.
Feb 18th, 2007 · Triumph, from sports journalist Jeremy Schaap, tells the story of American sprinter Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, held under Hitler's glare. Schaap discusses his subject.
Sep 7th, 2006 · Backup test results on Olympic medalist Marion Jones have cleared the sprinter of any wrongdoing, despite testing positive for an endurance-boosting drug in June. A second test for the substance came back negative. Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Gary Wadler, a member of the Prohibited Lists and Methods Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Sep 7th, 2006 · Track and field champion Marion Jones was cleared of doping charges Wednesday after results of a second drug test came back negative. The B-sample test result saved Jones from a possible career-ending suspension. The former Olympic champion's A-sample had tested positive in June for the banned oxygen-boosting substance known as EPO.
Aug 23rd, 2006 · U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin has accepted an eight-year ban from athletics competition for testing positive for steroids in April. His case is unusual in that he has accepted the results of the positive test and the ban on competition, although he may appeal in the future. Renee Montagne talks to USA Today's Christine Brennan.
May 12th, 2006 · Olympic champion Justin Gatlin has set a new top world record for the 100-meter sprint, with a time of 9.76 seconds. Running at the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha, the American Gatlin broke Jamaican Asafa Powell's mark of 9.77, which he set at the Summer Olympics in Greece.