Sports Buzz With just over a month to go until Beijing's opening ceremonies, we bring you a list of the female athletes most likely to grace Maxim (if they haven't already). Attractive, talented, and potentially gold medalists. And no, Allison Stokke is not participating in the Olympics.
Sports Buzz The 19-year-old just set the world record for the 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. She used to hold the world record, but Australian Stephanie Rice beat it in March. No doubt that fancy Speedo suit is helping.
Sports Buzz After having been at it for only four years, she holds the United States record in women's pole-vaulting. In the tightly geographic world of the sport, she and her coach are outsiders. Now, it looks like she's headed to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Sports Buzz Speedo's new LZR Racer, a seamless, high-tech, water-repellent bodysuit being championed by Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and others, is causing a firestorm of controversy in the swimming world. Since its introduction in February, athletes wearing it have broken 28 swimming records, leading many to question the ethics of wearing the suit, even referring to it as "technological doping."
Sports Buzz The International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted the ban on blogging for athletes in the 2008 Olympics. Rules include: No blogging about other competitors, no videos, photos, or audio clips of sporting events or opening, closing, and medal ceremonies and no domain names with words similar to "Olympics". Are corporate media sponsors really that intimidated by some athlete's LiveJournal?
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