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| ''Every four years, the Olympics get people excited to exercise,'' says a professor of exercise, Glenn Gaesser, at Arizona State University. He has supervised a study about exercise and high blood pressure that was inspired in part by the London Games. See all stories on this topic » |
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Raisman finished second overall in the qualifying round with a total of 60.391, including a 15.325 on the floor exercise that was the best among all the competitors at the London Games. She also finished fourth in the vault, fifth on the balance beam …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese coaches and officials are panicking that meat-free diets imposed on Olympic athletes outside their training camps are hampering their performances in the lead-up to the London Games. Chinese athletes have been ordered to minimize the risk of accidental doping from clenbuterol-tainted meat this year by steering clear of pork, lamb and beef. The coach of China’s women’s volleyball team, however, has blamed three weeks on a vegetarian diet for his team’s four straight defeats at the recent world grand prix tournament in Ningbo. …
Australia's Olympic athletes will be banned from using sleeping pills, officials said Tuesday, after ex-swimming star Grant Hackett admitted to a heavy use of the sedatives while he was still competing.
LONDON (Reuters) – Cullen Jones was five when he almost drowned but rather than live in fear of water the American jumped back in with both feet, overcoming his fears to become an Olympic swimming gold medallist and drive a campaign to slash the drowning rate in the United States. The 28-year-old, who won relay gold in Beijing and hopes to earn an individual berth at the London Games, was put straight into swimming lessons by his mother after the water park accident. …