| Olympic Champ Bedard Awaits Extradition | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:10:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Canadian Olympic gold-medalist Myriam Bedard must remain in jail as she waits for Canadian authorities to bring her home to face charges of parental child abduction and violation of a custody order, a U.S. federal judge said Friday. Bedard, 37, was arrested a week ago in Maryland and is being held on a warrant for being an international fugitive. She allegedly violated a child custody order by bringing her 12-year-old daughter to the United States. U.S. marshals found her and the girl, Maude, at a hotel in Columbia, a suburb of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Quebec native has been in the custody of U.S. marshals at the Howard County Detention Center since the arrest. Her daughter is back with Bedard's ex-husband, Jean Paquet, in Quebec. Bedard waived extradition Friday in U.S.... | |
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| | | China Tests Rookies at Asian Games in Run-up to 2008 Olympics | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:17:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- China begins a dress rehearsal for the 2008 Olympics without lead players including Yao Ming when the 15th Asian Games get under way in Qatar today. The top nation at Asia's multisports jamboree since 1982, China has sent 647 mostly inexperienced athletes seeking to force their way into contention for the Beijing Olympics. Liu Xiang, the 2004 Olympic champion hurdler, heads a group including more than 400 rookies that's set to dominate the four- yearly Asian Games over the next 15 days. Basketball player Yao is the most noticeable top-level absentee. ``Our goal is to give younger competitors experience and to rest top athletes who have had too much competition and need a break,'' Duan Shijie, China's deputy sports minister, was quoted as saying by China Daily.... | |
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| | | Olympic Gold Medalist Kelly Dies at 93 | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:10:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Annette Kelly, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter relay, died Wednesday in Des Plaines. She was 93. "She was competitive, but she loved to laugh, she loved life," said her daughter, Kathleen Kelly. Her mother had suffered a stroke about two months ago and was battling an infection at the time of her death. Kelly won gold medals in the 400-meter relay at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 1936 Games in Berlin. Kelly also placed sixth in the high jump in 1932 and fifth in the 100 meters in 1936. She told her family she and her teammates knew the politics involved in competing in 1930s Germany. "But they were athletes and they were excited about competing and when the United States decided to go, they went to represent their country and that was that," Kathleen Kelly said.... | |
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| | | Asian Games: 8 gold medals reasonable, acceptable | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:20:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | EIGHT gold, which would be the best ever if attained, is what the National Sports Council expects the Malaysian haul to be in the Doha Asian Games. In concurring with Datuk A. Sani Karims target, NSC director general Datuk Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz said that a haul of eight gold medals would be "reasonable and acceptable". "I wont sway too far from that as Datuk Sani has been on the ground, hes studied the matter and hes met with all the athletes. Plus, the Asian Games is not like the Sea Games, in some sports it is world class competition that were facing," said Dr Ramlan. Asked of the money spent by the Government on the preparation of athletes and the somewhat uninspiring expectations as with the target, Dr Ramlan called for critics to look at the bigger picture. "We cant just look at the last four years since the last Asian Games and this years Asian Games.... | |
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| | | Build muscle mass and lose weight | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:11:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Did you know that there are more than 600 muscles in your body, from the large vastus lateralis on the front of your thigh to the small orbicularis oculi that closes your eyelids and wrinkles the skin on your forehead? When trained properly, your muscles can do amazing things, from making funny faces to winning Olympic medals. You just need to know how they work, keep them in shape and stretch them out enough to prevent injury. Having a beautiful physique of strong lean muscles is more than just looking good. Those muscles are responsible for everything from metabolism to movement. Forty percent of your total body weight is muscle, and depending on your genetics, the types of muscle fibers you're born with determine whether you excel as a sprinter or a marathoner. However, if you are just the average Joe or Jane, you are probably more concerned with keeping strong, keeping up with your kids and aging gracefully.... | |
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| | | Chinese medals sweep in table tennis unlikely, says legend | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:17:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | HONG KONG -- A Chinese clean sweep of all seven table tennis gold medals at the Asian Games next month is an unrealistic target, legendary paddler Deng Yapin said. Deng, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and 18-time world champion for China, said countries like Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong had taken big strides in recent years. "Other nations like South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong have improved in leaps and bounds and it would be too tough a task for China to win all seven gold medals," Deng, who retired in 1997, was quoted as saying in the South China Morning Post. "At the moment, it's very close at the top with the other Asian nations also likely to be a force to be reckoned with," said Deng. China is the world's most powerful table tennis nation, winning all four Olympic golds in Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.... | |
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| | | Olympian recalls terrorist takeover | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 1:31:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | At the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Israeli team was attacked and taken hostage by a group of Palestinian terrorists who eventually killed all of their captives. Dan Alon -- an Israeli fencer -- escaped the attack, but not the heartache of collecting the belongings of his slain teammates. "That was one of the saddest days of my life," Alon said. "Everything was covered with blood. The saddest part was gathering the dolls and toys they had bought to take back for their babies." Alon, a resident of Tel Aviv, Israel, told his story before an audience of about 20 people in the Osmond Lab on Friday. Alon began telling his story in 2005 after the premiere of the movie Munich. After hearing Alon was a survivor of the Munich attack, a Chabad rabbi convinced him to speak at Oxford and later at Yale.... | |
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| | | Olympic chief worries about China's image | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:09:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge visits the construction site of Beijing Olympic Venue's Bird Nest which is the Main Stadium at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Beijing. Rogge praised Beijing's work on hosting the 2008 Olympics but expressed concern about the world's image of China .... | |
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| | | CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Francis: Crawford takes the reins | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:12:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | The last time we saw Chandra Crawford, the bubbly Canmore skier stole the nation's heart with one of the most surprising gold medals in Canadian Olympic history. She followed it up with some podium air guitar, a stirring rendition of O' Canada and a CBC interview as memorable as her smile. Since then, the 22-year-old cross-country phenom has been on the ride of her life. "I've been spending most of my time on my Lear jet between here and the Caribbean Island I bought," she chuckled before being asked if she's recognized on the street. "It's Canmore -- I was recognized on the street before all this happened anyway. "Although there was one lady who stopped me and started kissing me all over my face." OK, so while the new leader of Canada's 15-person cross-country ski team may not have her mug attract attention -- or be smothered in smooches -- anywhere outside her hometown, her life obviously underwent several changes since she took the cross-country sprint final by storm in Italy last February.... | |
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| | | Olympic marathon champ Baldini ready for New York | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 3:10:44 AM by Blog57 Team | | Stefano Baldini knows just the addition he'd like to make to his resume -- a victory at the New York City Marathon. The 35-year-old Italian is the reigning Olympic champion. He won the marathon at the European Championships in August for the second time. He's also won the gold medal at the world half-marathon championships and has two bronze medals from the world championships. .... | |
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