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Maior Delegação Olímpica do Brasil é destaque no USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-07-29-3087227317_x.htm Posted 1h 38m ago | Comment  | Recommend  E-mail | Save | Print |  SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil heads to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation ever - and expectations to match. A record 277 athletes, up 30 from Athens and including a record 132 women, hope they can win more medals for Brazil than four years ago and close the

Perhaps the most decorated US horse and rider team headed to the 2008 Olympic dressage competition is Debbie McDonald and Brentina. While other riders have just as many, if not more, titles and wins to their name, it’s often been with a variety of horses. For Debbie, most of her major accomplishments came during her 14-year partnership with German-bred Hanoverian mare Brentina. These Olympic equestrian games will be the performance of a lifetime for the pair, as Debbie plans to retire Brenti

David Kay wants Canadians to know that athletes are concerned about human rights in China, writes Brendan Kennedy. Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, July 28, 2008 OTTAWA - For David Kay, a former Team Canada rower, the constant motion and solitude of a solo bicycle tour across the country provided the most fitting way to protest human rights abuses by China as it prepares to host the Olympic Games. “It’s partly physical, but it’s so much more mental,” Mr. Kay said of his trip, a six-week ri

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are just one month away and six U.S. triathletes are making their final preparations to bring home the gold. USA Triathlon offers a glimpse back at the qualification process and a sneak peak at what to expect in Beijing on August 18 and 19. It wasn’t without drama, that’s for sure. The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team selection process actually started in 2006, as athletes jockeyed for points in ITU events around the world. These precious points were the key factor in

Perhaps the most decorated US horse and rider team headed to the 2008 Olympic dressage competition is Debbie McDonald and Brentina. While other riders have just as many, if not more, titles and wins to their name, it’s often been with a variety of horses. For Debbie, most of her major accomplishments came during her 14-year partnership with German-bred Hanoverian mare Brentina. These Olympic equestrian games will be the performance of a lifetime for the pair, as Debbie plans to retire Brenti

David Kay wants Canadians to know that athletes are concerned about human rights in China, writes Brendan Kennedy. Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, July 28, 2008 OTTAWA - For David Kay, a former Team Canada rower, the constant motion and solitude of a solo bicycle tour across the country provided the most fitting way to protest human rights abuses by China as it prepares to host the Olympic Games. “It’s partly physical, but it’s so much more mental,” Mr. Kay said of his trip, a six-week ri