Never mind the Olympics, Blanka Vlasic wants to put on a world-beating performance every time she approaches the high jump bar.
The Croatian world champion, who had the year's best jump of 2.03 metres last Friday, has one of athletics' oldest world records in her sights at every meeting she competes in. ...Read more
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Starting Friday and finishing on Sunday was the Diving Olympic Trials, which were held down in Hobart. It was a very stressful, cut throat and drama filled weekend. Friday morning Sharleen Stratton and I competed in the Women's 3m Synchronised event. We w..Read more
After an exciting and (for the sport) a well publicised couple of weeks, life is starting to get back to normal.The trials ended very well for me, with some fast swims and the joy of being named on my first ever Olympic team. My final two events (the 200m..Read more
Well I am one month closer to the biggest meet of my life so far, and things are going great.Apart from a minor back problem during our Olympic Orientation camp, I have put together a good three week block of training that sets me up well for the months t..Read more
After the recent World Cup in Adelaide, most of the field moved on to our national champs to be held on the same track as the world cup.My goal for the World Cup was to make it on to the podium, and while I did manage to make the top 8 the final didn't qu..Read more
Hey everyone! It has been a while since my last blog and a lot has happened in the interim. Well, firstly I hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year period and managed to stick to their new years resolutions! Personally, I don't tend to make..Read more
Position |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 35 | 39 | 29 | 103 |
| 2 | China | 32 | 17 | 14 | 63 |
| 3 | Russia | 27 | 27 | 38 | 92 |
| 4 | Australia | 17 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Japan | 16 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Tuesday it would scale back the Olympic torch relay ... Read more