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Procter & Gamble Announces Sponsorship of 28 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Athletes and Hopefuls for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; Launches P&G|Team USA Youth Sports Fund Wednesday, April 4, 2012 9:12 am EDT   "We are also grateful for P&G’s commitment to youth sports through the P&G|Team USA Youth Sports Fund. Providing young people greater access to sports will help develop the next..." CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), a Worldwide Olympic Partner, today announced its sponsorship of 28 U.S. Olympic...

By Brendan O’Brien Wednesday, April 04, 2012 If anyone is accustomed to overcoming obstacles it is Ireland’s sprint hurdler Derval O’Rourke but there are times when something as basic as finding a track on which to train can be problematic for the Cork athlete and her fellow Olympic hopefuls. O’Rourke was faced with just such a situation last weekend when she attempted to work off the jetlag from a holiday in the USA and Caribbean with a workout at the ALSAA complex near Dublin Airport.  The problem is that ALSAA is...

By Natalie England, TexasSports.com AUSTIN, Texas – On Friday, Trey Hardee returned to the track where he was groomed for greatness. Hardee, the current NCAA decathlon record-holder, claimed the decathlon title at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in 2005 and 2006 as a Texas Longhorn. He’s aiming now for his second-straight Olympics this summer in London. As preparation for that, Hardee competed in the invitational long jump and discus throw at this year’s Texas Relays. Hardee finished third in the long jump with a mark of 7...

Track and field fans can now have a look into the life of Olympic hurdler Queen Harrison as she prepares for London. Harrison’s website, www.queenharrison.com, shares her latest videos, pictures, competition schedule, and social media feeds. The website also contains a link to her blog, goqueengo.blogspot.com. Harrison is excited about interacting directly with fans. “I really look forward to keeping everyone updated on my life and everything that I have going on. The website is a great way to keep everybody up on my track career, ...

By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, March 29, 5:50 AM Hardee had reconstructive surgery last September to repair a ligament he blew out while throwing the javelin at the world championships last year in South Korea. The injury occurred on his final throw, a personal best that locked up his second straight world decathlon title. He would be if it weren’t for a long pinkish scar that curves around his right elbow. Now Hardee is pushing the elbow through an accelerated rehabilitation process aimed at competing i...

By Diego Sampaolo for the IAAF Combined events were in the spotlight at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul earlier this month thanks to Ashton Eaton and Natalya Dobrynska who set World records in Heptathlon and Pentathlon, respectively. If “the forgotten woman” Dobrynska emerged from the shadows by beating favourites Jessica Ennis and Tatyana Chernova, Eaton’s record was not a surprise as it was the third World Record of his young career. “Honestly for me it wasn’t very special breaking the World ...

The former 100-meter world silver medalist is out to prove the doubters wrong this season BY DANIA BOGLE Jamaica Observer staff reporter Friday, March 23, 2012 "As long as I'm excited and happy I think I'll do very well." So said 2008 Beijing Olympics 4x100m relay gold medallist Michael Frater as he spoke of his plans for this year's Olympic Games in London, England. "I've accomplished what most sprinters have only dreamed about doing and I'm still here. I'm still very excited; still very excited about going to training and stuff like that," F...

Doyle Management Group returns from World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey with a gold medal and two silver medals Ashton Eaton - Decathlon - Gold Medal & World Record The 2012 World Indoor Championships marked the third time that Ashton Eaton has broken the Heptathlon World Record. He dominated the two-day competition from start to finish and broke the record he set last year with a total of 6,645 points. The old mark was 6,568 points. Eaton led the event from start to finish and was ahead of record pace from early on. Eaton bega...

ISTANBUL (AP) – Ashton Eaton set his third heptathlon world record in as many years to win gold Saturday at the world indoor championships,  Eaton dominated the two-day competition from start to finish and capped it with an overwhelming 1,000 meters in the concluding event to break the record he set last year with a total of 6,645 points. The old mark was 6,568 points. Eaton led throughout the seven-event discipline. From early on, he was ahead of record pace, too. "I was good, fit and healthy, and if all things went well I knew I w...

Ashton Eaton goes after his own world record and an indoor title BY CURTIS ANDERSON The Register-Guard Appeared in print: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, page C1 The last time Ashton Eaton needed a break from winter training, he shattered his own world record in the indoor heptathlon. The 24-year-old Eaton is on the same path this week. The Oregon Track Club Elite athlete is the lone American in a field of eight competitors in the indoor heptathlon at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday and Saturday. The former five-tim...