Jamaican officials say Bolt withdraws from national meet (Yahoo Sports) Jamaican officials say Usain Bolt has withdrawn from his country's National Senior Championships, citing an unspecified injury that casts doubt on whether he will appear at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month. The national meet serves as the Olympic trials. … [Read more...]

Bolt has injured hamstring, status for Rio Games in doubt (Yahoo Sports) Usain Bolt's Olympic quest is in doubt, after the sprint superstar left his country's national championships with a hamstring injury shortly before he was going to run the 100-meter final. Bolt's longtime rival Yohan Blake won the 100 title and formally qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics - but only after a … [Read more...]

Phelps wins latest showdown with Lochte at US swim trials (Yahoo Sports) Michael Phelps won his latest showdown with Ryan Lochte, capturing the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Friday night. Phelps led a scintillating race from start to finish, but Lochte was with him stroke for stroke. Lochte was next at 1:56.22 and had no complaints about his consolation … [Read more...]

US boxer Cam F Awesome down to last shot at Olympic dream (The Associated Press) With his berth in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on the line next week at a tournament in Vargas, Venezuela, the U.S. heavyweight might be in for a few restless nights. If he wakes up again surrounded by spoonsful of peanut butter, or if he realizes that he started to cook something in his sleep, he'll see it as a … [Read more...]

Europeans set high bar on mountain bike for Olympics (The Associated Press) Jaroslav Kulhavy trained so hard for the Olympics that he didn't have time to finish work on a new house. It took a broken left hand to finally slow him down on the mountain bike, though it's not the kind of break he needed as he works to get back atop the medal stand in Rio. After a five-week recovery, he was back … [Read more...]