Seldom has an Olympic competitor been roared on by a home crowd quite like Mary Lou Retton in Los Angeles. Every move, pirouette and spin was egged on by the vociferous home support, and she was ...
There have been few, if any, periods of domination in a particular sport quite like that of Ed Moses.Moses was the most elegant of 400m hurdlers, who required just 13 graceful ...
Raised in Sugarland, Texas, Tara Lipinski first attracted international attention when, at the age of 13, she qualified for the United States team at the 1996 world championships. She placed 15th, ...
Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps; or as they became known, the Magnificent Seven.
As the home team, ...
The men’s high jump at the Olympic Games of 1928 was a strikingly different event to that of today.
The now ubiquitous Fosbury Flop, perfected by the American jumper Dick Fosbury to ...