After being busted for consecutive doping scandals in the '90s, China's swimmers are looking at a comeback
Michael Phelps ties Spitz' record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics in a controversial split-second win
How a Hong Kong philosophy student became the city's anti-Olympic poster child
Thus far, political protests have been fairly restrained and so has the response from Chinese authorities
The US should be very good at a game in which it didn't even qualify for the Olympics. A plan for dominance in team handball
Key errors ended the U.S. women's team's gold-medal hopes. But injuries and a new scoring system also played a role
That's "Greatest Olympian of All Time," and after his Aug. 13 dip in the pool, the title is all his
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Not much was expected of the inexperienced men's team. But its bronze medal was a tribute to teamwork
After breaking his third world record on the fourth day of competition, the U.S. swimmer might be setting his sights on an even loftier goal than winning eight golds
They won the team gold, but the Chinese women have not been able to shake allegations that they are actually just girls
The host nation defeated its great rival Japan, as the men laid to rest the disappointment of a fifth place finish at the last Olympics
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