BEIJING — High above the arena floor where Jonathan Horton was about to unveil a dangerous and daring horizontal bar routine, his parents, Margo and Al Horton, held their breath.
BEIJING — Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.
BEIJING — Ben Askren’s wrestling style is to overwhelm opponents with his offense.
BEIJING — They’ve been classmates, teammates and even roommates, forming bonds on land that now, more than ever before, are keeping them brilliantly buoyant.
BEIJING — For seven innings and an extra one, the U.S. softball team found itself somewhere frighteningly unfamiliar during an Olympics — at the edge of defeat.
BEIJING — Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her silver medal in the Olympic heptathlon.
One more for gold. One more before goodbye.
With her final chance at a gold medal just minutes away, Shawn Johnson was in the warm-up gym, in a fog.
Remember that opening-match loss to that 23rd-seeded Latvian team comprised of players with really long names who aren’t around anymore anyway, so why bother typing their names?
Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are familiar faces by now, so seeing the gymnasts side by side on the medals stand Tuesday was nice but nothing new.
