Topic: Lopez Lomong

US star Lomong aims to inspire Sudanese kids

Sudan-born American track star Lopez Lomong plans to train in Kenya ahead of the 2012 London Olympics in a bid to encourage Sudanese kids to take up running as a career.The former "Lost Boy", who spent over a decade in a ...

Lopez Lomong

Lopez Lomong is an American athlete who was born in Sudan . Lopez Lomong 2008 will be Lopez Lomong's first appearance at the Olympics . Lomong will be competing for Team USA in the 1500 meter race. Lopez Lomong Lomong came to the ...
Lagat, Manzano, Lomong finish atop the field in 1,500 meters, will be on team in BeijingBernard Lagat, who will compete as an American Olympian for the first time in Beijing, has won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. track ...

Wind Sprints in Fragments

The American sprinters are now in Beijing after spending more than a week at training camp in Dalian. The biggest contingent arrived Sunday to start working out at the U.S. Olympic Committee facility at Beijing Normal University. Tyson Gay said he ...
The Olympics have started and one of the more interesting stories for the United States team has been who the athletes have chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.  They could have easily chosen someone like Michael Phelps or Kobe ...
Amid America's immigration debate, foreign-born athletes take Olympic stage for the USAs the U.S. struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance next month to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms ...
The 2008 Summer Olympics that will be held in Beijing, China, are just a few weeks away and in the United States many sports disciplines are in the trials process to determine the athletes that will be part of this year's ...

Lopez Lomong: How Good Is He?

The headline at the link below reads IAAF pleased to announced Pistorius eligible, but considering that they had opposed the South African's effort to compete in their sanctioned meets, take that with a grain of salt. Pistorius, who uses prosthetic cheetah ...

Lel Covets Marathon Record

This victory has given me confidence that I can break the world record, the 29-year-old said after he became the third man to win the London Marathon three times. He moved into fourth place on the all- time marathon list with his ...