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Erie resident Constantina Tomescu-Dita, running for the Romanian team, soared into the Bird's Nest, turning the Olympic marathon into a one-woman race. Full story »

Cyclist Taylor Phinney finished seventh in the individual pursuit Saturday, capping a momentous year for him and his Boulder family.

With his Mom, Dad, and sister Kelsey leading about 20 friends and family cheering from the front row at the Laoshan Velodrome, Phinney matched up against Hayden Roulston of New Zealand for the 4,000-meter race.

After eight laps of the 250-meter track, Phinney was trailing by 2.075 seconds. More importantly his body was already tiring. Full story »

The second U.S. medal winner earned just a bronze, but Boulder's Shalane Flanagan wore the U.S. flag around her shoulders for so long after the women's 10,000 that it stuck to her back and appeared almost translucent, soaked through with sweat. Full story »

Boulder's Taylor Phinney finished seventh in his first Olympic race today and qualified for the next round, keeping medal hopes in the individual pursuit alive.

And his Olympic father, Davis Phinney, was there in the velodrome watching.

"Amazing," the American cycling legend marveled.

Never mind that the kid was disappointed with his placing and his time. Never mind that he went out too fast, as is his custom, and paid the price in the latter stages of the race. Didn't matter. The Phinney family and about two dozen of their closest friends were in Beijing on Friday, watching perhaps the next U.S. cycling star make his debut on sport's biggest stage. Full story »

Two Nebraska wrestlers, including one who won an NCAA championship in 2007, have been dismissed from the team after posing naked for videos and still photographs on an Internet pornography site. Full story »

The last time Boulder's Taylor Phinney was on the slick, speedy Olympic velodrome, he was only a tenth of second away from a trip to the medal stand.
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Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pyrotechnics and pageantry — topped by the unworldly sight of a flying gymnast, traversing the heights of the stadium to light the flame and begin the Summer Games. Full story »

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