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Olympic fans who missed out on tickets for the London Games will get another opportunity this week, including a chance for high-demand seats to the opening ceremony or 100-meter final.

Olympic organizers said Monday they were looking into a tabloid's report claiming that a worker had been able to sneak a plastic container with batteries, a phone and modeling clay into Olympic Park.

When you think about American Olympic track legends of the 1930s, Jesse Owens is the dominant figure that comes to mind. But before Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe was America's greatest track hero. Metcalfe also competed along with Owens in the 1936 Berlin Games and with Owens, beat the Germans who were so heavily favored to [...]

Despite the Olympic Summer Games' $1.6 billion security budget, an Olympic Park worker still managed to sneak a fake bomb into the venue this weekend as it opened to the public for the first time.

The Olympic Stadium was officially opened last night by nine-year-old Niamh Clarke-Willis.

The last qualifying event for potential U.S.A. Olympic triathletes is the 2012 ITU World Triathlon in San Diego on May 11 and 12. Athletes finishing in the top-nine spots in San Diego will qualify for the 2012 Olympics, assuming that there are spots left.

Al Oerter won four consecutive Olympic discus throw golds between 1956-68. He set Olympic records each time by increasing his winning distances from 184 feet 11 inches in 1956 in Melbourne to 212 feet 6 inches in 1968 in Mexico City. He remains one of the greatest Olympians in any sport, and is widely respected [...]

PBS' great series, American Experience, has a new episode about Olympic legend Jesse Owens which offers a wonderful insight into this fascinating American hero. The show began airing on PBS on May 1 and the complete episode can also be watched online on the PBS video website.

The women's 400-meter freestyle, which features competitors swimming eight lengths of the pool, was first contested at the 1920 Olympic games. There, Ethleda Bleibtry of the United States earned the first women's 400-meter freestyle gold medal. The event has since been held in every Olympic Games.