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Nearly 1 Million 2012 Olympic Tickets Going on Sale

By UCN on May 8, 2012 1:17 PM

Young spectators show their support in Britain's team during the women's gold medal field hockey match between Britain and Argentina at the Riverbank field hockey arena in the Olympic Park in London, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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.

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Gymnast Dominique Dawes Credits 'God's Hands' for Getting Her Into Olympics

By UCN on May 5, 2012 4:16 PM

Gymnast Dominique Dawes speaks onstage during the 30th Annual Salute To Women In Sports Awards at The Waldorf Astoria on October 13, 2009 in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images North America)

With fewer than 100 days to the Olympic Games in London, the memories come tumbling back. Elite gymnast Dominique Dawes knows how it feels to stand on the highest podium with gold around her neck. And she knows how one misstep in an exacting sport means going home early.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Hannah Teter Suffers Concussion After Halfpipe Fall

By UCN on March 10, 2012 3:08 PM

Hannah Teter is taken from the course after a crash in the women's halfpipe finals at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships in Stratton, Vt., on Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter sustained a concussion after a hard fall in the halfpipe at the U.S. Open.

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Queen Elizabeth II to Open 2012 Olympics This Summer

By UCN on February 29, 2012 10:08 AM

Backdropped by the historic Tower Bridge, a giant Olympic Rings floats on the River Thames in London in the run-up for the Olympic games, during its launch to mark 150-days until the start of the London 2012 Olympic games, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will open the 2012 Olympics this summer, Buckingham Palace said Monday.

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Michael Phelps Using Hyperbaric Chamber to Aid Recovery from Training

By UCN on February 8, 2012 4:29 PM

Michael Phelps speaks to the media during a press conference to debut the new Speedo FASTSKIN 3 at Skylight Studios on November 30, 2011 in New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images North America)

Michael Phelps is the latest athlete to use a hyperbaric chamber to aid his recovery from training.

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Lindsey Vonn Takes Downhill for 50th World Cup Victory

By UCN on February 4, 2012 4:22 PM

Lindsey Vonn of the USA takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill on February 4, 2012 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe)

A career milestone and a rare family reunion. All of which left Lindsey Vonn in tears, and it made for a perfect day.

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Canadian Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke, Dies at 29, After Superpipe Crash

By UCN on January 19, 2012 4:56 PM

Sarah Burke of Whistler, Canada poses with her gold medal after winning the Women's Skiing Superpipe at Winter X Games 13 on Buttermilk Mountain on January 23, 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality - a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it.

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Liberty University Sponsoring Olympic Hopeful, Jay Panther

By UCN on January 18, 2012 4:03 AM

Liberty University could be headed to the 2014 Winter Olympics on the back of freestyle skier Jay Panther, who will promote the Christian campus on slopes around the world as he bids for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.

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US Names 20-Play Men's Olympic Basketball Pool

By UCN on January 16, 2012 6:10 PM

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils coaches against the Washington Huskies at Madison Square Garden on December 10, 2011 in New York City. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images North America)

This U.S. basketball team might be even better than the last two that won gold medals.

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Britain to Have 13,500 Troops on Duty for 2012 Olympics

By UCN on December 15, 2011 4:21 PM

Britain will have up to 13,500 troops deployed on land, at sea and in the skies to help protect next summer's Olympics - twice as many as had been expected.

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