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Charles Austin's Guide to Watching the High Jump

Four Gold Medals and Forgotten Glory

Meet Team USA’s Marlen Esparza, the New Face of Women’s Boxing

Cheat Sheets for the Games

Who Is Your Favorite Summer Olympian?

The Secret City of London Inside London

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Gooooal! Two Technologies Compete to Sense Soccer Goals

Does Double-Amputee Oscar Pistorius Have an Unfair Advantage at the 2012 Olympic Games?

A Single Brain Structure May Give Winners That Extra Physical Edge

Why Great Olympic Feats Raise Suspicions

History

Jean Jacoby Study of sport

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News

Winter Games

Shaun White, Snowboarding

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A Guided Tour of Olympic Host Cities

Forty cities on four continents have hosted the Olympics since the first modern games were held in 1896.

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