LONDON (Reuters) – World champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya begins her bid for a distance double when the athletics program kicks off on Friday in the 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium.

Ethiopian Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, who has the fastest time of the year, is expected to be her main rival in a much-anticipated 10,000 meters final.

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – World champion Vivian Cheruiyot of
Kenya begins her bid for a distance double when the athletics
programme kicks off on Friday in the 80,000-capacity Olympic
stadium.

Ethiopian Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, who has the
fastest time of the year, is expected to be her main rival in a
much-anticipated 10,000 metres final.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Black belt Vladimir Putin cheered
a Russian judoka to a gold medal at the Olympics on Thursday,
and American Michael Phelps hit new heights by becoming the
first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive
Games.

The futuristic velodrome witnessed six world cycling
records, a double disqualification and golds for Britain’s men
and Germany’s women in the team sprints.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Black belt Vladimir Putin cheered
a Russian judoka to victory on Thursday at the Olympic Games,
where cycling saw a double disqualification drama and a
‘play-to-lose’ badminton scandal took a new twist.

On a day when world records tumbled at the futuristic
velodrome, Britain won the men’s cycling team sprint but China
were disqualified in the final of the women’s event, handing
victory to Germany.

LONDON (Reuters) – Black belt Vladimir Putin took on Britain’s David Cameron in judo diplomacy at the Olympics on Thursday and had the satisfaction of seeing a Russian win the nation’s third judo gold of the London Games.

The Russian president, who cultivates a macho image based partly on his judo skills, leapt to his feet with both fists aloft when Tagir Khaibulaev defeated his Mongolian opponent.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Black belt Vladimir Putin took on
Britain’s David Cameron in judo diplomacy at the Olympics on
Thursday and had the satisfaction of seeing a Russian win the
nation’s third judo gold of the London Games.

The Russian president, who cultivates a macho image based
partly on his judo skills, leapt to his feet with both fists
aloft when Tagir Khaibulaev defeated his Mongolian opponent.

LONDON (Reuters) – Swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will slug it out for one last time on Thursday while Britain’s Olympic cyclists seek to draw inspiration from Bradley Wiggins’s storming victory in the individual time trial.

The two Americans teamed up on Tuesday in the squad that crushed the rest of the field in the 4×200 meters freestyle relay to give Phelps his 19th Olympic medal, an all-time record.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan
Lochte will slug it out for one last time on Thursday while
Britain’s Olympic cyclists seek to draw inspiration from Bradley
Wiggins’s storming victory in the individual time trial.

The two Americans teamed up on Tuesday in the squad that
crushed the rest of the field in the 4×200 metres freestyle
relay to give Phelps his 19th Olympic medal, an all-time record.

LONDON (Reuters) – Just 10 days after triumphing in the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins won the Olympic cycling time trial on Wednesday on a golden day for hosts Britain, but a badminton match-throwing scandal left a sour taste on Day Five of the London Games.

Hunched over the handlebars, the man with the trademark long ginger sideburns powered home a gaping 42 seconds ahead of Germany’s Tony Martin to win his seventh Olympic medal, a record for a Briton.

LONDON (Reuters) – Just 10 days after triumphing in the Tour
de France, Bradley Wiggins won the Olympic cycling time trial on
Wednesday on a golden day for hosts Britain, but a badminton
match-throwing scandal left a sour taste on Day Five of the
London Games.

Hunched over the handlebars, the man with the trademark
long ginger sideburns powered home a gaping 42 seconds ahead of
Germany’s Tony Martin to win his seventh Olympic medal, a record
for a Briton.