olympic trials

Jessica Hardy's first trip to the Olympics could be over before it began. The swimmer tested positive for a banned substance, leaving her just two weeks to pursue any appeals before the Beijing Games.

Hardy's "A" sample from the recent U.S. Olympic trials tested positive, a person familiar with the test results told The Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Swimmer Jessica Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after testing positive for a banned substance, according to a person familiar with the test results.

Hardy's "A" sample from the recent U.S. Olympic trials tested positive, the person told The Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Dwain Chambers won the 100 meters at Britain's Olympic trials Saturday and now must wait to see if a judge overturns his Olympic ban.

Chambers, who is returning from a two-year drug ban, finished in 10.00 seconds. That should also ensure a berth in the 4x100 relay if his legal team can convince a judge at London's High Court on Wednesday to grant an injunction against the British Olympic...

Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a devastating diagnosis: He has testicular cancer. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Shanteau said he learned just a week before the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., that he had cancer.

His doctors cleared him to compete in that meet and he surprisingly made the team in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing second ahead of...

Michael Phelps just missed setting another world record at the U.S. Olympic trials.

Even though it wasn't Ryan Lochte vs.

Michael Phelps Part III, it was still a nail biter, with Phelps coming just short of his record time. He still made the best time in the 200m freestyle trial at 1.44.10 -- his world record is 1.43.86.

He also qualified for the finals in the 200m butterfly.

World 100m record holder Usain Bolt beats Asafa Powell to make the Olympics but refuses to confirm he will run the event in Beijing.

With one last Olympic trials to run, Joan Benoit Samuelson's place in the Hall of Fame is already secure. The 50-year-old Samuelson, who will run in her fourth and final Olympic trials in Boston on Sunday, is one of nine individual athletes who will be part of this year's U.S.

Olympic Hall of Fame class.