The Seattle Times: Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics en-us Copyright 2008 The Seattle Times Company Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:03:42 PDT Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:03:42 PDT MattBase 480 The Seattle Times: Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics Olympics | South Africa elects to pass on Oscar Pistorius http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2008060641_oly19.html?syndication=rss After a year of controversy, legal battles and frantic effort, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa will not compete in the Olympic Games next... Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2008060641_oly19.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:15:31 PDT Soccer | Galaxy star Landon Donovan kept off Olympic roster http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2008060640_sounders19.html?syndication=rss Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan, widely regarded as America's top soccer player and the captain of the U.S. national team, was not included Thursday when the U.S. named its roster for the Beijing Olympics. Sounders http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2008060640_sounders19.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:19 PDT Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008052290_apolyathpistorius.html?syndication=rss In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from competing in the Beijing Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008052290_apolyathpistorius.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT Foreign-born athletes take Olympic stage for US http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059755_apolyimmigrantolympians.html?syndication=rss As the U.S. struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance next month to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms at the Beijing Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059755_apolyimmigrantolympians.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT Some foreign-born US Olympians http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059768_apolyimmigrantolympiansglance.html?syndication=rss Some of the foreign-born athletes who will be competing for the United States at the Olympics in Beijing next month, listed by sport with country of birth in parentheses: Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059768_apolyimmigrantolympiansglance.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT Worley out with broken leg http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059405_apolygymuswomenworleyout.html?syndication=rss Shayla Worley's trip to the Beijing Olympics ended in rural Texas. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059405_apolygymuswomenworleyout.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT Judge: Chambers can't compete in Beijing http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059097_apolyathchambers.html?syndication=rss British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed Friday in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008059097_apolyathchambers.html?syndication=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT