Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross, recovering from toe surgery, pulled out after deciding her foot wasn't ready to return to competition.

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When I asked another fan, dressed head-to-toe in the red, green and gold of the Ghanaian flag, what he thought lay behind Ghana's success, he shouted out two words - "team spirit!"

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In homage to the Surrealists, Louboutin once created a pair of pumps with a hydrodynamic shape, a bulging eye above the pinkie toe, and tessellating rows of black and gold scales the foot as a fish.

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After a string of setbacks, including having his toe amputated, surviving a motorcycle accident and a plane crash, Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner is now facing bankruptcy.

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In the women's 400, Olympic gold medalist Sanya-Richards Ross finished last in her first race since having surgery on her right big toe last September.

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