Media attention of the sport has jumped since it became an official Olympic event in 2000.
Pistorius is a Paralympic champion and the first ever double-amputee to compete in an Olympic event.
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The gentlemen stated that their ambition is to see Spartan Sprint become an Olympic event.
Manchester plays hosts to table tennis' christening at the Games, despite being an Olympic event since 1988.
Also interesting to note there will be neither an Olympic event, nor any FIFA World Cup in 2013.
Moreover, it does not help that American football is not an Olympic event.
He is the only one of the banned athletes who actually competed in an Olympic event before being expelled.
This qualifies 10 teams which, in addition to the host nation, creates a minimum of 11 for the Olympic event.
He wants Spartan Race to be included as an Olympic event.
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She says lots of her friends are turned off by what she calls the crass merchandising and all the money that's been spent for the Olympic event.
With the debut of taekwondo as an official Olympic event, South Korea might be expected to march into Syd-ney with a single mission: dominate the national sport.
Also, in a reversal from prior Olympics, every Olympic event will be available live on NBCOlympics.com for people who can prove they subscribe to cable- or satellite-TV subscribers.
Bright sunshine in the Welsh capital greeted the first spectators to witness an Olympic event under the London 2012 banner, as Team GB kicked off what was billed as "day-2" of the Games.
He looks at the growth of snowboarding over the past ten years and its inclusion as an Olympic event in Nagano, Japan, four years ago as a sign that it's ready for prime time.
Although "riding" has come a long way in 40 years -- from being banned at most ski resorts to becoming an Olympic event in 1998 -- the sport still hasn't lost its edge, Doyle said.
Nicklaus also believes golf's becoming an Olympic event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 will give the game a boost, especially in countries like China and Brazil that are relatively new to the sport.
To add to a successful night for Belarusian cycling, Tatsiana Sharakova (30 points) won the women's points race, another non-Olympic event, while Jarmila Machacova of Czech Republic (20 points) took silver and Giorgia Bronzini of Italy (14 points) collected bronze.
The Olympic triathlon event in 2012 comprised a 1500m swim, 43km bike ride and 10km run.
Last month during one Olympic test event, ATM machine were cleaned out leaving tourists strapped.
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The RAF officer also won the Olympic test event at the Park City track in February 2001.
"This must be the first time there is an Olympic gymnastics event that didn't have a full arena, " a commentator said.
Days before, she wore skinny cornflower blue jeans from the Spanish retailer with a Team GB polo shirt for an Olympic torch event.
Meanwhile, Spain's Rafael Nadal has also withdrawn from next week's Cincinnati Masters event due to due to the left knee soreness that has sidelined him since Wimbledon and forced him to miss the Olympic tennis event.
Israeli police do not believe the blast was a suicide attack, but instead think the bomb, described as medium-sized, exploded prematurely and may have been intended, because of the proximity, for "Teddy" stadium, site of the Maccabiah Games, an Olympic-style event in which contingents of Jewish athletes from countries throughout the world compete in sporting events.
There will also be highlights of the women's event in which Olympic Road Race champion Nicole Cooke was attempting to win the Commonwealth title, no easy task in an event which favours riders who can call on the support of team-mates to help them plot their way through the race.
North Korea will face South Korea in the first round of the men's Olympic table tennis team event after the pair were drawn against each other on Wednesday.
You make it to the Olympic team if you finish in the top three and hit the Olympic standard for your event, either at the trials or some other competition.
The 119-year-old event draws Olympic, college and high-school track stars from around the world and attracts 25, 000 to 50, 000 spectators a day to Franklin Field on the campus of Penn, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia.
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