Johnson's performance sent out a clear message in Olympic year that once again he is the man everyone needs to catch.
It's taken me many years to learn how to manage the professional side with the training and the competing, and I don't think that's something she needs to mess with in an Olympic year.
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In the history of women's tennis, only Steffi Graf has won the Golden Slam, and in her case it was the even more elusive Golden Grand Slam a gold medal in the same calendar year that she also won the Grand Slam, a rare achievement that can only happen if a player is peaking during an Olympic year.
All were urged to do a good job at an Olympic rehearsal next year.
"People tend to avoid Olympic cities the year of the event, thinking it will be too crowded, " Hatch says.
It claimed six more in skeleton (revived as an Olympic sport this year) and short-track ice-skating (added in 1994).
Greenpeace, WWF and Kimayev's group withdrew from consultations with Olympic officials last year, saying their ideas for mitigating the damage were being ignored.
"A wonderful end to this unique Olympic and Paralympic Year".
Federer, who won Wimbledon but lost the Olympic final last year, may be vying for the top honours with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray but his chances of success are threatened by being nearly five years more senior than the next oldest.
He was named Personality of the Year and will officiate at the Olympic Games qualifiers in Chile early next year.
The latter competition has been added to the Sochi Olympic schedule for next year.
The centre was also responsible for training 250 volunteers to help during the Olympic torch relay last year.
Trout Lake Ice Rink, used for Olympic athlete training last year, was also converted into a regulation-size NHL hockey rink.
But beyond that violence is rare: thousands of visitors attended Olympic shooting events last year at the army barracks where the soldier was heading, without incident.
At the moment he has not made a definite decision but has admitted he regrets the Olympic furore of last year when a newspaper claimed he would prefer to play for Team GB in Brazil.
Meanwhile, Williams was in vintage form in 2012 as the 31-year-old tasted Olympic singles gold for the first time in addition to taking her grand slam collection to 15 titles, following this year's triumphs at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
The three top teams in the European Championships qualify for next year's Olympic tournament in Athens.
She married Northern Irish steeplechaser Peter McColgan the following year before claiming Olympic silver in 1988.
Trott won the women's team pursuit and the omnium at this year's Olympic Games in London.
This year's Olympic team featured many likely future Hall of Famers, including Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
After the success of last year's Olympic and Paralympic games, organisers said they were "thinking hard about it".
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Postboxes were painted in the hometowns of every gold medal-winning Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athlete last year.
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For Bolt, who won triple Olympic gold in Beijing a year ago, it has been another stunning show.
In comparison, about 8.3m people accessed the BBC's sport website on the first day of this year's Olympic Games.
The difficult, undulating course will be used in next year's Olympic Games.
So for example Disney will pitch its ability to show many of the events live and show Olympic sports competitions throughout the year.
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