It was a two-meter tall flower arrangement in the shape of a dollar sign.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Owens dispelled Hitler's theories on the track, winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and long jump.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

The women go for the gold in three other events, including the long jump, and four-by-400 meter relay and 1,500 meters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

That cabin is a 14-ton spherical steel capsule only two meters in diameter, with a single,half-meter-wide circular plastic window for viewing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

He recounts a phone call with his mother before taking the 200-meter gold in record time Thursday night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Parkin took home a silver medal in the 200-meter breast stroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Surrounded by 30-meter tall pines, she said she was praying for rain - and keeping her documents in her car for a quick escape.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Four years later at the Turin Olympics, Ohno won three short track speed skating medals, a gold in the 500 meters, and bronze in the 1,000 meters and 5,000-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Failure to maintain tight control of glucose levels - by measuring blood sugar with a meter and compensating with doses of insulin - can result in serious health complications, including blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Zhou Yang broke the women's beating the previous mark held by compatriot Wang Meng.Zhou, Wang and their two teammates bettered the mark in the 3000-meter relay that China had set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21