Katie Hoff proves she’s a threat for multiple gold medals at the Beijing Olympics by pulling away in the 400-meter freestyle to beat Great Falls native Kate Ziegler, whose second-place finish may have clinched an Olympic spot.

Hayley McGregory sets a world record in the 100-meter backstroke, only to have Natalie Coughlin, the original record holder swimming one heat later, snatch it right back.

EUGENE, Ore., June 30 — Gripping a paper cup of coffee and shouldering a backpack, decathlete Bryan Clay trudged through the gates of Hayward Field shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday, nine hours before the stadium would fill with fans. Clay made his way to a practice track, ditched the cup and tugged…

Dee Dee Trotter, just two months removed from a fractured femur, runs the third-best qualifying time in the 400-meter semifinals at 50.90 seconds.

Michael Phelps sets a world record in his first event of the Olympic trials, the 400-meter IM, and Katie Hoff does the same to get the finals off to a quick start.

Virginia Tech sophomore Queen Harrison has to jump over Mariam Barnes between the ninth and tenth hurdle, yet still makes the Olympic team in the 400-meter hurdles.

U.S. national team coach Mike Krzyzewski sets an Olympic mood at his team’s partice by looping a Marvin Gaye rendition of the national anthem for all the squad’s warmups.

Tyson Gay finishes the 100 meters in an historic, wind-aided 9.68 seconds — the fastest any human has run it — in clinching an Olympic spot at the Track and Field Trials on Sunday.

After a haul of eight medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Michael Phelps starts his re-emergence on the international stage Sunday at the Olympic trials in Omaha.

Third-place finisher Amy Yoder Begley upstages an anticipated duel between Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher in the women’s 10,000-meter final late Friday, as all three earn Olympic spots.

Double sprint world champion Tyson Gay almost fails to advance out of the first round of the men’s 100 meters, then wins the event’s final in a U.S. record 9.77 seconds.

Rarely has women’s track and field been cloaked in such a competitive haze in the U.S., particularly with the Olympics a mere six weeks away.

EUGENE, Ore., June 27 — Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher and Amy Yoder Begley took off together before the halfway point of the 10,000 meters at the Olympic trials in track and field Friday night at Hayward Field and helped each other easily claim the first Olympic spots awarded here.

Three area men were among 45 rowers named yesterday to the U.S. Olympic team.

ARLINGTON, Tex. — As he opened the door of his two-bedroom rental apartment, American sprint star Tyson Gay was greeted by men shouting at each other — the sounds of the television left on when he departed hours earlier. Yanking off his nylon warmup jersey, he walked into his empty living room and…

Reigning 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin continues his legal quest to force U.S. Olympic officials to allow him to compete at the trials this weekend in Eugene, Ore.

The most demanding moment in Eric Friedland’s swimming career, near as he can tell, repeats every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning. What is that tough moment?

The American record holder in the mile and the country’s most highly touted middle distance runner, Alan Webb has turned down lavish, state-of-the-art training compounds in favor of a modest existence in his home town.

Goalkeeper Hope Solo was among 18 players picked yesterday for the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer roster, nine months after she was kicked off the team at the World Cup.

LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are named to the U.S. Olympic basketball team Monday that will attempt to win its first gold medal since 2000.