After 12 years of being shut out in Olympic diving competition, the United States is back in the medal count thanks to two Duke students and their diving partners. On successive days, Duke's Abby Johnston took silver and Nick McCrory bronze in synchronized diving competition. The Duke students' medals were the first for the United States since 2000, and the first ever for the country in synchronized diving.
Source: today.duke.edu

Great Britain's women went beyond midnight to go the distance against Algeria at Earls Court and were rewarded with a first-ever win in Olympic competition...
Houses have been sold and jobs quit in order to pursue their dream, which is why when they got to a fifth set there was only ever going to be one winner. The historic point came at 12.37am when Ciara Michel won a block at the net, and understandably some players fell to their knees in tears.
Source: dailymail.co.uk.com

Despite her team’s 2-1 loss to Germany on Sunday, Olympic field hockey player and Selinsgrove Area High School graduate Keli Smith Puzo "looked great," according to her former coach...
...She played field hockey at the University of Maryland and went to the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the U.S. field hockey team.
Source: dailyitem.com

Every day, Maurice Mitchell wakes up and asks the same question: "Will someone please pinch me so I know this is all real?"...
Mitchell won back-to-back NCAA outdoor 200 championships at Florida State, where he was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Track Performer of the Year five times. And now, he is representing his country at the Summer Games in London.
Source: examiner.net

Five Clemson students past and present will be competing next week at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Clemson athletics spokesman Philip Sikes said the number of athletes and their caliber is a testament to the direction that track and field coach Lawrence Johnson has taken the program.
Source: orangeandwhite.com

The show must go on, U.S. men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said on Monday, dismissing the idea that it would be hard to get his formidable array of NBA stars motivated for Tuesday's game against overmatched Tunisia.
Source: chicagotribune.com