Angered by Team USA’s botched baton handoff Friday at the Paris Olympics in the men’s 4×100-meter relay — the 11th since 1995 resulting in disqualifications or bans — nine-time Olympic gold medal ...
How does one become a nine-time Olympic gold medalist? Former track and field athlete Carl Lewis says it’s a lifetime of work. From 1979 to 1996, Lewis was a force to be reckoned with in sprinting and ...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: Carl Lewis from US holds the American flag after winning the 100m Men’s final in 9:99, at the Los Angeles Olympic games, 04 August 1984. Four years later, at the Seoul 1988 ...
EUGENE, Ore. — Mary Lou Retton somersaulted her way into our consciousness and a nation rejoiced. Carl Lewis won four gold medals, waved an oversized American flag and no one even stood to salute.