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Liz Clarke

For Olympic gymnasts, it’s usually one and done

Last updated Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 4:49pm

No athlete dazzled at the London Olympics quite like Gabby Douglas, the pint-sized dynamo who won the individual all-around title after leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics squad to team gold.

Though she’s nearly 17, Douglas has yet to get her driver’s license because at 4-feet-11 and 94 pounds, her mother worries she’ll be mistaken for a child and pulled over.

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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012, file photo, the United States Simon Cho takes a break after racing in a 500 meter semifinal at the U.S. Single Distance Short Track Speedskating Championship in Kearns, Utah. Cho said Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, he agreed to a coach's demand to tamper with a Canadian rival's skates last year after the command was made a third time and in Korean by Jae Su Chun. Chun has denied any wrongdoing but is suspended. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

U.S. speedskater Cho admits sabotaging rival’s skate

Liz Clarke The Washington Post

Last updated Friday, October 5, 2012 - 1:03pm

WASHINGTON -- Olympic bronze medalist Simon Cho has told investigators that he sabotaged the skate of a Canadian rival at the insistence of U.S. national coach Jae Su Chun, who was placed on administrative leave earlier this month following allegations of physical and psychological abuse by 14 elite athletes.

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For die-hard fans, lifelong passion doesn't end with death

Liz Clarke The Washington Post

Last updated Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 10:28pm

Joe Kelly won't go as far as calling Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course a burial ground.

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(The Associated Press) Jamie McMurray (26) takes the checkered flag ahead of Kasey Kahne to win the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Spring Cup Series auto race Sunday at Talladega Super Speedway in Talladega, Ala.

Fan forums help NASCAR keep its 'Back to the Basics' pledge

Liz Clarke The Washington Post

Last updated Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 10:37pm

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- It was four years ago that Katy Veal first brought her children to Talladega Superspeedway. And when the earsplitting stampede of 43 cars first roared past at nearly 200 mph, just a stone's throw from the Veals' infield camping spot, the kids screamed, "Mom! This is awesome!"

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(The Associated Press) Funny Car racer Ashley Force Hood powers her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car to the No. 1 qualifying position at the NHRA Virginia Nationals Friday in Petersburg, Va.

A Force in her own right atop NHRA standings

Liz Clarke The Washington Post

Last updated Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 7:19pm

WASHINGTON -- The lexicon of motorsports is riddled with peculiar turns of phrases.

Among them is "track brats," which refers to kids of racecar drivers whose childhoods are played out in the infield, whether boys racing Matchbox cars or girls clambering atop their father's shoulders in Victory Lane.

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Laver: No saying who's the best ever

Liz Clarke

Last updated Monday, July 6, 2009 - 7:08pm

WIMBLEDON, England -- He dominated tennis in the era of small wooden rackets, when it took three days to travel from England to Australia, and players had to scurry around between points picking up stray balls themselves because the concept of ball boys didn't exist.
But on Sunday, Rod Laver returned to Wimbledon.
At 70 and clad in suit and tie, the Rocket wasn't physically imposing.

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