Strain, Gain, Pain In the Spartan Life Of a Young Fighter
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BANGKOK Dawn breaks on the back streets near Lumpini Stadium, and Songkhom Wor Sungprapai is already at work, pushing himself through relentless 500-meter laps.
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Three days of travel is not the best way for an athlete to prepare for the world athletics championships but for 16-year-old Palestinian Gharid Ghrouf the odyssey was just the start of her woes.
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A culture of toughness permeates N.F.L. locker rooms, encouraging players to fight through pain and stay on the field even as they feel the dizzying effects of a blow to the head.
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Incorporating short, weekly sessions on healthy living and social pressures into sports training appears to help young girls fight impulses to diet excessively
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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Former Army sergeant Kelly Holmes tonight proved her fighting qualities as she battled her way to gold medal glory. Dogged by illness and injury throughout her career, the
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HIGHLIGHT: Emotional moments. We saw Sydney hero Rulon Gardner, crying as he removed his sneakers and left them on the mat -- a traditional signal of retirement -- after winning a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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It would&#39;ve been understandable if American Matt Emmons had a bad first Olympic experience. The way things had been going, he seemed destined for that.
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As a student athlete, being 16 is all about balance. You have to juggle school,  sports, friends, family, church, clubs and occasionally sleep
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Khalil Colon was sweaty but smiling after 25 jumping jacks and 20 laps around the school gym. A year ago, the 9-year-old said, running made him feel "like I'm about to drop on the middle of the floor."
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It had been seven years since Stephen Neal played football, and now he had to play at the highest level, against men who had dedicated their lives to the sport. Safe to say, his challenges were different from those of his teammates. Much different. Even in the locker room.
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When talking with high school or college athletes one of the reoccurring themes that tends to pop up is how they happen to have come from athletically minded families.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who have suffered  spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose  feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their  sport, research suggests.
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Devastated by doping, a sport looks to youth to revive its fortunes
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Alexander the Flat? Conqueror on the couch? As an ancient warrior, Alexander vanquished most of the known world before turning 30. As a Hollywood icon, he had trouble winning over a few hundred Athenians.
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Julie Grimm was training for a marathon last April when she started feeling a twinge in her hip. She assumed that some moments in her training would be painful, so she ignored it and kept running.