Christina Loukas

LONDON — Silence filled the Aquatics Centre on Friday as U.S. Olympian Christina Loukas gathered herself on the 3-meter springboard before her first preliminary dive. Then a fan who couldn't contain his excitement yelled something that would have...

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The front 2 1/2 with the full twist was an easy one. Maybe the thrall and sparkle of Christina Loukas' first Olympics didn't survive into a southern Indiana winter, and maybe the trek from her bed to the edge of the springboard felt like dragging a claw...

BASKETBALL Women Group A Croatia 75, Angola 56 Turkey 82, China 55 Group B Australia 70, Russia 66 Canada 79, Brazil 73 France 80, Britain 77 SOCCER Women Quarterfinals Canada 2, Britain 0 United States 2, New Zealand 0...

LONDON -- Jamie Gray had thought about her final Olympic shot in London a "bazillion" times since botching her last one in Beijing and narrowly missing out on a medal four years ago. She envisioned it in her mind, practiced it in training and talked...

BASKETBALL Men Group A France 73, Tunisia 69 United States 99, Lithuania 94 Argentina 93, Nigeria 79 Group B Russia 77, Spain 74 Brazil 98, China 59 Australia 106, Britain 75 SOCCER Men Quarterfinals South Korea 1, Britain 1,...

BASKETBALL Women Group A Czech Republic 82, Angola 47 United States 114, China 66 Turkey 70, Croatia 65 Group B France 65, Russia 54 Australia 72, Canada 63 Brazil 78, Britain 66 HANDBALL Women Group A Brazil 29, Angola 26...

LONDON — After the final dive, Christina Loukas smiled a perfunctory smile for the cameras and then, a few steps later along the pool deck, she dropped her arms and buried her head into her coach's shoulder. On Sunday morning, Kenny Armstrong...

LONDON -- After the final dive, Christina Loukas smiled a perfunctory smile for the cameras and then, a few steps later along the pool deck, dropped her arms and buried her head into her coach's shoulder. On Sunday morning, Kenny Armstrong fortified...