Weightlifting accident - Beijing 2008

Apolo Anton Ohno won two more individual events Sunday at the U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championships to capture his eighth consecutive national title.
Ohno, the defending world champion and a five-time Olympic medalist, won the 1,000 and 3,000 meters to win the overall title with 4,140 points — nearly 300 more than J.R. Celski in second. Ohno has won every national title since 2001 and has 10 overall.

The International Olympic Committee could lose nearly $5 million in investments tied to the Wall Street financier accused in a $50 billion financial scam.IOC finance commission chairman Richard Carrion told The Associated Press the Olympic body has about $4.8 million at risk in the alleged Ponzi scheme by Bernard Madoff."That could be the maximum loss," Carrion told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Puerto Rico, adding that the IOC's money wasn't directly in Madoff funds. "They're in funds invested in Madoff funds."

Anja Paerson of Sweden posted the fastest time in the opening super-giant slalom leg of a World Cup super-combined skiing event Friday.Paerson timed 57.84 seconds on a course that was shortened by almost a kilometer (0.62 miles) because of strong winds higher up the Corviglia piste. Canada's Emily Brydon was second fastest in 57.96 seconds and Tina Maze of Slovenia third, .30 back in 58.14.