Rio de Janeiro won a resounding vote on Friday to stage the first Olympics in South America in 2016, rebuffing U.S. President Barack Obama, who had personally lobbied for his adopted hometown Chicago.
A South Carolina sheriff Leon Lott said Monday he was not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo smoking from marijuana pipe.
On Monday, February 9, the Project 30 Task Force issued a final report to analyze the USA Team performance in Beijing five months ago.
USA Swimming sensation Michael Phelps, who was photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe, has been suspended from competition and cut off its financial support for three months effective, the sport's national governing body said in a statement.
The 23 year old Olympic gold medalist and Towson native Michael Phelps apologized for regrettable behavior after a photo of him smoking a marijuana pip
Usain Bolt Jamaican Sprinter (AVIV)
Photofinish Camera with Explanations
Olympic Champions Crew Parade 
New England Patriot Cheerleaders Teaching 
John Fahey WADA President
One-Year-to-Go celebrations (IOC)
3D Models of The Olympic Village
Yelena Isinbayeva Russian Pole Vaulter (ADID)
Usain Bolt Current 100m world record holder
| Rank | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 2 |  China |
51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 3 |  Russia |
23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 |  Britain |
19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 |  Australia |
14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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