This is hot long distance runner Kara Goucher of Team USA. She hasn't started competing yet but she made big news today when she revealed that a member of Team USA men's basketball team tried to hit her up for her phone number. I'm betting it was Kobe Bryant...
Kara from earlier in the year,
Excerpts from her bio on Wikipedia,
Kara Goucher, (born Kara Grgas on 9 July 1978 in Queens, NY) is an American middle and long-distance runner. Goucher grew up in Duluth, Minnesota where she was known as Kara Wheeler (after her mother's remarriage), and graduated from the University of Colorado in 2001. She later moved to Portland, Oregon with her husband (fellow American runner Adam Goucher) and is coached by American running legend Alberto Salazar.
As a runner for the University of Colorado, Goucher broke out in 2000, becoming the NCAA Outdoor Champion in the 3000 m and 5000 m, the NCAA Cross Country Champion, and also a 5000 m Olympic Trials Finalist (8th).
After college Goucher battled injuries for several years, but then came back strong in 2006. After finishing 2nd in the 5k at the USATF Outdoor Championships in 2006, she set PRs at all distances on the international circuit, running the World “A” Standard in the 1500 m, 5000 m, and 10000 m. She finished third in 3000 metres at the 2006 IAAF World Cup in a new personal best time of 8 minutes 41.42 seconds. Her 3k time led the nation and her 10k time ranks her as the 2nd fastest American woman of all-time. At the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan she won the bronze medal in the women's 10,000 m event.
In September 2007, she won the Great North Run in 1:06:57, the fastest woman's half-marathon time of the year, setting a new American best time[1] at the distance and beating marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe, on the latter's comeback from pregnancy and injury.[2] The half-marathon was Goucher's first competitive race longer than 10k.
Goucher kicked off 2008 with a win in the prestigious Millrose Games mile with a PR of 4:36:03. At the 2008 Prefontaine Classic track meet in Eugene, Oregon, USA, Goucher ran the 5000 m, the same race as the World Record attempt by Meseret Defar. Goucher ran well to place 3rd behind Defar and Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot in her second fastest ever time of 14m58.10s. Defar failed in her attempt but won the race in 14m38.73s.
Goucher is a member of the Nike Oregon Project, a project designed to improve standards in American Distance running. There she trains with fellow athletes Galen Rupp, her husband Adam Goucher, Josh Rohatinsky and Amy Yoder-Begley.
Goucher raced in the USATF Championships and Olympic Trials on June 27, 2008, in the 5000 m and the 10000 m. The championships were held at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. Goucher already had the Olympic A Standard, but achieved it again, recording 31:37.72 at 10000 m, finishing second behind American record-holder Shalane Flanagan's 31:34.81. In the 5000 m, Goucher won her semi final heat with a time of 15:32.32, and won the final race with a time of 15:01.02.[3].
Goucher will race in both the 5000m and 10000m in the Bejing 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Introducing Kara Goucher, a Hot Long Distance Runner Babe
Introducing Stephanie Rice, a Hot Swimmer Babe
She's Australian's golden girl at the 2008 Beijing Olympics so far winning 2 gold medals in the 400 and 200 meter individual medley events in the pool. She's quite the hot brunette as well. As far as we know, she's single, bonus...
Stephanie's million dollar smile,
Excerpts from her bio on Wikipedia,
Stephanie Rice (born 17 June 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley as of August 13, 2008, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane.
Rice was the gold medalist in the 200 metres Individual Medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia where she defeated Olympians Brooke Hanson and Lara Carroll to claim the gold medal in the event in a time of 2:12.90, a personal best by 1.19 sec. She also won the 400m individual medley.
At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley in a time of 2 minutes 11.42 seconds, breaking the previous Australian record by a second. American Katie Hoff won the gold in 2:10.13, with Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe in second place. Rice once again placed third, earning her second bronze medal in the 400m individual medley final. In a new personal best time Rice finished in 4:41.19, taking .54 sec off her previous best.
Rice continued her strong performance, setting a new personal best time in the 400m individual medley at an Italian meet in June 2007. Rice went a 4:40.79, edging closer to the elusive 4:40 barrier in the event. At the 2007 Japanese Open Championships, Rice smashed her personal best time in the 400m individual medley and finally cracked the 4:40 barrier. In placing second to Zimbabwean champion Kirsty Coventry, Rice set a new Australian and Commonwealth record of 4:37.18—a personal best by 3.61 sec.[citation needed]
At the 2008 Australian Olympic trials, Rice broke the world record in the 400 m individual medley. Rice stopped the clock at 4 minutes 31.46 seconds, 1.43 seconds off American Katie Hoff's mark of 4:32.89.[4] On June 29, 2008, at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Hoff retook the world record from Rice with a time of 4:31.12. Rice claimed her second world record of the meet, when she broke the 200 m individual medley world record, clocking 2 minutes 8.92 seconds to slash almost a full second off the previous record held by China's Wu Yanyan.[5]
At the at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Rice won her first-ever Olympic medal, Australia's first gold medal of the games and its 400th summer Olympic medal[6], winning the 400m individual medley in a time of 4 minutes 29.45 seconds. In the process she reclaimed the world record from Hoff bettering the mark by 1.67 seconds, thus becoming the first woman to break the 4:30 in the event, (Kirsty Coventry also went under 4:30 in taking the silver). Her second gold medal of the games came on August 13 in the 200m individual medley with a new world record time of 2 minutes 8.34 seconds. Rice prevailed after being neck and neck with Coventry, who also went under the old world record[7].
The athlete was romantically linked with fellow Australian swimmer and 50m freestyle world record holder Eamon Sullivan; they ended their 2 year relationship in July 2008, just prior to the Beijing Olympics.[8]
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The Hotties on Team Russia
Can you feel it?? The Beijing Summer Olympics starts this coming week and that means there will be plenty of hot female athlete babes to watch for the next 3 weeks. Here are a group of the hottest Russian olympic babes in Moscow at the Kremlin.
Team Russia, looks hot,
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Sexy Paula Creamer's Birthday Party with Hot Nicole Vaidisova
At Paula Creamer's official birthday party last week turning 22, a sexy Nicole Vaidisova poses with the birthday girl. Damn, that's one sexy duo, imagine a threesome with both, they clean up so well too. My goodness, I'd love to poke both those kitties...
Nicole and Paula, dream duo,
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Natalie Gulbis Upskirt at British Open
It's rare that sexy Natalie Gulbis to contend in major tournaments the past couple years, but that is exactly what Natalie was doing at the Women's British Open this weekend. She didn't win, but certainly all eyes, especially from ESPN cameras were on her all weekend, and damn, she was hot all weekend.
Natalie's fine goods,
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Introducing Marshevet Hooker, a Hot Track and Field Babe
Another hottie to watch out for in the coming weeks in Beijing is Team USA sprinter Marshevet Hooker. Very slim and fit, showing a lot of skin, very hot. Her trainer is former men's gold medalist Jon Drummond.
Marshevet's hot pokies,
Excerpts from her bio on Wikipedia,
Marshevet Hooker (born September 25, 1984) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States. Hooker qualified for the U.S. Olympic team competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Hooker specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Hooker was 2005 NCAA 100m champion as a competitor for the University of Texas. Hooker finished third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic trial in the 200m.
Hooker is coached by Olympic gold medalist Jon Drummond.
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Caroline Wozniacki Upskirt and Cameltoe
This is Danish hottie Caroline Wozniacki winning the Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, Sweden this weekend. The camera guy got the money shot here with the upskirt and cameltoe action going on. Very hot...
All the way up Caroline's skirt,
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