“What was supposed to be a duel between the American Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps never remotely materialized while the former dominated from the start to finish. The defending champion from Beijing was always struggling to stay in touch. It wasn’t his favorite event but to completely miss onto the medals was unexpected. Michael Fillpes wasn’t the only athlete to fail to live up to the high hopes for the first four days’ of competition. The British Breaking King Mark Cavendish was favored to land the host nation its first medal of the games but he finished a long way behind the leaders in cycling’s road race which was won by the Kazakhstan veteran Aleander. ”
“瑞安·洛赫特从一开始到结束都遥遥领先,原本可以与之匹敌的迈克尔·菲尔普斯根本不是他的对手。来自中国的卫冕冠军一直在努力赶上,这次赛事他不是很顺利,但完全错过奖牌却在意料之外。迈克尔·菲尔普斯不是辜负比赛前四天很高期望的唯一选手。英国的马克·卡文迪什有在本国参赛的优待,原本可以获得了英国的第一枚金牌,但在自行车比赛中,他远远落后,金牌被哈萨克斯坦老将亚历山大夺去。”
The Ukrainian football star Andriy Shevchenko has said he is retiring from the sport and begin a new career in politics. Shevchenko, a former European footballer of the year, who won the Champions League with AC Milan, said he wanted to do something for his country. From Kyev, here is David Stern.