10 Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif http://sports.yahoo.com/oly Latest news and information about the Olympics. A second Ethiopian will try to break a world record June 8 at the Nike Prefontaine Classic. Meseret Defar will attempt to break her world 5,000-meter mark in a race to be held immediately after countryman Kenenisa Bekele goes after his world 10,000 record, meet officials said Wednesday. Both races will be held in the morning before the official start of the meet. Wed, 14 May 2008 17:49:22 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:oly,article,ap-run-prefontaine-defar:1 There will be nothing resembling Spygate to distract the U.S. Olympic Committee. In fact, the USOC actually encourages -- gasp! -- sharing its secrets with the competition. The federation's board heard plans Wednesday to double the number of foreign athletes it allows into its training facilities, bringing the total to around 3,600 in 2008. Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:40 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:oly,article,ap-usocmeeting:1 Construction of the aquatics venue for the 2012 London Olympics will begin this summer after city officials approved the plan. The 17,500-capacity center will host swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, the water polo finals and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon. The Olympic Delivery Authority said Wednesday that construction on the aquatics venue would begin before the Beijing Games... Wed, 14 May 2008 07:23:20 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:oly,article,ap-londonswimmingvenue:1 Turkey's triple Olympic champion Halil Mutlu wants to become the first weightlifter to win four Olympic gold medals when he competes in Beijing after a two-year doping ban, he told Reuters on Wednesday. Wed, 14 May 2008 06:26:23 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,reuters:20050301:oly,article,reu-turkeymutlu_interview:1 Slurping and burping at the dinner table is OK. Always use both hands to present somebody a business card. And as for those public toilets (or lack thereof), make sure you bring your own tissue. Three months from now, the U.S. Olympic athletes will have to negotiate their way through China on more than just the playing field -- and figuring out Far East culture could be as challenging as any... Wed, 14 May 2008 01:46:24 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:oly,article,ap-olympicetiquette:1 Japan's swimmers could ditch their existing swimsuit makers and wear Speedo's space-age LZR bodysuit at this year's Beijing Olympics. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:51:13 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,reuters:20050301:oly,article,reu-swimmingjapan:1 Olympic champion Anna Meares is confident she will prove her fitness before the Beijing Games after breaking her neck in a horrific fall in January. Tue, 13 May 2008 22:58:24 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,reuters:20050301:oly,article,reu-cyclingmeares_pix:1 Armed with a new-found maturity and self-belief, Australia's Leisel Jones is hoping it will be third time lucky when she stands up on the blocks at the Beijing Olympics. Tue, 13 May 2008 17:39:57 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,reuters:20050301:oly,article,reu-swimmingjonesdc:1 Never mind the Olympics, Blanka Vlasic wants to put on a world-beating performance every time she approaches the high jump bar. Tue, 13 May 2008 17:26:29 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,reuters:20050301:oly,article,reu-athleticsvlasicdc:1 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:49:22 PDT