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  • 17
    May
    2013
    11:52am, EDT

    Kentucky Derby winner Orb preps for the Preakness

    Patrick Semansky / AP

    Kentucky Derby winner Orb stands as he is cooled down after a workout at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Friday, May 17. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 18.

    Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    Orb works out in preparation for the upcoming 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 17. The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, will be run Saturday.

    Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    Orb grazes under the watchful eyes of exercise rider Jennifer Patterson (2nd R) and trainer Shug McGaughey (R) after an early morning workout in preparation for the upcoming 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 17. The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, will be run Saturday.

     By James Scully,  NBC Sports - (Baltimore) Orb drew the least favorable starting position in the Preakness, post No. 1, but he can overcome it, especially given the complexion of the nine-horse field. Five contestants – Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Itsmyluckyday, Oxbow and Titletown Five – like to race on or within a few lengths of the lead and the field could stretch out early, allowing Orb plenty of room to run as he settles behind an expected legitimate pace. Continue reading here.

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  • 5
    Feb
    2013
    10:31am, EST

    Skier Lindsey Vonn airlifted after crash on slopes in Austria

    Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters

    Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is airlifted after crashing during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming Feb. 5

    Leonhard Foeger / Reuters

    Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after learning that her competitor Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. did not complete the race, during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming on Feb. 5.

    Fabrice Coffrini / AFP - Getty Images

    Lindsey Vonn competes during the women's Super-G event of the 2013 Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria on Feb. 5.

     Matthew Kitchen, NBC Sports

    Two-time world champ Lindsey Vonn has been flown to a hospital after suffering a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Schladming, Austria during the super-G event.

    Vonn lost her balance on a tough landing, lost her ski, and slid off course into a gate before finally coming to a stop. She was checked out by a doctor on the hill for more than ten minutes, and then taken to the hospital for further evaluation.

    An FIS official said the doctor reported her injury as cruciate and lateral tears in her right knee. Not a tibia fracture, as originally reported.

     For more on the story click here.

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  • 14
    Aug
    2012
    12:15pm, EDT

    A respite from the heat in Kabul

    Alexander Klein / AFP - Getty Images

    An Afghan man relaxes on a tube at a public swimming pool in the city of Kabul on Aug. 14.

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    An Afghan youth dives at a public swimming pool in the city of Kabul on August 14.

    Slideshow: Afghanistan: Nation at a crossroads

    Ahmad Jamshid / AP

    More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.

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    By John Makely, NBC News

     With all the disturbing images we see coming out of Afghanistan, it was a nice break this morning to see this slice of daily life from Kabul.

     

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    Nice respite, for the men.

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  • 9
    Aug
    2012
    3:13am, EDT

    Olympics is no celebration for one Londoner

    Gideon Mendel / Corbis for NBC News

    A patriotic canal boat resident along with his dog on his vessel covered in both union flag of Britain and the England flag close to the main site of the 2012 Olympic Games.

    Slideshow: When the Olympics is your neighbor

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    A diverse community in East London will welcome the world to Britain for the 2012 Olympic Games. Meet residents and hear how they feel about having a huge, world stage in their backyard.

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    By Meredith Birkett

    Photojournalist Gideon Mendel says he's London's last cynic in a city overtaken by Olympic spirit. It's not for lack of proximity to the events -- he lives in the East End, within three miles of the main venues.

    In the spring, he photographed his neighborhood for NBCNews.com before the world focused its attention on the place. He had mixed feelings about the coming event. He worried about the character of his working-class neighborhood changing, but also relished the idea of such an international event coming to his very diverse, multicultural neighborhood.

    He found artists creating works both for and against the games. Nearby canals were cleaned up and roads repaired. Businesses anticipated a potential boom, while others who had to re-locate due to the Olympic village construction faced challenges they couldn't have predicted after decades of being in business.

    Gideon Mendel / Corbis for NBC News

    A security guard mans his station on the River Lea close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games (the stadium can be seen in the distant background). This is the point from which all navigation has been blocked on the river as security measure during the games.

    He and his family braced for the worst. The weekend the Games began, Mendel and his sons left town to attend a music festival hours away, in part to avoid the Olympics fervor. When they returned, daily routines like his wife's work commute were planned carefully around expected crowds.

    Gideon Mendel / Corbis for NBC News

    A family dressed in bizarre patriotic morph suits take part in a parade at Camp Bestival. Their costume is part of their support for the 2012 Olympic Games which they had watched on a giant screen on the previous evening.This music festival takes place at Lulworth Castle in Dorset.

    Instead, they found London "a dream" to get around, with less traffic than expected and better commute times than usual. His immediate neighborhood is business as usual. But as he rides his bike nearer the venues, the streets and parks just to the west of the newly constructed Olympic stadium are oddly...empty. With most Olympic tourists being directed east to the major commuter hub of Stratford station, and security measures blocking some streets, canals and bike paths to the west of the Olympic Park, there is an unexpected quietness. Cafe owners lament the lack of business; giant viewing screens in parks sometimes go unwatched.

    Gideon Mendel / Corbis for NBC News

    A relaxed scene at Haggerston Park in Hackney, East London, as a relatively small group enjoys watching the 2012 Olympic Games on a big screen. At the time they were watching the tennis mixed doubles tournament.

    What next for the East End? After a recent trip that kept him away from the neighborhood for three weeks, Mendel noticed his long-time home changed even in that short amount of time, with new stores and restaurants popping up. While the once poor neighborhood has been gentrifying for years, he senses the Olympics has accelerated the process.

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    Race to London's Olympic Park: Fastest way is ... ?

    Will Games curse leave 'ghost town' London out of the gold rush?

    Full coverage in London 2012: Hosting the Games

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  • 1
    Aug
    2012
    3:34pm, EDT

    Photographing the Olympic athletes at 14 frames per second

    By John Makely, NBC News

    Mike Blake / Reuters

    Marcel Nguyen of Germany competes in the horizontal bar during the men's individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1. This picture was taken using multiple exposures.

    Mike Blake / Reuters

    Marcel Nguyen of Germany competes in the horizontal bar during the men's individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 1. This picture was taken using multiple exposures.

    Mike Blake / Reuters

    Kazuhito Tanaka of Japan competes in the horizontal bar during the men's gymnastics team final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games July 30. This picture was taken using multiple exposures.

     Reuters photographer Mike Blake has been experimenting with high-speed multiple exposure images of athletes at the 2012 London Olympics gymnastics events. To read more about his process follow this link to the Reuters Photographers blog.

    See more images from the 2012 Olympics in the NBCNews.com PhotoBlog here.

     

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  • 17
    Jul
    2012
    10:37am, EDT

    Muscle-mania at the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Invitational

    Philippe Lopez / AFP - Getty Images

    A competitor exercises as he waits backstage during the 2012 International Bodybuilding and Fitness Invitation Championship in Hong Kong on July 14. Participants, who darken their skin with tanning products and apply oils to increase shine, do a series of mandatory poses and display their best shaped muscles to a panel of judges who assign points based on their appearance.

    Philippe Lopez / AFP - Getty Images

    A competitor gets tanning product applied during the 2012 International Bodybuilding and Fitness Invitation Championship in Hong Kong on July 13,.

    Philippe Lopez / AFP - Getty Images

    A competitor exercises backstage during the 2012 International Bodybuilding and Fitness Invitation Championship in Hong Kong on July 13.

    Philippe Lopez / AFP - Getty Images

    Competitors wait backstage during the 2012 International Bodybuilding and Fitness Invitation Championship in Hong Kong on July 15.

     

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  • 8
    May
    2012
    11:26am, EDT

    Paralyzed athlete completes marathon in sixteen days with bionic legs

    Carl Court / AFP - Getty Images

    Claire Lomas, who is paralyzed and walks with the aid of a "bionic" suit, finishes the London Marathon on May 8, 16 days after the event began. The former chiropractor was in tears as she became the first person to complete any marathon using a bionic ReWalk suit.

    Kerim Okten / EPA

    Claire Lomas of Britain celebrates after finishing the London Marathon, 16 days after the race began, in London, Britain, on May 8. Lomas, who is paralyzed from the waist down following a horse riding accident, is the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic ReWalk suit.

    Carl Court / AFP - Getty Images

    Claire Lomas, right, who is paralyzed and walks with the aid of a "bionic" suit, kisses her daughter Maisie after she finishes the London Marathon on May 8, 16 days after the event began. The former chiropractor was in tears as she became the first person to complete any marathon using a bionic ReWalk suit.

     From MSN:

    A paralysed woman has become the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic suit.

    Claire Lomas finished the London Marathon, crossing the finishing line 16 days after the race began.

    The 32-year-old said she was "over the moon" as she completed the 26.2-mile route, which she started on April 22 with 36,000 other participants.  Read more here.

    After a grueling 16 days, one of the London Marathon's most remarkable competitors finally finished. Claire Lomas, paralyzed from the chest down, managed to cover the 26.2 mile course with the aid of a bionic suit. ITN's Lewis Vaughan Jones reports.

    Related stories:

    • New bionic retinas show promising results in test
    • Bionic legs may help ex-basketball player walk again
    • Bionic heart keeps bride alive

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    THIS my friends is the kind of news that the world needs to be bombarded with! The media loves to sensationalize all of the trauma and drama day to day....when absolutley wonderful events like this take place...good for her...good for the folks assisting her...good for the media taking the time to l …

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  • 2
    May
    2012
    2:09pm, EDT

    London beefs up security before Olympics

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    An Army Rapier missile defense battery is deployed at Blackheath insight of the Canary Wharf financial center on May 2, in London, England. The missiles are being readied as part of Operation Exercise Olympic Guardian which is taking place in London over the next few days to test security for the London 2012 Olympics.

    Glyn Kirk / AFP - Getty Images

    Chinook Helicopters fly over the Olympic Stadium in London on May 2. London launched a major military exercise Wednesday to check security responses for the 2012 Olympics, as the final wave of test sports events got under way.

    Alastair Grant / AP

    RAF ground technicians work on a RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft at RAF base Northolt, where four of the aircraft will be based as part of the Olympics related security exercise in west London, Wednesday, May 2. The Typhoon interceptor aircraft forms a part of a co-ordinated defense against possible threats to the London 2012 Olympic games, involving all three of the British armed services, with high end weaponry including a missile defence system, fighter aircraft and AWACS aircraft.

     

    By F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com

    LONDON - Brian Whelan, a 28-year-old journalist living in London, was probably expecting traffic chaos, hordes of tourists and seriously beefed-up security ahead of this summer's Olympics.

    High velocity surface-to-air missiles perched atop his apartment building he did not foresee.

    "People are quite shocked. I don't think anybody expected that the price you pay for hosting the Olympics is militarizing residential communities," he told msnbc.com.  For more on this story click here

     

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  • 2
    May
    2012
    12:47pm, EDT

    Place your bets: Kentucky Derby horses get ready to race at Churchill Downs

    Charlie Riedel / AP

    Hot walker Cesar Zarco helps give Kentucky Derby entrant Union Rags a bath at Churchill Downs on May 2, in Louisville, Ky.

    Charlie Riedel / AP

    Kentucky Derby entrant Daddy Nose Best grazes after a morning workout at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 2, in Louisville, Ky.

    Morry Gash / AP

    Exercise rider Zeke Castro takes Kentucky Derby entrant Went the Day Well for a workout at Churchill Downs on May 1.

    John Sommers Ii / Reuters

    Horses and exercise riders walk to the track during early morning workouts as preparations are in full swing for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 1.

     For the latest updates on the upcoming race on May 6 click here for coverage on NBC Sports.

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  • 18
    Apr
    2012
    11:21am, EDT

    Rings around London: The Olympics are coming!

    Kevin Coombs / Reuters

    People pass by an artwork painted on a wall in East London depicting the Olympic rings which was created by a street art organisation called "The Toasters" April 18. The Toasters are releasing a limited edition screen print of the design to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

    Oli Scarff / Getty Images

    Olympic officials and the media admire a large set of Olympic Rings, created with at least 20,000 flowers and plants in Kew Gardens on April 18, in London, England. The event at Kew gardens was been held to mark 100 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 27 and to announce the official motto of the London Olympics as "Inspire a generation."

    Adrian Dennis / AFP - Getty Images

    Children wave from the top of a giant sandcastle adorned with the Olympic rings and flags built to celebrate 100 days to go to the 2012 London Olympic Games on the beach at Weymouth on April 13. London marked on April 18, 100 days to go until Queen Elizabeth II declares the 2012 London Olympics open, making the British captial the first city in the modern era to host the Games three times.

    Cathal Mcnaughton / Reuters

    Schoolchildren form the number 100 to mark to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, on the lawn of Belfast City Hall April 18.

    Wednesday marks 100 days until the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. TODAY's Matt Lauer reports.

    Slideshow: When the Olympics is your neighbor

    Gideon Mendel / Corbis for msnbc.com

    A diverse community in East London will welcome the world to Britain for the 2012 Olympic Games. Meet residents and hear how they feel about having a huge, world stage in their backyard.

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  • 16
    Apr
    2012
    6:58pm, EDT

    Bullfighting remains a tradition in Seville, Spain

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Colombian matador Luis Bolivar prepares to drive a sword into a bull during a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

    Traditional bullfighting is considered to be an art form in Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries. Although it was banned in 2011 in Catalonia in the northeastern region of Spain, it remains popular in Seville.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    A young boy watches Colombian matador Luis Bolivar before the start of a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Colombian matador Luis Bolivar performs a pass to a bull during a bullfight on April 16 at The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Colombian matador Luis Bolivar during a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

     

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    When I first moved to Seville, I was aghast that the social scene revolved so much around bullfights. Even if I didn't go see them, I would often find myself sipping a glass of wine under the severed head of some poor beast. But living in a place where it's a long-held tradition, I do occasionally g …

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  • 14
    Mar
    2012
    1:45pm, EDT

    Camilla reacts as horse flips during race in Cheltenham

    Eddie Keogh / Reuters

    Britain's Camilla, center, Duchess of Cornwall, and Zara Phillips, right, react as Wishfull Thinking falls unseating jockey Richard Johnson during The Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England on March 14.

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    Wishfull Thinking , left, falls, unseating jockey Richard Johnson during the Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England on March 14.

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    Richard Johnson riding Wishful Thinking falls during The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase at Cheltenham racecourse on March 14 in Cheltenham, England.

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    Richard Johnson riding Wishful Thinking falls during The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase at Cheltenham racecourse on March14, in Cheltenham, England.

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    Richard Johnson riding Wishful Thinking falls during The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase at Cheltenham racecourse on March14 in Cheltenham, England.

    By John Makely, NBC News

     As scary as this looks a published report in thescore.ie  says that neither jockey Richard Johnson nor the photographer who was knocked down were seriously injured after Wishful Thinking flipped while landing the jump and that the horse was unhurt as well.

     

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    As long as the horse is ok.

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