Olympic Moments

Cary Orthodondist Remembers Winning Olympic Medal

Published on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm by Diana Carag

By: Chris Cowperthwaite, NBC17 Reporter
CARY, N.C. — While the United States continues its quest for more Olympic medals, a Cary orthodontist is recalling the silver he won more than 40 years ago.
To hear all about the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, all you’ve got to do is come in to get your braces tightened.
Dr. Gary Dilley won the [...]

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Phelps Sets Career Mark With 11 Record Gold Medals

Published on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 10:35 pm by Diana Carag

BEIJING - Michael Phelps won the men’s 200-meter butterfly and not even an hour later helped lift the U.S. 4×200m freestyle relay team to victory, becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history now with 11 gold medals - and counting.
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Triangle Company Lights The Olympics

Published on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 6:44 pm by Diana Carag

By: Frank Graff, NBC17 Reporter
DURHAM, N.C. — It’s not just the athletes who are the stars of the Beijing Olympics.
There’s the Bird’s Nest stadium, the Water Cube swimming arena and the amazing light shows those venues produce.
“It’s all part of the revolution in lighting that is happening, thanks to LED technology,” said Chris James, marketing [...]

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NBC Slideshow: Images Of The Games

Published on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 4:05 pm by StacyPeterson

Check out this slideshow from NBC’s Olympic coverage.

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Olympics Medal Count: North Carolina Athletes

Published on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 2:21 pm by StacyPeterson

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Cullen Jones’ Win Makes Impact On Triangle Youth

Published on Monday August 11, 2008 at 7:25 pm by Diana Carag

By: Laura Barron, NBC17 Reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — If you were watching Cullen Jones and his teammates win the 4×100 relay, you probably jumped to your feet — and so did Jones.

“Well, unfortunately, there weren’t any cameras on me, but I jumped into the air and almost fell into the pool. I was just so excited. [...]

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Take Our Poll: Chinese Olympic Age Controversy

Published on Monday August 11, 2008 at 1:17 pm by kstepneski

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Lezak Tracks Down French In Relay

Published on Monday August 11, 2008 at 12:09 am by mhobbs

BEIJING — Michael Phelps’ quest for Olympic history continued Monday morning — but by the thinnest of margins.
Jason Lezak charged home in the anchor leg of the 4×100m freestyle relay to outtouch 100m world-record holder Alain Bernard of France.
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Day 2 Recap and Slideshow

Published on Sunday August 10, 2008 at 8:45 pm by mhobbs

A recap of the action from day two of the Olympics
A slideshow from day two of the Olympics

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Former Wolfpack Athlete Helps Set New Record

Published on Sunday August 10, 2008 at 10:03 am by kstepneski

BEIJING — The United States has set a world record in the men’s Olympic 400-meter freestyle relay preliminaries.

The team of Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Matt Grevers won their heat Sunday night in 3 minutes, 12.23 seconds, erasing the old mark of 3:12.46 set by the U.S. at the 2006 Pan Pacific championships [...]

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