London has nailed almost every apsect of their hometown Olympics. Everything from their venues, to the Ceremony to their performance on the track has been great... but the finish of the marathon is an epic fail.

Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan dreamed of sharing a medal experience in the Olympic women's marathon. It wasn't meant to be, but certainly not from a lack of effort.

Driven by the desire to earn her title as an Olympian, Desiree Davila started the women's marathon knowing she wouldn't finish it. She said she didn't know what else she could do.

Future man he is not: a few truths about South Africa's Oscar Pistorius as he tries to break the 45-second mark and reach the Olympic 400-meter final.

Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia won the women's Olympic marathon in a race that began in heavy rain, saw the sun briefly come out and ended in another downpour.

There's been a whole lot of hype at the 2012 Summer Games about Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and the men's 100-meter final Sunday night. Yet Jamaica didn't need to wait for those two guys to resume the island nation's Olympic supremacy in sprint events.

There are three finals today including the women’s marathon and 400m and the men’s 100m. Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake of Jamaica and Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin should take center stage in the night’s biggest event.

After years of being out-sprinted by his rivals down the stretch, Galen Rupp finally got his kick into high gear. His reward is an Olympic silver medal in the 10,000m, the first by an American in 48 years.

Of course the gold medal stays in Jamaica, mon. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wouldn't have it any other way. A golden ribbon in her hair, the bubbly Jamaican made it back-to-back Olympic titles in the women's 100 meters Saturday night.

It took less than 60 minutes for three athletes to undo 104 years of Olympic track and field frustration for Great Britain as Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah won gold medals in succession.