Kevin Eastler News

With six days of competition left, Mainers have already won four Olympic medals in Beijing.

A journey that began 21 years ago when he took up race-walking to follow in his older sister's footsteps came to an end Saturday morning at the finish line in National Stadium.

Anna Willard passed her first Olympic test. Barely. The Greenwood, Maine, native advanced to the finals of the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Four Airmen will discover how they measure up with the world as they compete at the 2008 Olympics beginning Aug.

Kevin Eastler gravitated to racewalking by following the crowd. He returned to the sport as an Air Force Academy senior, in part, to get away from that crowd and gain a measure of freedom.

EUGENE - Despite being 20 years old, Jared Swehosky is a nine-year veteran of the track and race-walking wars.

Kevin Eastler has qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in the men's 20-kilometer race walk.

Eastler finished the walk in 1 hour, 22 minutes, 56 seconds at the Olympic trials Saturday and was the only American to make the team.

Tim Seaman finished second in 1:23.38, but did not beat the Olympic qualifying standard of 1:23.