LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish triathlete Lisa Norden will not be awarded a gold medal after the close finish to the Olympic women's event a week ago, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement on Saturday.

CAS denied an appeal by Sweden asking for a gold to be awarded to silver-medallist Norden as well as Switzerland's Nicola Spirig, who was declared the winner in a photo-finish last Saturday.

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Sweden have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to award a women's Olympic triathlon gold medal to Lisa Norden as well as Switzerland's official winner Nicola Spirig.

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic doctors have had 20,000 consultations with athletes, spectators, staff and journalists during London 2012, but the Games' head medic is quietly confident at how they have been able to fix most people up to get on with the show.

By Paul Casciato

LONDON (Reuters) - London 2012 may forever change the image of the northern English county of Yorkshire from a rural idyll long past the glory of its Industrial Revolution heyday into an Olympic field of gold.

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is celebrating its biggest haul of Olympic gold since 1908 at a London Games that just keeps on giving for a host nation once famed for its love of plucky losers and heroic failures.

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is celebrating its biggest haul of Olympic gold since 1908 at a London Games that just keeps on giving for a host nation once famed for its love of plucky losers and heroic failures.

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain celebrated its biggest haul of Olympic gold since 1908 on Tuesday at a London Games that just keeps on giving for a host nation once famed for its love of plucky losers and heroic failures.

By Steven Downes

LONDON, AUG 7 - The look on Javier Gomez's face after a morning's brutal racing over 54.5 kilometres of swimming, cycling and running around central London on Tuesday was one of grudging acceptance.

By Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - A concerned big brother was watching on as baby-faced Jonathan Brownlee staggered down the final few metres to seal a bronze medal in the men's Olympic triathlon on Tuesday.

By Steve Downes

LONDON (Reuters) - Alistair Brownlee became the first Briton to win a medal in an Olympic triathlon when he took gold with an emphatic front-running display around Hyde Park in central London on Tuesday.

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain banked more Olympic gold on Tuesday to equal the haul from four years ago in Beijing and keep the host nation on track for their best performance since 1908, when London first hosted the Games.

By Mitch Phillips

LONDON (Reuters) - Since triathlon joined the Olympics in 2000 it has produced seven out of seven upset wins but Alistair Brownlee bucked the trend in spectacular style on Tuesday when he delivered a perfectly-executed race plan to claim Britain's first medal in the sport.

By Steve Downes

LONDON (Reuters) - Alistair Brownlee became the first Briton to win a medal in an Olympic triathlon when he took gold with an emphatic front-running display around Hyde Park in central London on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Jonathan Brownlee was given a 15-second penalty during the Olympic triathlon at Hyde Park on Tuesday.

Brownlee, strongly tipped to medal along with his elder brother Alistair who is the world champion, incurred the penalty after mounting his bike too early in the transition zone after emerging from the 1,500 metres swim in fourth position.

LONDON (Reuters) - Home advantage at an Olympic Games can take many forms, including familiarity with the competition arena.

But that won't be an issue in the men's triathlon on Tuesday - London's weather and notoriously heavy traffic have deterred even the local favourites training on the central city course.