At track cycling world championships, Tara Whitten won the omnium and the points race. Gregory Bauge won the sprint. Simona Krupeckaite won the women's kerin. Edward Clancy won the men's omnium. Taylor Phinney won the men's individual pursuit while Sarah Hammer won the women's. Australia won the men's and women's pursuits along with the women's sprint. Germany won the men's sprint. Teun Mulder won the men's 1K time trial. Alex Rasmussen won the men's scratch race. Anna Meares won the 500-meter time trial and Cameron Meyer won the men's points race.
30 different men notched podium finishes on this year's biathlon world cup circuit, showing the degree of parity in the sport. Dominik Landertinger won the season's final race today. Russian biathlete Olga Medvedtseva, who was stripped of her 2006 Olympic medals following doping violations, retired.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Weekend Update
Mao Asada won the women's figure skating world title. Kim Yuna came back from her disappointing short program to win the long program and take second overall. Laura Lepisto was third. Mirai Nagasu melted down and finished 11th in the long program and seventh overall. Rachael Flatt was ninth, so the US will again only have two women at next year's world championships. Nagasu is great when there are no expectations on her, but she needs to learn how to hold it together under pressure. I would love to see her as a force in the future, but I have my doubts.
In Jesolo, the US won the women's gymnastics team competition followed by Russia and Italy. Aly Raisman won the all-around, followed by Ksenia Semonova and Vanessa Ferrari. Mackenzie Caquatto was in a position to win, but melted down on floor, falling 3 times and going out of bounds twice. Raisman also won vault and floor while Tatiana Nabieva won bars and Caquatto and Tatiana Solovyeva tied for the beam title. In the junior competition, Russia won the team event followed by Italy and Japan. Anastasia Grishina won the all-around followed by Kyla Ross and Andrea Foti and Erica Fasana. Ross won vault, Grishina won bars, beam, and floor.Grishina received a very high 9.4 E score on bars.
Emil Hegle Svendsen and Magdalena Neuner won the men's and women's biathlon overall world cup titles respectively.
Surplus medical and dental supplies and equipment from the Vancouver Olympics are being donated to Canadian medical teams in Haiti. It's nice to see them being put to a good use.
In Jesolo, the US won the women's gymnastics team competition followed by Russia and Italy. Aly Raisman won the all-around, followed by Ksenia Semonova and Vanessa Ferrari. Mackenzie Caquatto was in a position to win, but melted down on floor, falling 3 times and going out of bounds twice. Raisman also won vault and floor while Tatiana Nabieva won bars and Caquatto and Tatiana Solovyeva tied for the beam title. In the junior competition, Russia won the team event followed by Italy and Japan. Anastasia Grishina won the all-around followed by Kyla Ross and Andrea Foti and Erica Fasana. Ross won vault, Grishina won bars, beam, and floor.Grishina received a very high 9.4 E score on bars.
Emil Hegle Svendsen and Magdalena Neuner won the men's and women's biathlon overall world cup titles respectively.
Surplus medical and dental supplies and equipment from the Vancouver Olympics are being donated to Canadian medical teams in Haiti. It's nice to see them being put to a good use.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
News and Notes
Nodar Kumaritashvili's family received an insurance settlement from VANOC. The amount, as well as when the family will receive the settlement is unknown.
Joannie Rochette will now be able to skate in "Thin Ice." It was confirmed the Polish cross country skier Kornelia Marek officially doped in Vancouver. In other drug news, the case against Andre Agassi for crystal meth usage has officially been closed due to a statute of limitations expiration.
Even in the USA Speedskating shake-up, Jae Su Chun will remain the head coach for the short track team. Russian cross country skier Elena Vedeneeva was given a two-year ban for refusing a drug test. The puck used to score the winning goal in the men's hockey gold medal game will be put in the Hockey Hall of Fame along with Sidney Crosby's stick and gloves.
Usain Bolt will attempt to break the world record in the 300 meters on May 27th in the Czech Republic. Nikita Kriukov beat Petter Northug in today's cross country 1.1K. Anna Olsson won the women's race, followed by Justyna Kowalczyk and Marit Bjoergen.
For an interesting read, click here to learn about the visually impaired biathlon.
Breaking away from the Olympics, congratulations to Washington University's women's basketball team for reaching the Final Four. Bring home a national title!
Joannie Rochette will now be able to skate in "Thin Ice." It was confirmed the Polish cross country skier Kornelia Marek officially doped in Vancouver. In other drug news, the case against Andre Agassi for crystal meth usage has officially been closed due to a statute of limitations expiration.
Even in the USA Speedskating shake-up, Jae Su Chun will remain the head coach for the short track team. Russian cross country skier Elena Vedeneeva was given a two-year ban for refusing a drug test. The puck used to score the winning goal in the men's hockey gold medal game will be put in the Hockey Hall of Fame along with Sidney Crosby's stick and gloves.
Usain Bolt will attempt to break the world record in the 300 meters on May 27th in the Czech Republic. Nikita Kriukov beat Petter Northug in today's cross country 1.1K. Anna Olsson won the women's race, followed by Justyna Kowalczyk and Marit Bjoergen.
For an interesting read, click here to learn about the visually impaired biathlon.
Breaking away from the Olympics, congratulations to Washington University's women's basketball team for reaching the Final Four. Bring home a national title!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
News and Notes
My favorite story of the day, the case of the Chinese curler. Wang Fengchun, the team's skip, was not allowed to attend the celebration for Olympians in Beijing, but was instead sent immeadiately home to Harbin. The team manager Li Dongyan said that "It'll be very helpful to heavily slap him down him with pain," but that they hope to bring him back to the team if his attitude improves. Wang wore a USA cap on the plane home and his father is rumored to have had a heart attack upon hearing that his son had been sent home. Gotta love sports under communism.
American Margaux Isaksen finished second in the first modern pentathlon event of the season. Germany's Lena Schoneborn won the event. Christie Ramapone, the captain of the US Women's National Soccer Team gave birth to her second daughter on Saturday. Seven-time Olympic medalist biathlete Kati Wilhelm of Germany has decided to retire at the end of the month to focus on her studies. It is nice to see that, even in an era of professionalism, athletes still makes this decision sometimes. Bode Miller will miss the last week of the world cup season due to an injured ankle. Indoor track world championships begin on Friday.
After the compulsory dance, Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov hold a three point lead over Americans Maia and Alex Shibutani at the junior world figure skating championships. Russians Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro are in third.
American Margaux Isaksen finished second in the first modern pentathlon event of the season. Germany's Lena Schoneborn won the event. Christie Ramapone, the captain of the US Women's National Soccer Team gave birth to her second daughter on Saturday. Seven-time Olympic medalist biathlete Kati Wilhelm of Germany has decided to retire at the end of the month to focus on her studies. It is nice to see that, even in an era of professionalism, athletes still makes this decision sometimes. Bode Miller will miss the last week of the world cup season due to an injured ankle. Indoor track world championships begin on Friday.
After the compulsory dance, Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov hold a three point lead over Americans Maia and Alex Shibutani at the junior world figure skating championships. Russians Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro are in third.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Weekend Update (Part 2)
Swiss skier Dominique Grisin won today's women's Super-G, denying Lindsey Vonn her 33rd World Cup title. Vonn finished second and Julia Mancuso was third. Canadian Eric Guay won the men's Super-G. Hannes Reichelt of Austria was second and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal and Switzerland's Tobias Gruenfelder tied for third. Michael Walchhofer of Austria still leads the Super-G overall standing, but Svindal and Guay could catch him in the final race. Carlo Janka of Switzerland is also only now only 46 points behind overall World Cup leader Benjamin Raich of Austria heading into the final weekend.
Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won his sixth world cup title of the season Sunday. Poland's Adam Malysz, the runner up to Ammann in both events at the Olympics, was second and Austrian Thomas Morgenstern was third. In cross country skiing, Norway 2 defeated Norway 1 in a World Cup relay in Finland. Germany beat Russia in a photo finish for third. Norway also won the women's relay followed by Germany and Italy. Maksim Burtasov of Russia won the title at the under 26 biathlon European Championships.
Aiko Uemura of Japan won a women's moguls world cup race this weekend. Canadian Jennifer Heil, the overall leader, was second and American Shannon Bahrke was third.
In the first modern pentathlon World Cup event of the season, David Svoboda of the Czech Republic won gold. Russia's Serguei Karyakin was second and Andrejus Zadneprovskis was third.
USA Cycling named its track cycling world championship team on Friday. The squad will be led by individual pursuit defending world champion Taylor Phinney. Daniel Holloway, Colby Pearce, and Giddeon Massie round out the rest of the men's squad. Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo, Dotsie Bausch, and Shelley Evans were named to the women's team.
Also, feel free to comment on any of my entries. I would love to hear what readers are thinking!
Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won his sixth world cup title of the season Sunday. Poland's Adam Malysz, the runner up to Ammann in both events at the Olympics, was second and Austrian Thomas Morgenstern was third. In cross country skiing, Norway 2 defeated Norway 1 in a World Cup relay in Finland. Germany beat Russia in a photo finish for third. Norway also won the women's relay followed by Germany and Italy. Maksim Burtasov of Russia won the title at the under 26 biathlon European Championships.
Aiko Uemura of Japan won a women's moguls world cup race this weekend. Canadian Jennifer Heil, the overall leader, was second and American Shannon Bahrke was third.
In the first modern pentathlon World Cup event of the season, David Svoboda of the Czech Republic won gold. Russia's Serguei Karyakin was second and Andrejus Zadneprovskis was third.
USA Cycling named its track cycling world championship team on Friday. The squad will be led by individual pursuit defending world champion Taylor Phinney. Daniel Holloway, Colby Pearce, and Giddeon Massie round out the rest of the men's squad. Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo, Dotsie Bausch, and Shelley Evans were named to the women's team.
Also, feel free to comment on any of my entries. I would love to hear what readers are thinking!
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