Showing posts with label Nordic Combined. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nordic Combined. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

An Overdue Update

I'm back and kind of caught up. Think long and hard before taking any lengthy train trips no matter how much money it may save. Here is a brief rundown of the past several days in Olympic sports.

Piotr Nurowski, the head of Poland's Olympic Committee, was among those killed in Saturday's tragic plane crash.

UCLA looked great at regionals while Georgia failed to advance to nationals for the first time in 26 years. Missouri advanced for the first time since women's gymnastics became an NCAA sport. Vanessa Zamarripa is interested in trying elite gymnastics.

Nordic Combined athletes Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, and Brett Camerota are visiting troops in the Middle East.

Yelena Isinbayeva, the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist in women's pole vaulting, has decided to take an indefinite break. She has, however, vowed to return for the 2012 Games.

Canada won the men's curling world title, defeating Norway and their famed pants in the championship match.

In an effort to find the best synchronized diving pairs for the 2012 Olympics, American divers can now compete with more than one partner. This led to David Boudia and Nick McCrory finishing first, Boudia and Thomas Finchum finishing second, and Finchum and McCrory finishing third at the USA Diving World Cup Synchronized Trials.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Weekend Update

Marlies Schild won the final women's World Cup race of the season today, a slalom. Kathein Zettel was second and Maria Riesch was third. Riesch eked out a three point win over Zettel for the overall title in slalom.

Felix Neureuther won today's men's slalom. Reinfried Herbst won the overall title.

Tucker Fredricks won the 500 meters overall world cup in speedskating today by finishing four in the season's final race. Jan Smeekens won the race and finished second in the overall standings. Jenny Wolf won the women's 500 title and took the overall title while Havard Bokko won the men's 5,000. Kristina Groves won the won's 1,500 meter race today to take the overall title. Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon retired following today's races. Shani Davis won the men's 1,500 today. Martina Sablikova took the overall title in the women's 3,000 and 5,000.

At the track and field indoor World Championships, Americans LoLo Jones, Brian Clay, Christian Cantwell, and Debbie Dunn all won gold medals. Australia beat Germany to win the field hockey world cup. Norway had a solid day in Nordic events, winning the team Nordic combined world cup race. Petter Northug won today's men's 50K cross country skiing race while Marit Bjorgen won the women's 30K race.