RICHMOND, B.C. – Maybe the long-track speedskating team’s revolutionary skinsuit made the difference. Maybe it was the full-time technician devoted to keeping everybody’s skates in top shape. Or perhaps it was one of the many other programs funded by Own The Podium that helped provide the edge. Whatever the cause, Kristina Groves’ surprise and gutsy [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SPEED SKATING Shani Davis Shani Davis, the first black Winter Olympic individual event champion, will attempt to match fellow American Eric Heiden’s one-Games record of five speedskating gold medals at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Davis, a three-time [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SHORT-TRACK SPEED SKATING Apolo Anton Ohno American Apolo Anton Ohno – with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals – is set to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater. Five other short-trackers have picked five [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SHORT-TRACK SPEED SKATING Apolo Anton Ohno American Apolo Anton Ohno – with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals – is set to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater. Five other short-trackers have picked five [...]
Berlin (AFP) – German speedskater Claudia Pechstein, banned for two years due to doping irregularities, was on Tuesday told by a Swiss Federal Court that she can compete in a World Cup event at Salt Lake City. Last month, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a two-year suspension against the five-time Olympic champion [...]
TOKYO (AFP) – World champion Lee Ho-Suk is determined to tighten South Korea’s stranglehold on Olympic short-track speed skating gold despite the daunting challenges from the United States and Canada. China’s Wang Meng, who won the 500m to prevent South Korean women’s gold-medal monopoly at the 2006 Turin Games, is ready to reign supreme after [...]
