The Columbus Dispatch reports today that former Ohio State and Denver Broncos running back Maurice Clarett will be participating in the Ohio Rugby Sevens Invitational in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on May 25th. He will be playing for the Columbus affiliate of Tiger Rugby, who incidently will be responsible for picking the 2016 USA Rugby Sevens Olympic […]
In the first Diamond League of the season, Abeba Aregawi (SWE) gets the win at 3:56.66, .32 seconds over Faith Chepngetiah (KEN).
All Arnaud Demare (FDJ) had to do was cross the finish line safely, which he did to win the General Classification race. The final stage was won by a last second bolt of energy by Yannick Martinez (Velo Club), his first stage win.
Arnaud Demare (FDJ) took his third victory in three days in the 2013 Four Days of Dunkerque as he sprinted to his simplest win to date in the third stage between Oignies and Liévin. His GC lead increased to 16 seconds.
Arnaud Demare took his second straight victory in the Four Days of Dunkerque as he powered ahead of the rest of the sprinters to win stage two, between the Historical Mining Centre in Lewarde and Douchy les Mines.
Bronze medallist, US Apolo Anton Ohno, shows the number 8 as he celebrates his eighth Olympic medal at the end of the Men’s 5000 m relay short-track final at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 26, 2010. (AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 24 […]
Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Breeja Larson (Mesa, Ariz.), Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) were victorious on the final night of the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa on Saturday. Hometown favorite Larson won the 100-meter breaststroke in front of a sold-out crowd at the Skyline Aquatic Center. She touched the […]
Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) and Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) were victorious Thursday on the opening night of competition of the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa. Franklin and Adrian won the women’s and men’s 100m free, respectively, while Ledecky earned the win in the women’s 400m […]
The Volta a Catalunya is the fourth-oldest cycling stage race in the world (first time in 1911), only behind the Tour de France (1903), Tour of Belgium (1908) and the Giro d’Italia (1909). This event airs 3/24 @10:30amET/7:30amPT.
The Volta a Catalunya is the fourth-oldest cycling stage race in the world (first time in 1911), only behind the Tour de France (1903), Tour of Belgium (1908) and the Giro d’Italia (1909).
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) broke away from a group of eight riders with 35km to go, beating the field by a minute at the finish. Cancellara is now a three-time champ in the event.
The E3 Harelbeke is an annual cycling race in the Flanders area of Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, running over 210 kilometers. This event airs 3/22 @ 9:40amET/6:40amPT.
The E3 Harelbeke is an annual cycling race in the Flanders area of Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, running over 210 kilometers.
Racing in the semi-final heat, skiers Georgia Simmerling (CAN) and Ophelie David (FRA) crashed into one another going into a turn. David was later disqualified while Simmerling moved on to the final heat.
Racing in the quarterfinals Marco Tomasi (ITA) crashed on the first hill out of the gate after losing his balance.
Fanny Smith (SUI) led coming out the gate and never looked back, beating out 2nd place Marielle Thompson. Smith leads the overall standings with 576 points.
Fanny Smith (SUI) discusses how racing safely was the key to winning.
The 24 year old, Jean Frederic Chapuis, (FRA) won the final heat beating out 2nd place skier Armin Niederer (SUI). Chapuis finished 3rd in yesterday’s Ski Cross when the victory went to Alex Fiva (SUI).
Åre has a long history of hosting World Cup events, with ski acrobatics and moguls events being held there regularly since 1988.
American Hannah Kearney talks about how this year has been an emotional roller-coaster for her as she goes into the final event of the season leading the overall standings.
American Bradley Wilson talks about today’s win and ho he feels like he is a better competitor in Dual Moguls rather than single’s Moguls.
Race winner Alex Bilodeau (CAN) talks about his history of getting back to back wins at Are.
Hannah Kearney (USA) won the final heat with a score of 23 points over Yulia Galysheva (KAZ) who had 12 points. Kearney leads the overall standing with 1 race to go.
Bradley Wilson (USA) was the top American, beating out Per Spett (SWE) for 3rd place in the overall competition. Bradley won with 35 point after Spett fell down in the run.
Alex Bilodeau (CAN) finished with a final score of 20 over 2nd place Mikael Kingsbeury (CAN) who finished with 15. Bilodeau also won yesterday’s Moguls competition
Åre has a long history of hosting World Cup events, with ski acrobatics and moguls events being held there regularly since 1988.
Åre has a long history of hosting World Cup events, with ski acrobatics and moguls events being held there regularly since 1988.
Eliza Outtrim (USA) finished with a score of 24.29, losing to Heather Mcphie by just .19 points. Outtrim also sits 4th in the overall standings behind Mcphie.
Heather McPhie (USA) won with a score of 24.48 over 2nd place American Eliza Outtrim. Mcphie sits in 3rd in the overall standing with 517 points.
Patrick Deneen (USA) finished with a score of 25.13, losing to Alex Bilodeau. Deneen sits in 3rd in the overall standings with just 2 events to go.
Alex Bilodeau (CAN) finished with a score of 26.24, beating out American Patrick Deneen. Bilodeau trails Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) in the overall standing 117 points.
Nikola Sudova (CZE) crashed going into her second jump of the Ladies Mogul Final 1. Sudova appeared to hit the ground hard on her face but was able to walk away uninjured.
Åre has a long history of hosting World Cup events, with ski acrobatics and moguls events being held there regularly since 1988.
Per Wikipedia: While in primary school, in addition to skiing, Maze also played the piano. During preparations for the 2013 season she recorded her first song “My Way Is My Decision”. She also blogged about the story of her trip into music.The news of Maze becoming a “popstar” or “rockstar” was a celebrity news in […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Becca Mann (Clearwater, Fla.) each closed out the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando with two first-place finishes. Franklin won the 200m back and the 100m free, while Mann earned the top spot in the 800m free and the 200m IM. The meet, which took […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org The second night of competition from the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando saw top finishes from multiple Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.). Franklin won the women’s 100m back while Clary earned the top spot in the 200m fly. The meet concludes Saturday, February […]
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Omega Pharma – Quick Step celebrates as he crosses the line to win stage six, and the overall clasification, of the 2013 Tour of Qatar from Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche on February 8, 2013 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) By Gilles Le Roc’h DOHA, […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org AUSTIN, Texas – Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) finished the Arena Austin Grand Prix by adding another win to their collection over the three-day meet in Austin, Texas and the Joe and Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Lochte won the 200m medley in 2:00.98 beating out Tyler Clary […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org AUSTIN, Texas – Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) won two gold medals on the second night of the Arena Grand Prix – Austin at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Franklin’s win in the 200m back capped her night in a similar fashion it did for Nathan Adrian […]
Johan Clarey (FRA) couldn’t keep the speed up to win the race, but he’s the first man to ever hit 100.6 mph in the World Cup.
LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Former world road race champion Alessandro Ballan is out of intensive care as he continues to recover from surgery following a high-speed crash in training last week, his BMC team said on Friday. The Italian, being treated in Spain, remains in hospital after he underwent surgery over a week ago […]
By Julien Pretot PARIS, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Lance Armstrong scandal left a huge gap in cycling’s record books and further tainted the sport in a year when Britain experienced Olympic bliss in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ Tour de France title. Armstrong was banned for life and stripped of his record seven Tour […]
By Manuele Lang ARE, Sweden, Dec 20 (Reuters) – American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin made the most of some big name absences to take her first World Cup victory in an Alpine skiing slalom in Are on Thursday. With Austrian world champion Marlies Schild injured and overall World Cup holder Lindsey Vonn of the United States […]
Relive the moment Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest American to win a World Cup race, and listen to what she had to say about her podium finish.
With yet another podium finish, Tina Maze increased her World Cup lead to nearly 400 points over Maria Hoefl-Riesch.
Frida Hansdotter (SWE) was .29 seconds away from winning her first World Cup race, but still she captured the third 2nd place finish of her career in Slalom.
At 17 years old, Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the third youngest American to win a World Cup race, behind Kiki Cutter (16 years, 7 months, 1 day) and Judy Nagel (17 years, 5 months, 12 days). She secured the victory by .29 seconds in Slalom and takes the Slalom World Cup points lead.
Austrian skiers have dominated this event over the years, Switzerland is second, and the host nation is third. 13 nations have had victors in Are, but the USA is the only non European nation to have seen competitors on the top step of the podium.
Viktoria Rebensburg talks about her win and the upcoming break.
Although it was Tina Maze’s (SLO) first loss in Giant Slalom this season, she easily maintains her World Cup lead over Maria Hoefl-Riesch by over 300 points.
Anna Fenninger (AUT) scored her second podium of the season, after a third place in Super G at Lake Louise, .62 seconds out of first and is now 5th in the World Cup point standings.
With two podiums and a DNF so far in Giant Slalom, Viktoria Rebensburg (GER) finally gets her first win of the new season by .62 seconds.
Julia Mancuso was the only American to keep her feet, coming in 2.02 seconds off the podium.
Austrian skiers have dominated this event over the years, Switzerland is second, and the host nation is third. 13 nations have had victors in Are, but the USA is the only non European nation to have seen competitors on the top step of the podium.
VAL d’ISERE, FRANCE (Dec. 14) – Leanne Smith parlayed an early start number into a career first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium, finishing second in the Val d’Isere downhill behind Swiss winner Lara Gut. Smith, who started third, led four Americans into the top 10 on a shortened course after high winds forced a […]
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