Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler (GER) get their first medals of the season, taking bronze over Jantine van der Vlist and Marloes Wesselink (NED) 21-12 and 21-14.
For the second time (2011, 2013), Shumi Gerbaba Eticha (ETH) gets the win at 2:16:13. Stephen Chelimo (KEN) was 2nd and Endale Tekileab (ETH) took 3rd.
German Sanchez (MEX) finished 2nd in the platform with a score of 492.00, placing him 80.2 points behind overall winner Qui Bo. Sanchez’s best score was a 94.35 on his 2nd dive.
2nd place Michael Rogers (Saxo) finishes the day in 4th, 1:05 behind the GC leader Tejay Van Garderen (BMC). Rogers is now 1:47 behind Van Garderen in the GC race.
John Degenkolb of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Cosenza to Matera, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Degenkolb sprinted to victory on the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, following a crash near the finish, as Italian Luca Paolini retained the overall […]
Simon Gerrans (Orica Greenedge) won in a sprint finish, beating out second place Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) with a winning time of 4:03:34. A win here gave Gerrans his third win of the cycling season.
Simon Gerrans (Orica Greenedge) won with a time of 3:55:46. Gerrans was sitting in 8th place going into the final 500m and manage to pass everyone for the finish. Daniel Martin (Garmin Sharp) leads the GC.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
By Steve Keating LONDON, Ontario, March 13 (Reuters) – Russia’s Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov took a step towards ending the reign of four-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy by grabbing the lead after the pairs short program on Wednesday. Beaten into second place by the German duo at the previous two world […]
Anna Fenninger (AUT) scored her second win this season, and third in her career, winning by .44 seconds over world cup leader Tina Maze.
Anna Fenninger, of Austria, competes during the first run of an alpine ski women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Ofterschwang, Germany, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 9 (Reuters) – Anna Fenninger kept her end-of-season momentum going to win a women’s Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom race […]
Travis Gerrits (CAN) survives the Chinese assault on the podium with three jumps to take 2nd place as Jia and Liu fail to score over 100 points in their final jump.
Former super-combined world champion Anna Fenninger earned her third victory, her first in a speed event. The last Austrian to win a women’s super-G was Elisabeth Goergl in the 2009-2010 season.
Georg Streitberger (AUT) finished with a time of 1:30.31, losing to Svindal by .52 seconds. This is Streitberger’s best Super G finish in this World Cup season.
Austria’s Anna Fenninger celebrates in the finish area after winning a women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) By Manuele Lang GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) – World Cup winner and world champion Tina Maze finished off the podium of a women’s super-G won by Austria’s Anna Fenninger […]
Andreas Wank, Severin Freund, Michael Neumayer, and Richard Freitag (GER) finished with a total team score of 1121.0. Andreas Wank was the top performer for the team with a best jump score of 135.5.
Georg Streitberger (AUT) gets on the podium for the second time in his career, moving up to a 2nd place finish, .23 seconds out of first.
Brice Rogers pops a in the steep part of the downhill course but miraculously stays on his feet.
The German men, Stefan Botticher, Rene Enders and Maximilian Levy match the women as they win the Men’s Team Sprint Title beating Australia by .049 seconds.
Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte (GER) just barely catch Gong Jinjie and Guo Shuang (CHN) by .003 seconds to win the Championship title.
It was experience over youth as Allison Pottinger made all but quick work of Alex Carlson winning 11-2.
In the final pairing, Ingemar Walder (AUT) couldn’t cut a break, going down twice and giving the win to countrymen Andreas Prommegger.
Anna Fenninger (AUT) gets her 6th podium this season, taking the bronze by .36 second over teammate Katrin Zettel.
After three silver medals, Natalie Geisenberger (GER) finally becomes a world champion, winning by .106 seconds.
By Gennady Fyodorov Jan 31 (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko underwent successful back surgery in Tel Aviv on Thursday to replace a deteriorated disc in his spine. “Yevgeny had an operation to remove one of his spinal discs with a synthetic one,” the Russian’s long-time coach Alexei Mishin told Reuters. “The doctor who […]
The Dutchman Marc Houtzager, riding Tamino, got his first WC Jumping victory when he finished with a time of 34.67 in the final jump off. Houtzager also won team silver at the London Olympics.
In the final race of the season, Martina Bina (CZE) breaks the Belgium choke hold on the podium, winning by 7 seconds; Niels Albert (BEL) wins the Cup by 25 points.
The final round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup will be held in Hoogerheide (Netherlands).
Anna Fenninger (AUT), the winner of a giant slalom in Semmering a week ago and third in Saturday’s downhill at St. Anton, finished just .04 seconds behind Tina Maze for second. Fenninger holds the 4th overall position in the World Cup standings.
On the last hill, Andreas Wellinger (GER) lost his footing and took a nasty spill.
Austrian Anna Fenninger scored her second World Cup victory in a giant slalom after she dominated both runs to clock a combined time of two minutes 13.09 seconds in Semmering.
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 […]
Tina Maze of Slovenia, Anna Fenninger of Austria and Tessa Worley of France (L-R) react after the World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom ski race in Semmering, December 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler) By Manuele Lang SEMMERING, Austria, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Spending Christmas at home inspired Austrian Anna Fenninger to her second World Cup victory in […]
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.
Michael Rogers (AUS), right, and Bradley Wiggins (GBR) during stage eleven of the 2012 Tour de France between Albertville and La Toussuire. (Bernard Papon/Presse Sports via US PRESSWIRE) PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Three-times world time-trial champion Michael Rogers has signed a two-year contract with Saxo-Tinkoff, the Dutch team said on Friday. The 32-year-old Australian […]
WINTERBERG, Germany (Dec. 4, 2012)- After a one-week hiatus following the North American portion of the tour, the World Cup circuit will continue in Winterberg, Germany this week. Races will take place from Dec. 7-9, and will include the first team event of the season. The detailed schedule is as follows, with all times listed […]
Join us this weekend for two live broadcast from the Stuttgart German Masters On Saturday the 17th of November at 15:10 CET we bring you live coverage from the 3rd round of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup. Then Join us again on Sunday the 18th for the 5th round of the Rolex FEI World Cup at 14:55 CET Live and uninterrupted on FEITV.
U.S. Olympian Michael Phelps hits his tee shot on the third hole during the Captains and Celebrity Scramble at the 39th Ryder Cup golf matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, September 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) By Steve Keating MEDINAH, Illinois, Sept 27 (Reuters) – For almost 20 years, Michael Phelps was swim […]
With all the pressure on Marco Kutscher (GER) to have a run with less than 2 faults, Kutscher finished with a 16, giving France the victory. Germany would finish with a score of 12.
Argos-Shimano’s John Degenkolb of Germany (R) wins the seventh stage ahead of Liquigas-Cannondale’s Elia Viviani of Italy (L) during the Tour of Spain “La Vuelta” cycling race between Huesca and Alcaniz, August 24, 2012. (REUTERS/Felix Ordonez) By Alasdair Fotheringham ALCANIZ, Spain, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Germany’s John Degenkolb underlined his status as the Vuelta a […]
As Conselus Kipruto (KEN) chases down Paul Koech (KEN) for the win, Evan Jager (USA) breaks the nearly 6-year-old record by 2.01 seconds.
Check out the best rallies, saves and blocks from ITA vs GER during the 2012 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Tour.
Lotto-Belisol Team rider Andre Greipel of Germany holds up his arms as he wins the 13th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and Cap d’Agde, July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier) By Julien Pretot LE CAP D’AGDE, France, July 14 (Reuters) – German Andre Greipel snatched his third win on the […]
In the Men’s Steeplechase, Jager gets the national title at 8:17.40, and will be join at the Olympic games by Donald Cabral and Kyle Alcorn.
FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball Grand Slam, Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr (SUI) beat Laura Ludwig and Sara Goller (GER) 21-12, 21-18, their first gold medals.
USA won the first game 3-1, but this time they sweep 3-0 over Germany after stealing the first set, 25-23, 25-23, and 25-17.
Check out the best aces, rallies and blocks from USA vs. GER.
Team USA won the first two sets 25-17, 25-15, but lost a close third set (23-25) before finally winning the fourth, 25-11.
Radioshack-Nissan Frank Schleck of Luxembourg arrives before the start of the 166-km 9th stage of the Giro d’Italia from San Giorgio del Sannio to Frosinone, May 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) PLAN DEI RESINELLI, Italy, May 20 (Reuters) – RadioShack Nissan manager Johan Bruyneel said he was “disappointed” by team leader Frank Schleck of Luxembourg’s decision […]
Allison Springer of the United States, the dressage leader, finished 8 seconds slow with Arthur, and those 3.2 time faults dropped her to second place (43.0).
Beach Volleyball’s gold winning icons, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have already secured a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
FIVB Men’s Beach Volleyball World Tour, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser take gold for the 3rd time, beating Nicholas Lucena and Matthew Fuerbringer in all USA final 21-17, 21-18.
(Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn, winner of the women’s alpine skiing overall World Cup title, will not require surgery on her sore knees, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association said on Tuesday. After another long, grueling campaign that ended in March with Vonn claiming a fourth overall crown, the American all-rounder had doctors examine her […]
2012, Melbourne, Australia, Track Cycling World Championship, first they broke the record in qualifying, then the broken the Women’s Team Sprint record again, to win the championship at 32.549 seconds.
Ethiopia’s Shumi Gerbada wins the men’s race at the 2011 Stockholm marathon in a time of 2:14:07.
Have suggestions, feedback or comments about the Network? Contact our Universal Sports Customer Support Line at 1-818-593-3978 and your call will be directed to the appropriate department. A Universal Sports representative will respond to your inquiry, as appropriate, within two business days. If you need immediate assistance for an online streaming subscription, live event or account issue, please use the customer service form below to file a ticket.
How do I contact customer support?Both technical and customer support for UniversalSports.com can be obtained by calling 1-818-593-3978 or via email. Please submit your comments, problems or suggestions directly to Customer Support by using the form below.
WordPress.com VIP