(Reuters) – Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali took a major step towards overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Thursday after powering to his first stage win during this year’s race in an individual uphill time trial. Nibali more than doubled his overnight advantage over his closest overall pursuer, Australia Cadel Evans, from one minute 26 seconds […]
The 31 year old Anthony Erwin managed to pull off another win today, finishing with a winning time of 49.14. Erwin won the 50m freestyle in yesterday’s competition.
Megan Romano finished with a winning time of 55.24, picking up her 3rd win in Charlotte. Shannon Vreeland finished in 2nd place.
Kaitlin Harty finished with a winning time of 2:10.38, beating her personal best time by 4 seconds. Megan Romano finished in 2nd place.
16 year old Kathleen Baker finished with a winning time of 2:14.46, beating her personal best time by 2 seconds. Annie Zhu finished 2nd.
Ryan Lochte finished with a time of 1:59.93 while Ryan Murphy went on to get the win finishing with a time of 1:59.93. Lochte took 3rd earlier in the 200IM.
The 11 time Olympic Medalist, Ryan Lochte, finished with a time of 2:01.56 as the win went to 19 year old Chase Kalisz who finished with a time of 1:59.66.
Annie Zhu won by the closest margin on the day, beating her second place opponent Laura Sogar by .01 seconds. Annie Zhu finished with a winning time of 2:27.16.
31 year old Anthony Ervin was the oldest competitor in the race today but that didn’t stop him from winning the race today, finishing with a time of 22.01.
Jessica Hardy finished with a winning time of 25.09, narrowly beating out Madison Kennedy and Megan Romano who tied for 2nd place. They trailed her by just .03 seconds.
The 17 year old Joseph Schooling finished with a winning time of 1:57.79 over 2nd place Tome Luchsinger, beating him by 1.01 seconds.
Andreina Pinto finished with a time of 2:12.40, beating out 2nd place Meredith Hover by .17 seconds.
Ryan Lochte finished with a time of 55.48 but it was not good enough to beat the winner of the event Andrew Teduits who finished with a time of 54.43.
Britain’s Mark Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gian Mattia D’Alberto) By Alasdair Fotheringham MARGHERITA DI SOVOIA, Italy, May 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish captured […]
Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, center, pedals in the pack during the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, from Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno, Italy, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Enrico Battaglin of Italy sprinted to the stage victory, while compatriot Luca Paolini retained the overall leader’s pink jersey. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari) By Alasdair Fotheringham SERRA SAN […]
Sky team cyclists pedal on their way to winning a team time trial, in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, in the southern Italian island of Ischia, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins powered the Sky team to victory and moved into second place overall, while his Italian teammate Salvatore […]
For the third time the USA Olympic team swimming trials will take place in Omaha, where the team is preparing for the 2016 Games.
Kenyan Jemima Jelagat was a clear favorite at the start of the race, and lead for the majority of it. Jelagat finished with a personal best time of 2:23:27, beating out second place Ethiopian Abebech Afework.
Olympic champ in the 100m, Nathan Adrian, beats the former 50m Olympic champ, Anthony Ervin, by .59 seconds. This was Adrian’s second win of the meet (100m free).
American swimming star Natalie Coughlin got the win in the 50m freestyle over Jessica Hardy by .48 seconds, with a time of 24.90 seconds.
Tyler Clary grabbed his second win of the day, winning by 1.15 seconds over Ryan Murphy.
With a great final turn, Ricky Berens moved into the lead and took the win with .68 seconds over Darian Townsend. Ryan Lochte was 6th.
After suffering defeat in the 200m freestyle, Missy Franklin, the world record holder, bounced back to win the 200m Backstroke. She won by 3.02 seconds over Elizabeth Pelton.
Katie Ledecky edges out Missy Franklin by .03 in the Women’s 200m freestyle, winning at 1:56.93.
Tyler Clary cruised to victory with a time of 4:24.90, winning by 1.47 seconds over Scott Weltz.
Marcin Tarczynski (POL) edges the silver medalist from the 2012 championships, Tom Shields (USA), by .16 seconds for the win.
Kelsi Worrell thought she had the win, but she was disqualified and Olympic medalist Claire Donahue gets the win by .22 seconds.
4×200 relay world champion Matt Mclean holds off his relay teammate Michael Klueh, who charged in the last lap, to win .26 seconds.
Newly-crowned 400m freestyle Olympic champion Katie Ledecky (USA) posts the world leading time at 4:05.21, winning by a big 6.51 seconds.
Natalie Coughlin had the lead for most of the race, but at the end she slipped to third as teenage sensation Missy Franklin scores the win by .33 seconds.
Olympic champion Nathan Adrian gets the win by .64 seconds over Ricky Berns in the fourth Grand Prix of the season.
Ethiopian Boru Tadese won with a record time of 2:21:05. Her time beat the previous record, held by Tirfi Beyene, by more than 30 seconds.
Daryl Impev (Orica Greenedge) won with a time of 4:23:31. Impev also won stage 2 of last year’s tournament and helped secure team Orica Greenedge’s dominance, as they have won the first 2 stages.
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.
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.
The “Queen” is back, despite her 18 month absence from competing, the 2009 World Champ and 2010 Olympic champ Kim Yuna (KOR) is the World champ yet again! With 218.31 points, Yuna won over 2012 champ Carolina Kostner (ITA) by 20.42 and Moa Asada (JPN) came in 3rd.
By Steve Keating LONDON, Ontario, March 16 (Reuters) – Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White capped a perfect season by reclaiming the ice dance title from Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the figure skating world championships on Saturday. While the title will change hands, it will not go far with the good friends […]
Universal Sports’ Nick Gismondi gives an update on Kim Yuna’s return to figure skating.
Kamil Stoch (POL) talks about how he won his second consecutive Ski Jump after a bad 1st jump.
Kamil Stoch (POL) picked up his second win in a row when he finished with 280.4 points, beating out 2nd place Richard Freitag (GER). Kamil Stoch also became the Ski Jumping champ at Val di Fiemme last month.
Richard Freitag (GER) finished with 278.7 points, losing to Kamil Stoch by 1.7 points. Freitag has finished on the podium 3 times in his past 4 WC events.
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.
Granåsen is a ski jumping hill, located in Granåsen skicenter in Trondheim, Norway. The hill frequently hosts World Cup and Continental Cup competitions arranged by FIS. The hill sports one K-90 hill and one K-124 hill.
By Steve Keating LONDON, Ontario, March 14 (Reuters) – Kim Yuna felt her short program at the world figure skating championships on Thursday deserved a perfect score and while the judges did not agree they still gave the Olympic champion top marks. Making a comeback after nearly two years on the sidelines, the South Korean’s […]
Irene Schouten (NED) won the race, but it was Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) who won the overall title with a total of 365 points. Kim finished the final race in 3rd place.
With 57.666 points, Simone Biles (USA) took second in the All-Around, posting the highest score on uneven bars at 14.899.
Scoring the 6th highest floor routine at 9.550, Aja-Monet Sims finish 2nd, .275 points out of first.
Gillian Carleton (CAN) finished with the best time of 35.510 beating 2nd Place Annette Edmondson (AUS) by .020. American Sarah Hammer went on to win the overall event.
Feb 24 (Reuters) – Dennis Kimetto claimed his first marathon victory in only his second race over the distance when the Kenyan won the Tokyo Marathon in a race record time on Sunday. The 29-year-old finished in a time of two hours, six minutes and 50 seconds to smash Swiss Viktor Rothlin’s 2008 record by […]
Dennis Kimetto (KEN) sets a course record at 2:06:50 in Toyko, which is now one of the World Marathon Majors; Michael Kipyego (KEN) was 8 seconds back in second.
Wai Sze Lee (HGK) wins her first championship title, by just .023 seconds over Miriam Welte (GER).
After one silver and four bronze medals, Francois Pervis (FRA) gets the win, beating Simon van Velthooven (NZL) by .648 seconds.
Yesterday the 2001 World Champ Anthony Ervin won the 50m Freestyle and today he claims the 100m win by .51 seconds, at 49.85.
Tyler Clary gets his second win of the meet, winning by 1.46 seconds at 1:57.85. Ryan Lochte was back in 5th, 3.47 behind.
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