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MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher warmed up for next week’s world championships with victory in a World Cup parallel slalom in Moscow on Tuesday, racing down the 200m artificial slope ahead of Sweden’s Andre Myhrer. The World Cup leader edged to victory after two close heats at the venue in the north […]
Marcel Hirscher (AUT), who has been on the podium of every slalom held this season, extended his lead in the overall World Cup standings to 214 points over Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal. Hirscher was second in the first City Event of the season.
Ivica Kostelic (CRO) wins the small final to claim third place over Felix Neureuther (GER).
After German skier Maria Hoefl-Riesch decided not to race, her younger teammate Lena Duerr (GER) scored the surprise win, her first podium and her first World Cup win.
17-year-old superstar Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) scored her 5th World Cup podium this season. Shiffrin now ranks 1st in World Cup Slalom.
Lena Duerr (GER) and Marcel Hirscher (AUT) talk about their wins Tuesday.
In the first semi-final run of the City Event Parallels, Veronika Velez Zuzlova caught one of the gate flags in her face, but she kept her cool and finished the course.
David Chodounsky (USA) just missed advancing to the semi-finals by .1 seconds to Ivica Kostellic (CRO) in the City Event Parallels.
Moscow will host the World Cup event in parallel slalom for the fourth time (and the second time officially). Sixteen of the best male and female World Cup athletes, both in slalom as well as in overall standings, will come to Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The marathons at next year’s world athletics championships will be run alongside some of Moscow’s most famous landmarks, including the Kremlin, the Russian organizers said on Thursday. “Both men and women will have the identical route, starting and finishing at the Luzhniki Olympic stadium,” Mikhail Butov, the head co-ordinator for […]
2012, Moscow, Russia, FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, Mancuso (USA) was able to beat out all the competition in parallels to secure a victory.
Los Angeles, CA (June 6, 2013) – USA Rugby Rising, a new, six episode original docu-series by Universal Sports, debuts this Saturday, June 8, with back-to-back airings of the first two episodes at 7:30 and 8:00 PM ET. Immediately following the series premiere, Team USA takes on Ireland in a high-stakes international test match at […]
Rome, Italy – 6 June 2103 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s defeat by Justin Gatlin in the 100 metres at the Rome Diamond League meeting on Thursday is unlikely to cause the Olympic champion too much concern ahead of August’s world championships. American Gatlin, bronze medallist at the London Games after a four-year doping ban, ran […]
(Reuters) – Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eased to victory on a damp evening at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Saturday while world champion Carmelita Jeter was stretchered off the track after finishing third. As low clouds settled around the stadium for the evening meet, the Jamaican sprinter pulled away from her American […]
May 10 (Reuters) – Kenya’s world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 meters at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London Games sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won the women’s 200 and […]
Mo Farah (GBR) defeats Galen Rupp (USA) to win the mens 10,000m final, 27:30.42 to 27:30.90, during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Not even odds of 25-1 can persuade double Olympic champion Mo Farah to abandon his carefully laid […]
Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS) competes in the women’s pole vault during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports MOSCOW, April 11 (Reuters) – Pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva will make her first appearance of the season at next month’s Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, the Russian athletics […]
March 19 (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at Rome’s Golden Gala meeting on June 6, organizers said on Tuesday. The Jamaican world record holder has already announced appearances in the 200 at Oslo’s Bislett Games on June 13 and at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 […]
By Pritha Sarkar March 11 (Reuters) – Growing up in a city awash with macho sporting icons, Javier Fernandez was mercilessly teased by schoolboy bullies who seemed to think he spent his time twirling around the ice on his toes in a tutu. Fernandez has no idea where his tormentors have disappeared to but chances […]
PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race over 200 meters at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 as part of his buildup for the Moscow world athletics championships in the following month. The Jamaican world-record holder will compete against France’s European 100 meters champion Christophe Lemaitre in the […]
By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt was beaten in his first race of the 2013 season on Saturday, finishing third in a low-key 400 metre event in his hometown of Kingston. The triple gold medallist from both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics easily won his […]
By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The stakes are high for the United States as they head into their home round of the rugby sevens world series under pressure to perform, men’s team coach Alex Magleby has said. The Las Vegas tournament from Feb. 8-10 is the fifth leg of the nine-stop series, […]
LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis will skip this year’s indoor athletics season in order to concentrate on her preparation for August’s world championships in Moscow. “I went back into tough winter training with an open mind on whether or not I would want to compete indoors this year – […]
Tina Maze (SLO), left, and Lindsey Vonn (USA), middle, and Maria Riesch (GER) on the podium for the women’s overall title at the FIS World Cup in Schladming. (Mandatory Credit: Mitchell Gunn-USA TODAY Sports) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 2 (Reuters) – For local fans, Marcel Hirscher will top the bill at the alpine […]
Slovenia’s Tina Maze celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski women’s world Cup slalom, in Maribor, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Overall World Cup leader Tina Maze rebounded from a close loss by posting an emphatic slalom victory before her home fans Sunday. Maze, who lost Saturday’s giant slalom by 0.08 seconds to […]
Jan 23 (Reuters) – Triple London Olympic champion Usain Bolt is injury free and eyeing three gold medals at this year’s world championships in Moscow in August. As part of his preparations, the Jamaican 100 and 200 meters world record holder will run the longer sprint at the Bislett Games Diamond League meeting in Oslo […]
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Double Olympic distance champion Mo Farah will run the 3,000 meters at the British Athletics Grand Prix in Birmingham on Feb. 16, his only indoor race in 2013, organizers said on Thursday. Farah, Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, finished fourth in the 3,000m at the world indoor championships in Istanbul […]
Russian 2002 World Champion in ice dancing Ilia Averbukh, left, and Russian Olympic Champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka present the Olympic torch and uniform for the relay of the Olympic and Paralympic Flame for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) By Gennady Fyodorov MOSCOW, Jan 14 […]
Felix Neureuther (2nd L) of Germany celebrates his victory during the medal ceremony of the Alpine Skiing World Cup parallel slalom run at the Olympic Park in Munich, January 1, 2013. Neureuther won ahead of Austria’s Marcel Hirscher (L), Alexis Pinturault of France (2nd R) and Andre Myhrer from Sweden (R). (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle) By Patrick […]
The first parallel slalom alpine ski competitions were held in Moscow on January 2, 2009 and attracted a great deal of interest. On race day, at least 30,000 viewers visited the site in Sparrow Hills in front of Moscow State University where the giant ramp was erected. The design of the ramp itself, about 60 meters tall, 200 meters long, almost 20 meters wide, and brightly lit from all sides, made for a particularly festive atmosphere.
By Gennady Fyodorov SOCHI, Russia, Dec 11 (Reuters) – After getting their first taste of the Olympic figure skating arena in Sochi, American ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White cannot wait to return for the main event in 2014. The 2011 world champions said they have only positive memories from their trip to the […]
By Patrick Lang VAL D’ISERE, France, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Frenchman Alexis Pinturault began to fulfill his potential when the exciting young alpine skiing all-rounder won a men’s World Cup slalom in Val d’Isere on Saturday. The 21-year-old had claimed his first World Cup win in a city event in Moscow last winter but it […]
Courtesy of http://www.isu.org The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating culminate this week with the Finals in Sochi (RUS). The events feature the top six skaters/couples in each category from the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating […]
By Patrick Lang LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn achieved her second successive Lake Louise treble when she won Sunday’s Super-G, the third race on the weekend program at the Canadian resort. The American clocked one minute and 22.82 seconds to snatch her 14th victory at her favorite skiing venue, her seventh […]
Courtesy of http://www.isu.org With the conclusion of the sixth and last qualifying event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2012/13, the six finalists in each category have been determined. 24 skaters/couples from nine ISU members have qualified and will compete at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi (RUS) December […]
Courtesy of http://www.isu.org The 2012/2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating continues this Friday with NHK Trophy in Miyagi, Japan. NHK Trophy is the sixth and last event in the series and thus provides the last opportunity for skaters to qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi, Russia, in December. […]
Key: DH (Downhill), SG (Super G), GS (Giant Slalom), SL (Slalom), SC (Super-Combined), NTE (Nation’s Team Event), SDD (Same day delay – TV broadcast) Date Location (Ladies) Event Time (ET) Location (Men) Event Time (ET) 10/27 Sölden (AUT) GS 10-11:30am – SDD – – – 10/28 – – – Sölden (AUT) GS 10-11:30am – SDD […]
The competition at Rostelecom Cup concluded Saturday in Moscow, Russia with the Free Skating and the Free Dance. Rostelecom Cup was the fourth of six events in the 2012/2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Kiira Korpi (FIN) strikes gold Kiira Korpi of Finland struck gold. U.S. skaters Gracie Gold and Agnes Zawadzki claimed […]
The 2012 Rostelecom Cup will be the fourth of six events in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a series of senior-level invitational competitions. The competition will be held in Moscow, Russia.
The 2012 Rostelecom Cup will be the fourth of six events in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a series of senior-level invitational competitions. The competition will be held in Moscow, Russia.
Gold medalist Sandra Perkovic (CRO),center, silver medalist Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS), left, and bronze medalist Yanfeng Lion the podium for the women’s discus during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports) MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) – World discus champion Darya Pishchalnikova could face a life ban from the sport if she […]
Mao Asada claims gold during the 2011 Cup of Russia in Moscow.
Mo Farah (GBR), right, and Galen Rupp (USA) pose after finishing first and second in the mens 10,000m final, 27:30.42 to 27:30.90, during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY) London, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah could attempt a 10,000 meters-marathon double at the 2016 Rio […]
South Africa’s Chad le Clos shakes hands with Japan’s Daiya Seto after winning the men’s 200m butterfly final during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Dubai, October 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) No less than 130 swimmers from 32 nations will compete on October 2-3 in the first leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup […]
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt poses with supporters after he won the men’s 200m race during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich, August 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Michael Buholzer) By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica Sept 11 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will not seek a wild card entry in the 100 meters at next year’s world championships, hoping instead […]
U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin falls on the uneven bars at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, California, June 29, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) By Mark Lamport-Stokes SAN JOSE, California, June 29 (Reuters) – Nastia Liukin’s comeback bid to gain a place at the London Games looked all but over on Friday after she faltered […]
2012, Moscow, Russia, FIVB Men’s Beach Volleyball Grand slam, check out the best, spikes, rallies, and blocks from BRA vs NED.
2012, Moscow, Russia, FIVB Men’s Beach Volleyball Grand slam, After a close 2nd set, the defending champs Alison and Emanuel (BRA) swept NED with set scores of 21-16 and 29-27. (Watch the full event at UniversalSports.com)
2012, Moscow, Russia, FIVB Men’s Beach Volleyball Grand slam, check out the best, spikes, rallies, and blocks from BRA vs GER. (Watch the full event at UniversalSports.com)
2012, Moscow, Russia, FIVB Men’s Beach Volleyball Grand slam, Ricardo and Cunha (BRA) swept Germany’s Brink and Reckermann with set scores of 21-19 and 14-21. (Watch the full event at UniversalSports.com)
Check out the best, spikes, rallies, and blocks from CHN vs USA, with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, from the 2012 FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia.
Check out the best, spikes, rallies and blocks from BRA vs BRA during the 2012 Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia.
Xue and Zhang (CHN) earned their 3rd gold n Moscow sweeping the USA 2-0 with sets scores of 21-14 and 21-14 during the 2012 FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Russia.
Juliana and Larissa (BRA) quickly recovered after losing the 1 set 19-21 to Antonelli and Talita (BRA). They won the last 2 sets 21-18, 15-8, during the 2012 FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball Grand slam in Moscow, Russia.
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