Stage 13 of the Tour of California is in the books, and on a course that favored the sprinters, it was Canondale’s Pro Cycling Peter Sagan that gave the crowd a thrill and sealed the victory.
American Kikkan Randall scores her first World Cup globe, winning by over a 100 points over Justyna Kowalczyk (POL).
In the final race of the season, overall World Cup winner Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) scores the win, helped by a wipe-up out by the Norwegians. She finished second for the season in sprints.
In the last sprint of the season, Petter Northug (NOR) scores the win, finishing the season second in the Sprints. In the overall, with three races to go, he leads by only 34 points.
From start to finish World Cup winner Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) held off the Norwegians for the win by .90 seconds. Sprint World Cup winner Kikkan Randall (USA) finished 5th.
Petter Norththug (NOR) gets the win for the home crowd by 2.15 seconds, he is now 17 points behind Dario Cologna (SUI) for the Overall World Cup title, with one race left.
In the the gold medal race it was Stefan Botticher (GER) against Denis Dmitriev (RUS). Botticher beat Dmitriev in two sprints to earn his 2nd gold medal of the competition. Botticher took gold in the team sprints earlier this week.
Alexey Petukhov and Nikita Kriukov talks about how important it is to get a world championships victory as the Olympics approach next year and inspiring the youth with their performance today.
In a race that went down to the final km, it was team RUS who stood the test of endurance. Alexey Petukhov and Nikita Kriukov (RUS) finished with a final time of 21:30.98.
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins talk about overcoming adversity after losing a ski pole on a climb and giving the USA their first world championship gold medal in cross country skiing.
Kikkan Randall and teammate Jessica Diggins finished with a time of 20:24.44. This win marks the USA’s first world championship gold medal in cross country skiing.
Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) talks about how excited he is to get his first win of the season
Justyna Kowalczyk talks about her strategy to win both the final event as well as the qaulifying event.
Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) was the fastest man out of the gate and the first to finish. His final time was 3:25.66. Poltoranin was 28th in his previous sprint at Sochi.
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) took an early lead and never looked back, finishing with a time of 3:56.06, beating 2nd place skier Marit Bjoergen by 2.85 seconds.
Mona-Lisa Malvalehto and teammate Anne Kylloenen break down the tactics they used to keep their stamina throughout the race.
Dmitriy Japarov and Maxim Vylegzezhanin (RUS) got off to an early lead out the gate and never looked back. The two won by an amazing 18.44 seconds, finishing with a time of 24.12.38.
Mona-Lisa Malvalehto and teammate Anne Kylloenen (FIN) finished with a final time of 17:06.95, beating team Russia by 5.52. Malvalehto won the sprint WC event last month at Liberec.
Stefan Boetticher beats his fellow German countryman Robert Foerstemann 2-0, to win his second gold of the weekend.
Argos-Shimano rider John Degenkolb of Germany crosses the finish line to win the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain “La Vuelta” cycling race between Ponteareas and Sanxenxo, August 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Miguel Vidal) By Alasdair Fotheringham SANXENXO, Spain, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Germany’s John Degenkolb claimed his fourth victory out of four bunch sprints in […]
FILE – This June 2, 2012 file photo shows United States’ Justin Gatlin winning the 100-meter event at the Prefontaine Classic athletics meet in Eugene, Ore. Now 30 and eight years removed from his last Olympic trials, Gatlin’s all business as he steps to the line this weekend. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) By Gene […]
Track Cycling World Championships: Though she finished 3rd overall in the finals, Anna Meares set a new Women’s Sprint record at 10.782 seconds during qualifying.
Sept. 1, 2011: Peter Sagan wins a field sprint to the line to capture his second stage win of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana.
By Mike Tierney, Special to Universal Sports Ever wonder about the translation of “Semper Fi,” the motto associated with the few, the proud, the Marines? It is a Latin phrase that means “always faithful” — not, as followers of an annual Paralympics-styled sports festival for armed services members might guess, “kicking butt at the Warrior […]
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 […]
BARCELONA, March 24 (Reuters) – After two runners-up spots and a fourth place, Ireland’s Daniel Martin finally netted the overall classification of the Tour of Catalunya, Spain’s second biggest bike race. The 26-year-old Garmin-Sharp rider finished safely in 42nd spot in the main pack on Sunday after a fast seventh stage featuring eight hilly circuits […]
Rebecca James (GBR) took Bronze in the Time Trial and Bronze in the Team Sprint, but it’s Gold in the Individual Sprints, over Kristina Vogel (GER) who won gold in the Team.
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 […]
Jessica Diggins and Kikkan Randell (USA) fell behind early in the race but managed to rally a comeback with 3 legs to go. USA finished with a time of 21:49.5, earning their first WC victory in team sprints.
Tour winner Tony Martin of Germany, center, second place Francesco Gavazzi of Italy, left, and third place Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, right, spray champagne to celebrate during an award ceremony for the 2012 Tour of Beijing cycling competitions on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Courtesy of […]
Marco Haller of Austria, second from left, leads a mass sprint to the finish line to claim his first professional victory in the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Courtesy of tourofbeijing.net Austria’s rising talent Marco Haller (Katusha Team) created a surprise by taking […]
Francesco Gavazzi wins stage 3 of the Tour of Beijing. (Graham Watson) Courtesy of tourofbeijing.net Italy’s Francesco Gavazzi (Astana) won stage three of the Tour of Beijing, in a close uphill sprint finish at the Great Wall on Thursday. Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) retained the lead but he was put under strong pressure by […]
Courtesy of tourofbeijing.net Germany’s Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) added some panache to the Tour of Beijing with a solo victory on stage two into Mentougou, in the western hills of Beijing, on Wednesday. The defending champion, who missed the time trial on the course this year and said his “chances to repeat his victory […]
Elio Viviani wins stage one of the 2012 Tour of Beijing. (Graham Watson) Courtesy of http://www.tourofbeijing.net Italy’s Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) is the first to wear the red jersey of leader of the Tour of Beijing after he took victory on the opening stage in a bunch sprint on Tuesday. Viviani is already a worthy ambassador […]
Germany’s Tony Martin of the HTC-Highroad team sprints over the finish line to win the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Beijing cycling race in Beijing on October 5, 2011. The race is the first of its kind in Asia, as the International Cycling Union (UCI) looks to expand into new continents. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty […]
Champion Germany’s Tony Martin of HTC-Highroad team (R) sprays champagne with third-placed David Millar (L) of Garmin-Cervelo team on the podium during the award ceremony for the inaugural Tour of Beijing cycling race in Beijing on October 9, 2011. Tony Martin claimed his first stage race victory as world time trial champion when he won […]
Aries Merritt of the U.S. competes in the men’s 110m hurdles event at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, also known as Memorial Van Damme in Brussels September 7, 2012. Merritt sets a new world record of 12.80 seconds (REUTERS/Laurent Dubrule) By Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Aries Merritt of the […]
Universal Sports hosts Steve Schlanger and Todd Gogulski break down the events of the day, as Daniele Bennati (Radioshack) sprints Ben Swift (Sky).
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 […]
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (C) celebrates after winning ahead of his compatriot Warren Weir (R) and Netherlands’ Churandy Martina in the men’s 200m race during the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne August 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse) LAUSANNE, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 19.58 seconds for victory in the 200 metres at […]
Usain Bolt (JAM) holds his shoes up after winning the gold in the men’s 4x100m relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) Aug 22 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years’ time, opening up the possibility of more sprint […]
The pack of riders cycles during the second stage of the Tour of Spain “La Vuelta” cycling race between Pamplona and Viana August 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Felix Ordonez) Miss any part of the Vuelta? Looking for a photo gallery or video from a specific stage? Or a recap? Find it below. Or, to learn how to […]
Usain Bolt again sweeps the sprints in his second Olympics, winning the 200m at 19.32 seconds — leading a Jamaican sweep by .12 seconds over by Yohan Blake and Warren Weir.
Sky Procycling rider and leader’s yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins of Britain celebrates on the finish line after the final 20th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Rambouillet and Paris, July 22, 2012. Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he claimed the 99th edition of the […]
Michael Phelps starts the men’s 100m butterfly final during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, July 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) – Unlike Beijing four years ago, Michael Phelps is going to have to share the swimming spotlight at the London Olympics. There will be no […]
Yohan Blake (L) and Usain Bolt (front R) cross the finish line during their men’s 100 meters final event at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston city, in this file photo taken June 29, 2012. The men’s 100 meters is the jewel in the Olympic crown and Yohan Blake’s surprise humanization of Usain Bolt has […]
By Mike Tierney, Special to Universal Sports By and large, track and field events are rooted in the most fundamental of physical activities. Running, either all-out in sprints or at a controlled pace over a distance. Jumping, either horizontally or vertically. Tossing objects, most of them heavy. Then there is the steeplechase, often called the […]
Lotto-Belisol Team rider Andre Greipel of Germany (L) sprints ahead of Orica Greenedge rider Mathew Goss of Australia (2nd L) to win the fifth stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Rouen and Saint-Quentin, July 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier) By Gilles Le Roc’h ST QUENTIN, France, July 5 (Reuters) – Andre Greipel […]
Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrate victory and a new world record in the men’s 4×100 meters relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) By Steve Keating KINGSTON, June 27 (Reuters) – Usain […]
Canadian rider Ryder Hesjedal gets ready for the start of the 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race going from San Vito di Cadore to Vedelago on May 24, 2012. (LUK BENIES/AFP/Getty Images) June 21, 2012 – Team Garmin-Barracuda today announced its much-anticipated 2012 Tour de France roster. The squad is headlined by recent […]
Sanya Richards-Ross (R) of the United States celebrates winning the women’s 400m race at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League track meet in Eugene, Oregon, June 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Steve Dipaola) By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon, June 21 (Reuters) – Since she was a youngster, former world champion Sanya Richards-Ross has dreamed of being on the Olympic […]
Yohan Blake (L) from Jamaica beats Lerone Clarke (C) of Jamaica and Trell Kimmons of the U.S. in the men’s 100 meter dash at the Donovan Bailey Invitational track and field meet in Edmonton, Alberta, June 16, 2012. (REUTERS/Todd Korol) June 16 (Reuters) – World champion Yohan Blake tuned up for a Jamaican Olympic trials […]
Bernard Lagat, right, congratulates David Rudisha, of Kenya, after he won the men’s 800 meter race at the Adidas Grand Prix track and field meet on Randall’s Island, Saturday, June 9, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) By Larry Fine NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – Yohan Blake and fellow Jamaican Olympic champion Shelly-Ann […]
Chasers climb past a Galibier (2.556 m) milepost in the 109,5 km and nineteenth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Modane Valfrejus and Alpe d’Huez ski resort, southeastern France, on July 22 , 2011. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images) By Alasdair Fotheringham LIMONE SUL GARDA, Italy, May 21 (Reuters) – The Giro […]
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia’s Matteo Rabottini of Italy sprints ahead of Katusha Team’s Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver of Spain to win the 169 km 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia from Busto Arsizio to Pian de Resinelli, May 20, 2012. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) By Alasdair Fotheringham PLAN DEI RESINELLI, Italy, May 20 (Reuters) – A spectacular solo 150 […]
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