http://universalsports.com 30 sports, 25 world championships, your destination for Olympic sports and athletes – world class events in cycling, swimming, track & field, gymnastics, skiing, figure skating, triathlon, rugby & more. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/3729db9ad5d405e0ea9c098bd62f5b66?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://universalsports.com http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-california-stage-6-michael-rogers-4th/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-california-stage-6-michael-rogers-4th/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:06 +0000 gussdogg2 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-california-stage-6-michael-rogers-4th/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-the-basque-country-stage-1-simon-gerrans-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-the-basque-country-stage-1-simon-gerrans-wins/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:35:18 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-tour-of-the-basque-country-stage-1-simon-gerrans-wins/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-volta-a-catalunya-stage-6-simon-gerrans-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-volta-a-catalunya-stage-6-simon-gerrans-wins/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:08:46 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-volta-a-catalunya-stage-6-simon-gerrans-wins/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-ofterschwang-giant-slalom-fenninger-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-ofterschwang-giant-slalom-fenninger-wins/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:11:23 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-ofterschwang-giant-slalom-fenninger-wins/ ]]> Anna Fenninger (AUT) scored her second win this season, and third in her career, winning by .44 seconds over world cup leader Tina Maze.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-freestyle-skiing-world-championship-aerials-gerrits-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-freestyle-skiing-world-championship-aerials-gerrits-2nd/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:28:09 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-freestyle-skiing-world-championship-aerials-gerrits-2nd/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:35:09 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-fis-alpine-skiing-world-cup-kvitfjell-mens-super-g-georg-streitberger-gets-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-fis-alpine-skiing-world-cup-kvitfjell-mens-super-g-georg-streitberger-gets-2nd/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:06 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-fis-alpine-skiing-world-cup-kvitfjell-mens-super-g-georg-streitberger-gets-2nd/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-nordic-world-ski-championships-mens-team-ski-jump-team-germany-gets-silver/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-nordic-world-ski-championships-mens-team-ski-jump-team-germany-gets-silver/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:30:23 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-nordic-world-ski-championships-mens-team-ski-jump-team-germany-gets-silver/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-streitberger-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-streitberger-2nd/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:59:07 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-streitberger-2nd/ ]]> 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.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-rogers-loses-ski/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-rogers-loses-ski/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:42:55 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-rogers-loses-ski/ ]]> Brice Rogers pops a in the steep part of the downhill course but miraculously stays on his feet.

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