Germans go 1-2 in men, Canada wins women's race in World Cup skeleton at Lake PlacidNovember 20th, 2009 Germany and Canada win WC skeleton racesLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The home-ice advantage for the U.S.
Germans go 1-2 as Rommel wins men's World Cup skeleton race at Lake PlacidNovember 20th, 2009 Germany's Rommel wins men's World Cup skeletonLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Last February, Frank Rommel struggled to 13th place in the skeleton world championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg, and his four victories in the World Cup regular season quickly became an icy afterthought.
Russian figure skater Lutai Andrei charged with DWI, stealing car in Lake Placid, NYNovember 17th, 2009 Russian skater gets stolen car, DWI charge in NYLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Police say Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai (AHN'-drey loo-TEYE') stole a car and drove it while drunk after finishing 10th overall in the Skate America competition in Lake Placid.
World champion Kim wins Skate America, but Flatt wins free skateNovember 15th, 2009 Kim wins title but loses free skateLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Kim Yu-na is not infallible.
Canadian sled wins opening 4-man bobsled World Cup, while US drivers see gold chance slip awayNovember 14th, 2009 USA drivers slide out of medals in 4-man World CupPARK CITY, Utah — It's the hardest part of bobsledding, those 5 seconds where racers sprint alongside their sleds before jumping in for the bumpy ride down an icy chute. Todd Hays and Steven Holcomb have handled it flawlessly countless times.
Cohen's comeback dealt another blow, announces withdrawal from Skate AmericaNovember 9th, 2009 Cohen bows out of Skate America with tendinitisCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sasha Cohen's comeback has taken another setback.
Deng wins balance beam, gives China its 4th title at the world gymnastics championshipsOctober 18th, 2009 Another medal for China at gym world championshipsLONDON — Wang Guanyin extended China's winning streak at the world gymnastics championships, taking the gold on the parallel bars. Wang edged teammate Feng Zhe to give China its fifth gold medal at this worlds.
China earns second gold as He gets world title to go with Olympic crown on uneven barsOctober 17th, 2009 He adds world title to her Olympic gold on barsLONDON — He Kexin has a world title to go with her Olympic gold medal on the uneven bars. China's He posted a 16.000 on Saturday, a score no one else in the world can touch.
Nice start: Williams wins vault title in first world championships, makes US 2 for 2October 17th, 2009 Williams wins vault for 2nd US gold at gym worldsLONDON — Kayla Williams is taking home quite a souvenir from her first international competition. The young American won the women's vault title at the world gymnastics championships Saturday, just five months after she was competing at the level below elites.
Sasha Cohen withdraws from next week's French Grand Prix eventOctober 9th, 2009 Sasha Cohen out of Grand Prix eventCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen has withdrawn from the first Grand Prix figure skating event of the season because of tendinitis in her right calf.
USA Luge hopeful Julia Clukey has knee surgery, to miss 1 week of trainingSeptember 30th, 2009 USA Luge's Clukey has knee surgeryLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — U.S. Olympic luge hopeful Julia Clukey is recovering from arthroscopic right knee surgery and will miss the first week of on-ice training in Lake Placid.
United States wins women's 4x400 relay at worlds, giving Felix, Richards 2 golds eachAugust 23rd, 2009 United States wins women's 4x400 relay at worldsBERLIN — Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards each won a second gold medal at the world championships Sunday when the United States won the women's 4x400-meter relay. Felix, the 200 champion, ran the second leg while 400 champion Richards took the baton home in 3 minutes, 17.83 seconds.
United States wins the men's 4x400 relay at worlds, giving Merritt second gold medalAugust 23rd, 2009 United States wins the men's 4x400 at worldsBERLIN — LaShawn Merritt won a second gold medal at the world championships on Sunday when the United States blew away the field in the 4x400-meter relay. Merritt, the 400 champion, ran the anchor leg and took the baton home in 2 minutes, 57.86 seconds.
Olympic luger Benshoof will miss European trip for continued back rehabilitationJuly 31st, 2009 Benshoof to miss Europe trip for back rehabLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Tony Benshoof, who missed a medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics by less than 0.20 seconds, will forgo an offseason training week in Europe next month to continue recovering from back surgery.
Gold medals will mean cold, hard cash _ and lots of it _ for US wrestlersJune 4th, 2009 Get a wrestling gold, get a lot of greenCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gold medal at the London Olympics will be worth $250,000 for U.S.
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