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World Cup Skiing Season Begins

Sandy Mitchell — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:12:49 +0000

For those of us eager for the Winter Olympic Games to get here, there was a teaser this weekend as the season began for world cup skiing at the FIS Audi Alpine World Cup event in Solden Austria. Results included:

Men’s Giant Slalom: Daniel Albrecht (Switzerland), Didier Cuche (Switzerland), Ted Ligety (USA)

Women’s Giant Slalom: Kathrin Zettel (Austria), Tanja Poutiainen (Finland), Andrea Fischbacher (Austria)

The next event will be November 15 and 16 in Levi, Finland.

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World Cup Skiing Season Begins

Blake Defeats Federer in Tennis Upset

Sandy Mitchell — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:51:07 +0000

In a match delayed by rain, James Blake of the United States eliminated the top seed in the men’s singles tennis competition, Roger Federer of Switzerland in straight sets. The win was surprising since Blake has only beat Federer once in their last eight matches.

Federer is having an off year. He lost to Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the French Open and at Wimbledon. Nadal won his Olympic match today, defeating Austria’s Jurgen Melzer.

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Blake Defeats Federer in Tennis Upset

Scenes from the Water Cube

Sandy Mitchell — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:23:32 +0000

Of course, the big swimming story of last night/this morning was Michael Phelps win in the men’s 200m freestyle event, earning him his ninth medal and third in Beijing. However, Phelps’ victory wasn’t the only story at the “Water Cube.” Below are a few scenes of the other happenings:

Leisel Jones of Australia won the women’s 100m breaststroke event with a new Olympic record time of 1:05.17. The Silver medal went to Rebecca Soni of the United States and the Bronze was awarded to Mirna Jukic of Austria.

California girl, Natalie Coughlin took the Gold Medal in the women’s 100m backstroke event, followed by Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry for the Silver and Margaret Hoelzer of the United States for the Bronze Medal.

Aaron Peirsol of the United States won Gold in the men’s 100m backstroke event, setting a new world record of 52.54. The Silver Medal went to his teammate Matt Grevers and the Bronze went to Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia.

Inside the National Aquatic Center (Water Cube)

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Scenes from the Water Cube

First Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 Candidate Cities

Sasha Manuel — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:58:37 +0000

Here are the four candidate cities for the First Winter Olympic Youth Games 2012, listed in no particular order:

Harbin (China)

Innsbruck (Austria)

Kuopio (Finland)

Lillehammer (Norway)

Now briefed and oriented with the concept of the Youth Olympic Games, these cities will now prepare their respective candidature files which will be submitted on 19 June 2008. The IOC will then evaluate draw up the shortlist by August 2008 and the shortlisted cities will be announced by December 2008.

Good luck to them all!

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First Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 Candidate Cities