2009
16
Oct
The International Figure Skating Union’s Grand Prix Series enters its 15th season this weekend with its first event: The Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire, in Paris. Competition starts Friday in competition, the first of six that will lead up to the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in December and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It will [...]
2008
26
Sep
France will bid to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) said on Wednesday. “Our Olympic ambition led us to bid for the 2018 Games,” CNOSF president Henri Serandour told a news conference.
Three towns — Annecy, Nice and Grenoble, which hosted the Games in 1968 — had already said they were [...]
2008
24
Aug
France has won the gold medal in men’s handball, defeating Iceland in the final.
Spain beat Croatia for the bronze medal.
2008
24
Aug
Alexey Tishchenko of Russia has beat Daouda Sow of France 11-9, to win the gold medal in the boxing lightweight division (60kg).
Yordenis Ugas from Cuba and Hrachik Javakhyan of Armenia won bronze medals.
2008
23
Aug
Julien Absalon won the gold and Jean-Christophe Peraud won the silver medal in the men’s mountain bike, cross country event.
The bronze was won by Nino Schurter of Switzerland.
2008
23
Aug
Defending champions Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janic of Hungary have won the gold medal in the women’s K2 500 meters at the Beijing Olympics.
Beata Mikolajczyk and Aneta Konieczna from Poland won the silver medal and Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard of France won the bronze.
2008
22
Aug
Kyungseon Hwang from South Korea has won the gold medal in the women’s 67kg taekwondo.
Karine Sergerie from Canada won the silver medal. Sandra Saric from Croatia won the bronze medal together with Gwladys Patience Epangue from France.
2008
21
Aug
Anne-Caroline Chausson of France has won the gold medal in women’s BMX racing.
Laetitia le Corguille also from France won the silver medal and Jill Kintner from the United States won the bronze medal.
2008
20
Aug
The 2008 world champion Tom Ashley from New Zealand has won the gold medal in the men’s windsurfing, with 52 points. Julien Bontemps of France finished second, just one point behind.
Bontemps dropped his sail as he rounded the first buoy. He was in tears after the finish, hurling his sunglasses into [...]
2008
19
Aug
Chris Hoy from Great Britain has won another gold medal for his country. Jason Kenny also from Great Britain helped to add to the medal count by winning the silver medal.
France’s Mickael Bourgain won the bronze.