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Preview: Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire

RSS — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:16 +0000

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 [...]

Tim Brabants from Great Britain wins gold in men’s K1 1000m

RSS — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:46:28 +0000

Tim Brabants from Great Britain has won the gold in men’s K1 1000 meters.

Eirik Veraas from Norway has won the silver medal and Ken Wallace from Australia won the bronze.

Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands wins gold in men’s swimming marathon

RSS — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:14:47 +0000

Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands narrowly won the gold medal in the men’s 10km swimming marathon with a time of 1:51:51.6.

David Davies of Great Britain won the silver medal with a time of 1:51:53.1. Thomas Lurz of Germany won the bronze medal with a time of 1:51:53.6.

Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko wins 10km marathon swim

RSS — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:16:19 +0000

Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko has won the women’s 10km marathon swim at the Beijing Olympics setting a time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 27 seconds.

Keri-Anne Payne from Great Britain won the silver medal and Cassie Patten also from Great Britain won the bronze medal.

“I’m very happy, It was a really hard race,” Ilchenko told reporters. “The two British girls were very strong.”

Ilchenko is famous for swimming in the wake of other swimmers, saving energy and making a final charge at the finish line.

“It’s what she does, everyone has their own tactics, it doesn’t bother me,” Payne said.

“It was tough, but a good race for me. We were hoping we were far enough ahead to stop her coming back, but she did. I think she was surprised, we definitely had her worried.”

South Africa’s amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit finished 16th.

Victoria Pendleton on Great Britain’s success in the cycling

RSS — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:19:22 +0000

Great Britain has performed remarkably well in the cycling at the Olympics. They have won seven of the 10 events, three silver medals and two bronze for 12 total.

So what do they base their success on? Victoria Pendleton who won the gold in women’s sprint, tries to explain:

“Well, I think it’s a combination of things, really,” said Victoria Pendleton. “I think we’re lucky enough to have drawn on some real specialists to come and work with us - the psychologists, the nutritionists and the English Institute of Sport. And there are a lot of different factors that we now have that have improved our performance I think just in sort of marginal ways in lots of different places. And I think the team atmosphere is so good and everyone draws on each other’s success.”

Christine Ohuruogu wins women’s 400 meters

RSS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:34:12 +0000

Christine Ohuruogu from Great Britain has won the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters with a time of 49.62.

Shericka Williams of Jamaica won the silver medal and Sanya Richards from the United States won the bronze.

Russia wins gold and bronze in men’s high jump

RSS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:04 +0000

Andey Silnov of Russia has won the gold medal in the men’s high jump clearing 2.36 meters.

Germaine Mason from Great Britain won the silver medal and Yaroslav Rybakov also from Russia won the bronze medal.

Chris Hoy wins another gold for GB in men’s spring cycling

RSS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:52:07 +0000

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.

Victoria Pendleton wins gold in women’s sprint – cycling

RSS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:28:52 +0000

Victoria Pendleton from Great Britain has won the gold medal in women’s sprint, cycling at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Anna Meares from Australia won the silver medal and Guo Shuang of China won the bronze medal.

Great Britain likely to beat Australia in gold medal count

RSS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:06:15 +0000

I wrote the other day about the friendly rivalry going on between Australia and Great Britain. It seems as though Australia has already conceded defeat.

Britain has performed well in cycling and Australia’s main sport, swimming has Mr Phelps to blame.

Here is the Telegraph’s assessment (which you can cross off the men’s triathlon where Australia failed to win a medal).

Gold prospects
GB 22
Australia 16

10 more for Great Britain?
Athletics: 2 Triple jump (Phillips Idowu); women’s 400 metres (Christine Ohuruogu).
Kayaking: 1 K1, 1,000m (Tim Brabants).
Cycling: 4 Madison (Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins); men’s sprint (Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny); women’s sprint (Victoria Pendleton); women’s BMX (Shanaze Reade).
Modern pentathlon: 1 Heather Fell, Katy Livingston.
Sailing: 2 Laser (Paul Goodison); Men’s RS:X (Nick Dempsey.

5 for Australia?
Women’s basketball (1)
Water polo (1)
Sailing: (1)
Men’s triathlon (1)
Men’s hockey (1).