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
22
Oct
News Corp. subsidiary Sky Italia will pay about 80 million euros ($109 million) for broadcast rights to the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Games, the broadcaster said Wednesday.
To gain the rights, Sky Italia reportedly outbid state broadcaster RAI, which offered 60 million euros ($82 million) for the same package.
The Summer Olympics are [...]
2008
6
Sep
Italy hopes the country’s largest-ever Paralympic team will deliver an outstanding performance in Beijing.
Italy has sent 84 athletes to compete in 12 sports, including athletics, cycling, fencing and swimming, at the Beijing Paralympics, hoping to bring back home at least 15 medals, said Luca Pancalli, president of Italy’s Paralympic Committee.
Pancalli had once represented Italy [...]
2008
24
Aug
Roberto Cammarelle from Italy has defeated China’s Zhilei Zhang to win the gold medal in boxing’s super heavy weight division.
David Price from Great Britain and Vyacheslav Glazkov of Ukraine won bronze medals.
2008
23
Aug
Inna Osypenko-Radomska from Ukraine has won the gold medal in the women’s 500m K1.
Josefa Idem from Italy won the silver medal and Germany’s Katrin Wagner-Augustin won the bronze.
2008
22
Aug
Hadi Saei from Iran has won the gold medal in the men’s 80kg men’s taekwondo.
Mauro Sarmiento from Italy won the silver medal. Steven Lopez from the United States won a bronze medal together with Guo Zhu from China.
2008
22
Aug
Alex Schwazer timed three hours, 37 minutes and 09 seconds to finish the walking marathon in a new Olympic record. The former record of 3:38:29 was held by Ivanenko Vyacheslav of Soviet Union at Seoul 20 years ago.
“It’s the best, it’s the highest level. I’m delighted,” said Schwazer, “Last year, I messed up. This [...]
2008
22
Aug
Germany’s Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle have won the gold medal in the men’s K2 1000 meters.
Kim Wraae Knudsen and Rene Holten Poulsen from Denmark won the silver medal. The bronze medal went to Italy’s Andrea Facchin and Antonio M. Scaduto.
2008
21
Aug
Alex Schwazer from Italy has won the men’s 50km walk in a time of 3:37:09.
Australia’s Jared Tallent won the bronze medal and Denis Nizhegorodov from Russia won the bronze medal.
2008
21
Aug
Nam Dong-hong from South Korea has won the gold medal in the men’s modern pentathlon at the Beijing Olympics.
Ilya Frolov from Russia won the silver medal and Nicola Benedetti from Italy won the bronze.