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Aspen, CO - Travis Ganong, of Olympic Valley, Calif., and Conway, N.H.’s Leanne Smith clinched the U.S. Alpine Championships downhill titles on Saturday in Aspen.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 9:19 PM CST
Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria - After a long,
hard day in the terrain park at Zell am See-Kaprun, New Zealand’s Jossi Wells took victory on Saturday in the Austrian Freeski Open 2010 with a flawless run in the finals.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 9:06 PM CST
Whistler (BC), Canada - Norway’s Petter Northug won his second gold medal in Sunday’s men’s 50K mass start classic cross country ski race. James Southam, of Anchorage, Alaska, finished 28th to lead the U.S. in the final ski event at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:47 PM CST
Whistler (BC), Canada - American cross country skier Kikkan Randall, of Anchorage, Alaska, had her best-ever distance finish in the Olympic women’s 30K mass start classic on Saturday. The gold medal went to Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk, with Marit Bjoergen of Norway earning silver and the bronze medal going to Finland’s Aino-Kaisa Saarinen.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:42 PM CST
Whistler (BC), Canada - Italy’s Giuliano Razzoli, participating in his first Olympic Games, survived a blazing second run from Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic to win gold in Saturday’s Olympic slalom at Whistler.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:37 PM CST
West Vancouver (BC), Canada - Amidst the weather’s downpour at Cypress Mountain ski area near Vancouver on Saturday, Canadian rider Jasey Jay Anderson, of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, ended his Olympic drought by winning the gold medal in men’s parallel giant slalom (PGS).
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:25 PM CST
Whistler (BC), Canada - Germany’s Maria Riesch won her second gold of these Olympic Games in Friday’s slalom, the final women’s alpine skiing event in 2010.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:16 PM CST
West Vancouver (BC), Canada - The Netherlands’ Nicolien Sauerbreij won Olympic gold in ladies parallel giant slalom (PGS) on Friday, beating Russian snowboarder Ekaterina Ilyukhina in the final. Michelle Gorgone, of Boston, Mass., the only U.S. snowboarder entered, finished 14th after losing in the first round on a late charge from Ilyukhina.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:09 PM CST
Vancouver, Canada - Billy Demong of Vermontville, N.Y., U.S. gold medalist in nordic combined skiing, has been selected as flag bearer for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team for the Closing Ceremony by fellow members of Team USA. Demong, 29, had a busy Thursday, which included winning a gold medal, being named flag bearer, and proposing to his girlfriend.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 8:01 PM CST
It’s been a great weekend for the Olympics with Canada taking gold in Men’s Hockey. But in the bike world great things were also happening. Tyler McCaul threw down a triple tail whip on the Mega Ramps with his brother Cam watching on.
Video inside,
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (the Wootang) and software by Elliott Back
Posted by as General Posts at 5:53 PM CST
