Alpine skiing: Lucky loonie helps Hudec end Canadian drought
ROSA KHUTOR, LONDON (Reuters) – Jan Hudec had just won Canada’s first Olympic Alpine skiing medal for 20 years but his first priority was making sure someone dug up his lucky loonie.
Kiplagat sets half marathon world record in Barcelona
(Reuters) – Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat set a world record for the women’s half marathon with a blistering performance at a race in Barcelona on Sunday, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said.
Cross country: Putin inspires Russians to relay silver
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Russia, watched by President Vladimir Putin, claimed their first cross-country skiing medal of the Sochi Olympics when they took silver in the men’s 4x10km relay on Sunday.
More injuries on Extreme Park cross course
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Two of the first six riders in Sunday’s opening snowboard cross seeding run were taken away on stretchers after falling heavily, causing concern a day after Russian freestyle skier Maria Komissarova was seriously injured…
Bright puts it all on the line for Sochi feat
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Smiling snowboarder Torah Bright will be going home from the Sochi Olympics not only with a silver medal but also the satisfaction of having proved a lot of people wrong.
Inspector to probe fire at Brazil World Cup stadium
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – An independent inspector will look into possible structural damage caused by an October fire at a World Cup stadium in western Brazil, following a Reuters report that the blaze was far worse than government officials have previous…
Cross country: Sweden’s men complete relay double
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Sweden retained their Olympic men’s 4x10km title at the Sochi Winter Games on Sunday, winning their second Olympic cross-country relay gold in two days.
Snowboarding: Jacobellis rues ‘fluke’ of costly Olympic falls
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – American snowboard veteran Lindsey Jacobellis has no problem opening up big leads in Olympic cross competitions. Holding on to them is the problem.
Ski jumping: Drama, anger and concrete as jumps are built
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – When ski jumpers arrived for an international event at Russia’s new Olympic hill complex in December 2012, they found a construction site.
Alpine skiing: Norwegian raider Jansrud plunders more gold
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Special qualities are required to join the elite ranks of the so-called ‘Attacking Vikings’ and Kjetil Jansrud revealed them in abundance to plunder more gold for Norway in a gripping men’s Olympic super-G race on Sunday…
