In-form Fourcade warns he’s no Michael Phelps
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Four years after showing glimpses of his huge potential at the Vancouver Games, Martin Fourcade is in full swing as the Frenchman targets a golden haul at the Sochi Olympics – but he is no Michael Phelps.
Climb every mountain – but not the trees
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Never mind climbing every mountain, or searching high and low. Alpine skiing coaches at the Sochi Winter Olympics have been warned against shinning up the trees alongside the women’s downhill piste.
Four-way tie for Joburg Open lead after round one
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Scottish duo Alastair Forsyth and Craig Lee fired seven under par totals on the opening day of the European Tour’s Joburg Open to form part of a four-way tie for the lead on Thursday.
Sochi Fail? Nobody told the athletes
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The winter wonderland Russian officials had promised the sporting world burst into life on Thursday as the first events of the Sochi Olympics got underway on the eve of the opening ceremony.
Champion Kearney heads moguls qualifiers
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Defending champion Hannah Kearney underlined her status as favourite for the women’s freestyle moguls by leading the first 10 qualifiers into the final in the evening twilight at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Thursday….
Hendrickson eyeing gold after leap of faith
(Reuters) – When American ski jumping sensation Sarah Hendrickson takes her first leap at the Sochi Olympic Games this month, it will be testament to the willpower that helped her recover from a horrific injury.
Austrian Morgenstern to jump weeks after bad crash
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Austrian ski jumper and three-times Olympic gold medallist Thomas Morgenstern will take part in a practice jump on Thursday evening just weeks after suffering head injuries in a leap that went badly wrong.
Let’s focus on sport not politics, say top U.S. skiers
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Two of the biggest U.S. stars in Russia for the Winter Olympics sidestepped questions about the troubled political backdrop to the Games and said on Thursday the sport should come first.
At Sochi Games, Putin evokes spirit of 1980
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Political controversy, tight security and mega-construction projects: for Sochi 2014, read Moscow 1980.
Slopestyle grabs its chance as Sochi games get underway
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – There were thrills, spills and plenty of nerves as slopestyle snowboarding opened competition at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday, and while much of the focus had been on athlete safety most came away unscathed at the Rosa…
