New Zealand’s Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, the Gold Medalists in the women’s double sculling event in both the Beijing and the Athens games, announced their retirement from the sport on Friday (New Zealand time), which happens to be their 30th birthday. The rowing twins are one of just a handful of New Zealand athletes to […]
In a dramatic finish, Great Britain edged out the Australians in Beijing to win the Gold Medal in the mens coxless four rowing event. Below the team talks about their victory and what it has meant to them. If you missed this event on TV, the second video is the finish of the race.
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Team Canada blew away the competition during the men’s eight rowing event. They won the gold medal after leading for the entire race and finished with a time of 5:23.89. I think team member, Kyle Hamilton, summed it up best: “Gold medals are awarded in the summer, but they’re earned in the winter. That […]
The women of the United States team bested the Romanians and Dutch for the Gold Medal in the signature event of the women’s rowing competition, the eight-man rowing event. They finished with a time of 6:05.34.
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Canadians can finally celebrate for the first time during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games since freestyle wrestler, Carol Huynh, won the women’s 48-kilogram while rowers, Dave Calder and Scott Frandsen, finished second in the men’s pair and another wrestler Tonya Verbeek claimed bronze in the 55-kilogram event. Here are some quotes from the winning […]
Here are today’s scheduled events:
Archery
Women’s Team Archery - 1/4 Eliminations
Women’s Team Archery - Semifinals
Women’s Team Archery - Bronze medal match
Women’s Team Archery - Gold medal match
Men’s Team Archery - 1/8 Eliminations
Men’s Team Archery - Quarterfinal match 3
Badminton
Women’s Singles Badminton - Round of 16
Women’s Singles Badminton - Round of 32
Women’s Doubles Badminton - […]
The defending Gold Medalists in the women’s double sculling event, and by most estimations one of the best sculling teams in the world, are a pair of 28-year-old twins from New Zealand–Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. The pair were the 2002 and 2003 rowing World Championships as well as the 2004 Olympic medalists, but finished […]
Here are today’s scheduled events:
Archery
Women’s Team Archery - 1/8 Eliminations
Women’s Team Archery - Quarterfinal matches
Badminton
Women’s Singles - Round of 64 matches
Women’s Singles - Round of 32 matches
Men’s Singles - Round of 64 matches
Women’s Doubles - Round of 16 matches
Basketball
Women’s - Preliminary Group A game 3 (RUS vs LAT) […]
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US Rowing announced its Olympic team on Friday and will send 13 crews to Beijing. Among the 45 athletes are ten returning Olympic contenders. Two, Paul Teti and Bryan Volpenhein (picture above), will be competing in their third Olympic Games.
The team was determined in part through a selection […]
It’s not a common practice here in Light the Torch but I thought I’d share some of the things — from rowing to sailing, triathlon to skiing —that’s online right now.
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Irish Rowing team to compete in opening World Cup regatta
ISAF World Sailing Rankings
FIS releases 2007-08 sport calendars
Triathlete Robertson to return […]
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