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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

February 23rd, 2006

Hurricane Hands Han (CHN) His Gold!

Xiaopeng Han’s (China) aerial acrobatics propelled him to first place in the Men’s Aerial Freestyle Skiing event. Han’s total score was 250.77, 2.09 points ahead of his nearest competitor, Dmitry Dashinski (Belarus), and 4.01 ahead of the bronze medalist, Vladimir Lebedev (Russia).

The ‘Hurricane’ a la Peterson (Source: AP Photo)

American Jeret “Speedy” Peterson’s signature move, the […]

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February 23rd, 2006

It’s all in the family! And a story of Inspiration.

The Schoch Brothers (SUI) of Philipp and Simon took HOME (literrally) the Gold and Silver in the Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS) event. No prize for guessing correctly for whom mom and dad rooted?

The victorious Schoch brothers (Source: NBC)

Tags: Snowboarding, Snowboard_Parallel_Giant_Slalom, Snowboard_PGS, struggles_and_triumphs, Torino_2006, winter-games, winter_olympics, winter_olympics_2006

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