LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Team will begin the new year at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y. with the U.S. Skeleton National Championships and the 3rd Annual Chevy Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, presented by Whelen Engineering.
U.S. Skeleton National Championships will take place on Jan. 2, with the Chevy Geoff Bodine […]
“I was really starting to feel like I couldn’t skate anymore,” the Olympic gold medallist said Sunday at the Olympic Oval. “Basically, I lost my mojo.”
“I’ve been trying to make my skating better and more efficient and have basically taken about 8,000 steps backwards. Not intentionally, but that’s what’s happened.”
Source: The Canadian Press
35-year old Canadian […]
Dasha Joura has put world championships disappointment behind her, becoming just the fourth Australian gymnast to win World Cup gold in a dominant display at the Stuttgart event.
The West Australian teenager took gold in her signature floor exercise event, silver on the uneven bars and bronze on the vault.
Joura, 17, scored 14.825 on the floor […]
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.
A SINGLE-MINDED PURSUIT OF GLORY
Irish Rowing team to compete in opening World Cup regatta
ISAF World Sailing Rankings
FIS releases 2007-08 sport calendars
Triathlete Robertson to return […]
Nine months after his previous World Cup race, Tim Don returns to the circuit this weekend a relieved world champion. There is nothing so precious as that which is taken away and until last week the Briton was banned for life from future Olympics. But there was more than just the Games riding on Don’s […]
Hmmm. Bode Miller decides to go off at this whole ski thingie on his own, eh? Brilliant.
(Tell me — is he competing in Vancouver 2010 again? :mrgreen: )
I reckon the mere fact that it’s on the news, it means it’s a big deal. Oh sure, it means he’s free of the *club* rules set by […]
It was reported that around 40,000 women, mostly from Eastern Europe, will be brought in to do some sex work during the World Cup. However, in the article I just read, there were only five (5) women who were confirmed to having been trafficked into Germany for forced prostitution during the FIFA World Cup 2006 […]
Just so that everyone’s up to speed on things (pun intended :lol: ) let me give you a run down on who may compose the British cycling team.
There’s Geraint Thomas who recently World Track Championships gold medal won in the Team Pursuit. Thomas is also a British record holder as the competitors in team pursuit […]
She’s the first woman (And young at that! She’s only 18!) that I’ve come across who’s into BMX and is planning to compete in the Olympics.
GOLDEN girl Shanaze Reade insists she is still a novice despite sensationally becoming world champion in a second sport.
The 18-year-old World Junior Women BMX champion, one of Great Britain’s great […]
The super-G could be eliminated as an Alpine discipline to shorten the number of races on the World Cup calendar.
[washingtonpost.com]
According to the article, the reason behind the “contemplation” is because the skiers complain about having to race too many and they’d end up tired and yea, I guess, the risk for injury is higher. Ultimately, […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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