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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

March 2nd, 2007

Cindy Klassen Leads Canadian Team into World Cup Final

YES. She’s back!
After a break from the international scene, six-time Olympic medallist Cindy Klassen leads Canada’s speedskating team in the World Cup final today, Friday, 02 March 2007.
Klassen took a much needed off time to replenish her energy and drive after her multiple medal performance during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino. She […]

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January 9th, 2007

Begg-Smith Wins 7th World Cup Victory

Dale Begg-Smith.
Canadian-born freestyle skier Begg-Smith wins in the first moguls event of the World Cup held in Canada. It’s his seventh world cup win and ninth podium placing for eleven events of his career.
And I quote,
The Olympic Winter Games gold medal winner scored 25.74 points for a narrow victory over French skier Guilbaut Colas on […]

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December 18th, 2006

Zandré Labuschagne Makes History in South African Gymnastics

“South Africa’s first Olympic gymnast in 44 years, Zandré Labuschagne, now a “freshman” (first-year student) at the University of Illionois-Chicago (UIC), has become the first SA woman gymnast to be invited to take part in a World Cup event.”
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It was for the vault event in Gymnastics World Cup that was held over the weekend in […]

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October 11th, 2006

Mottram, more distance running and a 16 year old record

Craig Mottram is a distance runner and Australia’s golden boy in athletics. And if there’s something that that country is known for, it’s their arrogance in their respective sports. So, when I read that Mottram claimed to be the best man-on-man middle distance runner, and to quote, “One-on-one I’m better than all of them,” he […]

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September 14th, 2006

World Cup of Golf Winners

World Cup of Golf
1953 Montreal, Canada
Argentina
(Roberto De Vicenzo/Antonio Cerda)
1954 Montreal, Canada
Australia
(Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle)
1955 Washington, D.C., United States
United States
(Ed Furgol/Chick Harbert)
1956 Wentworth, Surrey, England
United States
(Ben Hogan/Sam Snead)
1957 Tokyo, Japan
Japan
(Torakichi Nakamura/Koichi Ono)
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September 12th, 2006

A Brief History of the World Cup of Golf

The World Cup of Golf is golf’s oldest global team competition and is often called the Olympics of the sport. It was first held in 1953. Then later in the year 2000, the event became part of the World Golf Championships.
The winners of the World Cup include some of the greatest names in the […]

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