All posts tagged "Beijing Olympics"
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Finland Collects Men’s Hockey Gold For The First Time
Hannes Bjorninen scored 31 seconds into the third period to lift Finland past Russia.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoJapan Comes Up Short in Women's Curling Final After 10-3 loss to Britain
But the silver medal is Japan's best curling result in the Olympics.
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Features
/ 3 years ago[ODDS and EVENS] Many Memorable Olympic Tales Are Overlooked, but Deserve Our Attention
While established powers collect most of the medals, smaller Olympic contingents and hometown heroes spanning the globe deliver compelling underdog stories.
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoWenjing Sui, Cong Han Narrowly Win Gold Medal In Pairs; Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Finish 7th
Sui and Han skated to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and opened with a quadruple twist that may have proved decisive in...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | New Zealand’s Nico Porteous Soars and Flips to Freeski Halfpipe Gold
Porteous dethroned two-time Olympic champion David Wise on the penultimate day of the Beijing Games.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoLightning Strikes Again for Nana Takagi in Mass Start Speed Skating
The defending champion suffered a fall at the turn that haunted her in the team pursuit earlier in the week.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoBOBSLEIGH | The Jamaican Team ‘So Much More’ than a Cool Runnings Reboot
“We're actually fierce competitors and we're out there to do really well and to put on a really good performance at...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Women’s Curling Team Edges Switzerland to Reach Gold-Medal Match for First Time
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her teammates handled the pressure of a high-stakes match and played more consistently in a bounce-back win...
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoWenjing Sui, Cong Han Set World Record in Pairs Short Program; Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara in Eighth
“We want everybody to see the splendor, the beauty of figure skating, and also to show the style of Chinese skaters,”...
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years ago[ICE TIME] Kaori Sakamoto’s Bronze a Victory for Doing Things the Right Way
Sakamoto is a wonderful example of the Japanese values of duty, honor and respect.
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoAnna Shcherbakova Wins Gold in Stunning Upset After Kamila Valieva Collapse; Kaori Sakamoto Collects Bronze
Valieva wilted under the Olympic heat in titanic fashion, thereby allowing the 17-year-old Shcherbakova to win the gold.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoJapan Captures First Nordic Combined Team Medal in 28 Years
Brothers Akito and Yoshito Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Ryota Yamamoto produce historic bronze for Japan.
