All posts tagged "jim armstrong"
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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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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 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.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Clinches Spot in Women’s Curling Semifinals
The 2018 Olympic bronze medalist advanced to the final four on a tiebreaker after Britain, Japan and Canada finished with identical...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Slovakia Stuns US with Shootout Shocker in Men's Ice Hockey
Slovakia tied it late in regulation, survived a 10-minute 3-on-3 overtime, then won it in a shootout to advance to the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Finishes Third in Nordic Combined Large Hill Event
Sochi gold medalist Joergen Graabak and fellow Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro took the lead from Watabe and held on for the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoHappy Harada Offers Moral Support to Ski Jumper Sara Takanashi after Controversial DQ
The different suit check procedure has caused the Ski Association of Japan to consider further action, while Takanashi has moved on...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Marco Odermatt Bags Gold in Men’s Giant Slalom
“I really risked everything in the second run because I wanted not just the medal, I wanted the gold medal,” the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Ryoyu Kobayashi Barely Misses Golden Double in Ski Jumping
The 25-year-old becomes only the second Japanese to medal on both hills at the same Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1998...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoSmile Japan Bows Out of Women's Ice Hockey Tourney After 7-1 loss to Finland
Japan finished top of Group B in the preliminary round but couldn't carry the momentum over to the quarterfinals.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Netherlands’ Irene Schouten Wins with Speed Skating Record in Women’s 5,000
Misaki Oshigiri and Momoka Horikawa, Japan’s two skaters in the event, set personal-best times.
