Canadian McIvor owns the ski cross podium
With the snow pouring down on Cypress Mountain, Canadian Ashleigh McIvor flew over the final jump to earn a gold medal in women’s ski cross on Tuesday at the Vancouver Winter Games. Norway’s Hedda Bernsten…
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Historic mishap costs Netherlands’ Kramer a chance at gold
Sven Kramer, the three-time reigning world champion and world record holder, was disqualified following a lane violation, in what would have been an Olympic record in the men’s 10,000m race. South Korea’s Lee Seung-Hoon won gold, skating an Olympic best 12:58.55. Seung-Hoon, starting in the inside lane, surprised everyone by winning an event dominated by the Dutch.
Russians golden in women’s biathlon 4×6 km relay with help from France
Olga Medvedtseva and her teammates from Russia took home the gold medal in the women’s biathlon 4×6 km relay at Whistler Olympic Park on Tuesday. The Russians were sitting in second place after the first…
Canada’s Bernard defeats Great Britain in extra end
Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard clinched first place in the women’s curling round robin Tuesday, pulling out another dramatic win. Team Canada needed an extra end to defeat Great Britain and skip Eve Muirhead 6-5, despite stealing points in three straight ends following the fifth end break.
Finland leads nordic combined going into cross-country portion
Janne Ryynaenen lead the Finnish nordic combined team to first place in the large hill event with the farthest jump on Tuesday. His teammate Anssi Koivuranta earned the highest judges point total on his jump….
Day 12 preview: Canada set to play Germany in men’s hockey
The Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team will play Germany on Tuesday for a chance to match up against the Russians in the quarter-finals.
Virtue and Moir clinch gold, Martin still undefeated
Ice Dance Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir held on to first place in the ice dance to win the gold medal. The U.S. picked up silver courtesy of Charlie White and Meryl Davis while…
Virtue and Moir win ice dancing gold, a first for Canada
Russian domination atop the ice dance podium has come to a close, and it’s a Canadian duo that ended it. Tessa Virtue, of London, Ont., and Scott Moir, of Ilderton, Ont., became the first North Americans to…
Medal Standings Day 12
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 7 9 10 26 Germany 7 9 7 23 Norway 6 5 6 17 Russia 3 4 6 13 Canada 6 4 1 11 South Korea 5 4…
Murdoch’s playoff hopes live on, Kapp eliminated
Great Britain’s David Murdoch took advantage of a poor shooting performance by Team Germany on Monday, winning 8-2 to improve his record to 5-3 in the men’s curling round robin play at the Vancouver Olympics….