Wang wins 1000 for her third gold medal

World champion Chinese women beat Switzerland to earn bronze in Olympic curling debut

February 26th, 2010 Chinese women beat Swiss for curling bronze medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — for the first time all Olympics, Wang Bingyu and her Chinese teammates let their emotions flow. they cried and they hugged.

Reigning world champion Chinese women earn bronze in first curling Olympics, beat Switzerland

February 26th, 2010 China beats Swiss, bounces back for bronze medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — In the end, Wang Bingyu gave her coach plenty to celebrate: China is going home with some hardware from its first Olympics in curling. Wang, better known as “Betty,” and the reigning world champion Chinese women bounced back from a semifinal loss to defending champion Sweden to earn a bronze medal Friday, beating Switzerland 12-6 in a shortened eight-end match.

Shooting for three: Wang, Zhou both advance in quest for three gold medals at short track

February 26th, 2010 Wang, Zhou both move on in quest for three goldsVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Zhou Yang and Wang Meng of China advanced to the final of women’s 1,000-meter short track Friday night, keeping each of them on track to go for a third gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Zhou set a world record of 1 minute, 29.049 seconds to win her semifinal while barely taking her arm off her back.

A disqualification, a bloodied skater, a surprise medalist _ that’s short-track speedskating

February 25th, 2010 China wins women’s 3,000-meter relay after DQVANCOUVER, British Columbia — a disqualification, a bloodied skater and the American team wins a medal after nearly getting lapped. Just another night at short-track speedskating.

China wins women’s 3,000-meter short track speedskating; S. Korea DQ’d

February 24th, 2010 China wins women’s short track 3,000-meter relayVANCOUVER, British Columbia — South Korea had the Olympic pedigree in the women’s 3,000-meter short track speedskating relay. China had gold medalists Wang Meng and Zhou Yang, and the help of the judges.

Ohno wins in 1,000 short track final; South Korea’s Lee Jung-su earns gold

February 20th, 2010 Ohno wins bronze in 1,000 short track speedskatingVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Trailing the South Koreans and a pair of Canadian brothers, Apolo Anton Ohno had to rally on the last lap to make history. with the gold and silver out of reach, Ohno scooted furiously past brothers Charles and Francois Hamelin to earn a bronze in the short-track 1,000-meter final Saturday night, making him the most decorated U.S.

China’s Zhou Yang easily wins Olympic gold in women’s 1,500 short track

February 20th, 2010 China’s Zhou Yang wins 1,500 short track goldVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Zhou Yang of China easily won the gold medal and set an Olympic record in women’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating. Zhou breezed to the finish line Saturday night in 2 minutes, 16.993 seconds, well ahead of Lee Eun-byul of South Korea, who earned the silver in 2:17.849.

Switzerland’s Ammann takes 1st gold medal of Olympics by winning normal hill ski jump

February 13th, 2010 Ammann wins 1st gold medal of Vancouver OlympicsWHISTLER, British Columbia — Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal winner of the Vancouver Olympics, earning his third Olympic title by winning the normal hill event Saturday. Ammann put down the longest jumps in both rounds for the victory.

Apolo Anton Ohno wins silver in 1,500, ties Bonnie Blair as most decorated US Winter Olympian

February 13th, 2010 Ohno wins silver in 1,500 for 6th Olympic medalVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Apolo Anton Ohno won the silver medal in the short-track 1,500-meter speedskating final, tying Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian.

Grown-up Reutter is top US hopeful to end women’s short-track medal drought

February 9th, 2010 Reutter top US hopeful in women’s short trackKEARNS, Utah — Katherine Reutter remembers figure skating lessons as a little girl, thinking how much more fun it would be to just cut loose and zip around the rink as fast as she could. so she dumped her figure skates for the longer blades of speedskating and now is one of top short-track racers in the world.

Christine Nesbitt of Canada wins women’s 1,000 at speedskating World Cup

December 13th, 2009 Canada’s Nesbitt wins women’s 1,000 at World CupKEARNS, Utah — Christine Nesbitt of Canada has won the women’s 1,000 meters at the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics. Nesbitt skated the distance in 1 minute, 13.36 seconds Sunday at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Apolo Anton Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World Cup

November 15th, 2009 Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World CupMARQUETTE, Mich. — Apolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics.

Tweddle gives the home crowd what it wanted: a gold medal on floor exercise

October 18th, 2009 Tweddle delights home crowd with gold medalLONDON — Beth Tweddle gave the home crowd what it wanted: a gold medal. Tweddle, Britain’s most famous — and favorite — gymnast, won the title on floor exercise Sunday.

Deng wins balance beam, gives China its 4th title at the world gymnastics championships

October 18th, 2009 another medal for China at gym world championshipsLONDON — Wang Guanyin extended China’s winning streak at the world gymnastics championships, taking the gold on the parallel bars. Wang edged teammate Feng Zhe to give China its fifth gold medal at this worlds.

China’s Qin and Zhang sweep top 2 places in 1-meter springboard diving at swim worlds

July 17th, 2009 Qin wins 1-meter springboard goldROME — Qin Kai and Zhang Xinhua of China swept the top two places in 1-meter springboard diving to open the swimming world championships on Friday. Qin compiled 449 points in the six-dive final.

Wang wins 1000 for her third gold medal


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