U.S SAILING: Gold for Anna Tunnicliff in Spain
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (April 7, 2012) The final day of racing at Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta brought gold to US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics’ (USSTAG). Anna Tunnicliffe’s “Team Maclaren” of Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi won the final match against Claire Leroy (FRA) to win the gold medal in women’s match racing. After a very [...]
FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, Julie Mancuso (USA) wins parallels, Lindsey Vonn gets third
The World Cup’s top racers were looking forward to the 2012 City Event in Moscow for several weeks before it finally came to fruition on 21st February – the only parallel City Event in the program this season after the cancellation of the Munich event on New Year’s Day.
2012, Moscow,Russia, FIS World [...]
Lindsey Vonn wins her fifth consecutive Downhill World Cup Title
2012, Sochi, Russia, FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, Vonn (USA) with this 3rd place finish, wins her 5th straight Downhill World Cup title, tying the record.
German rival and friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch won the official downhill test on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course, Elizabeth Goergl of Austria finished second and Vonn settled for third.
Lindsey [...]
ALPINE SKIING: Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) wins first Downhill of season
2012, Sochi, Russia, FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) last seasons World Cup winner gets her first Downhill run of this season, she ranks 2nd in Downhill (359 points to Vonn’s 590).
Lindsey Vonn (USA) still maintains a comfortable World-Cup overall lead with a healthy 1442 points. Tina Maze (SLO) is currently [...]
SKI JUMPING NEWS: Hendrickson wins 2 World Cups, tightens grip on overall lead
2012-02-12
Entire U.S. team finishes in top 25 in two comps in Slovenia
Ljubno, Slovenia — Sarah Hendrickson’s double fist-pump in the outrun is a modest show of celebration for the U.S. teen who’s been adamantly punching through the ceiling of women’s ski jumping this season.
With two more World Cup wins this weekend in Ljubno, Slovenia, [...]
SAILING: Perfect Start for Lijia Xu as World Cup Standings take shape
01/30/12
The 2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Standings are starting to take shape after Sail Melbourne and US Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR, the opening two regattas in the seven series World Cup.
China’s Lijia Xu has had the perfect start to her World Cup campaign winning Laser Radial gold at Sail Melbourne and the Rolex Miami OCR. [...]
Track & Field: Lolo Jones making a statement on and off the track
Jones back on top at U.S. Open
1/28/2012
NEW YORK — Lolo Jones made a successful return after an injury-plagued 2011 season and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell ran the fastest 50-meter time in the world since 2005 en route to winning Athlete of the Meet honors Saturday at the U.S. Open presented by Harris at Madison Square [...]
SOCCER: USA defeats Costa Rica and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics
2012, Vancouver, Canada, FIFA Olympic Women’s Soccer Trials, Costa Rica applied some early pressure, but is wasn’t enough as Team USA is confirmed for the Olympics winning 3-0.
The U.S. WNT advances to its fifth straight Olympic Games after defeating Costa Rica 3-0 in the first semifinal of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament. Tobin [...]
