Documentary feature film about Women Ski Jumpers opens Feb. 10 in Salt Lake
2012-02-04
Salt Lake City, Utah — Ski jumping hits the big screen Friday, Feb. 10 with the World Premiere of the new documentary feature film “Ready To Fly,” which tells the powerful true story of women ski jumpers and their allies who fight to be included in the Olympic Winter Games.
The film kicks off the Cultural [...]
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. [...]
ISAF SAILING WORLD CUP: Rolex Miami OCR Update – Champions Crowned in Ten Olympic Classes
01/28/12
In the lightest breezes yet over six days of sailing on Biscayne Bay, ten Olympic classes racing in US Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR still managed to put on quite a show as they competed in their final medal races to determine gold, silver and bronze winners. Following the same format as the 2012 London Olympics [...]
TRACK & FIELD U.S. OPEN: Veronica Campbell Brown and Lolo Jones Shine in their 2012 Visa Championship Series debut
NEW YORK — Lolo Jones made a successful return after an injury-plagued 2011 season. As Jones began a comeback from back surgery, which ended her season following last year’s 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, she ran the fastest time in the world since 2008 to win the Visa Women’s 50m hurdles in [...]
Canadian Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke Sarah Burke Remembered at X Games
Sarah Burke Dies at 29
Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke, a four-time Winter X Games champion, died Thursday from injuries she suffered during a Jan. 10 training run. She was 29. Burke was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic [...]
An Interview with Robin Roberts – WSEN’s 2011 Personality of the Year
Good Morning America Anchor Robin Roberts is one of the most engaging personalities in all of broadcasting, she is also one of the most versatile in the business. Her resume speaks for itself. Ms. Roberts has interviewed some of the most influential personalities in the world of sports, politics and entertainment.
When not traveling around the [...]
SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE: Carissa Moore, Surfer
Video: Jun 25, 2011 Carissa Moore surfing beach break lowers world champion
Surfer Carissa Moore (HAW) earned a Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Nomination for 2011 and with good reason. In only her second year competing amongst the world’s best, Moore made ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) history as the youngest [...]
SKI JUMPING NEWS: Visa Team posts top results in Zakopane Continental Cup
Jumpers pay tribute to Burke, donate portion of earnings to family
Zakopane, Poland, Jan. 21 — The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team continued its strong performance this weekend with four members in the top 10 on Friday and five in the top 15 on Saturday at a Continental Cup (COC) event in Zakopane, Poland.
Sarah Hendrickson, who [...]
ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2012 – Carolina Kostner (ITA) leads Ladies after Short Program
Carolina Kostner of Italy skated to the lead in the Ladies Short Program ahead of Finland’s Kiira Korpi and Ksenia Makarova of Russia.
Performing to an Allegretto by Dmitri Shostakovich, Kostner landed a triple toe-triple toe combination, a triple loop and double Axel. She picked up a level four for the flying camel spin and scored [...]
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES | INNSBRUCK 2012: Ski Jumping History for Japan’s Sara Takanashi
Sara TAKANASHI (JPN) win first Women’s Olympic Ski Jumping Gold
SEEFELD, Jan 14 – Sara TAKANASHI (JPN)
revealed her immense sense of pride after winning the first-ever Gold medal in an Olympic-level Women’s Individual Ski Jumping competition.
“It’s an honour to come here and win this event,” she said after her ground-breaking win at the [...]
