Topic: Sven Kramer
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Shaun White defied gravity, Joannie Rochette choked back tears of grief and Petra Majdic ignored medical advice to haul her battered body to the podium.Inspirational examples of courage, heartache and pain burned brightly at the Vanc
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Six memorable moments from the Vancouver Olympics.- - -Bode Miller (Alpine skiing)As a multiple world champion and World Cup winner, Bode Miller had already staked a claim to being America's best all-round male skier. Only one thing
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Blunders, malfunctions and a belly-sliding finish marked competition at Richmond Olympic Oval but a slender marvel from the Czech Republic emerged as queen of speedskating in the Vancouver Games.While Sven Kramer of the Netherlands a
Canadian men win team pursuit, German women repeat, Hedrick settles for silver in final raceChad Hedrick was yukking it up outside the Olympic oval, savoring one last medal in one more event before he gets started on the rest of his life."I ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Another communications failure scuppered the golden hopes of Sven Kramer and the Dutch team when the world record-holders were upset by the United States in Friday's speedskating pursuit semi-finals.Kramer, who missed a certain gold
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Americans sprung two surprises on Friday to knock men's gold medal favorites the Netherlands led by Sven Kramer and the Canadian women out of the running for the speedskating team pursuit titles.The Canadian world-record holders,
Oops! From Buckner to Webber, Sven Kramer has plenty of company in sports hall of shameIf there's anyone who can relate to what Sven Kramer is going through, it's Eddie Hart.At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Hart was one of the favorites in ...
IOC president says Kramer should get over rage and go for gold in pursuitIOC president Jacques Rogge says Sven Kramer remains the "best speedskater of his generation" despite the coaching error that cost him a second gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics.R
Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer said Wednesday he has forgiven the coach whose blunder cost him an Olympic gold medal, insisting there was no chance they will part ways.Kramer, who won 5,000m gold last week, was the hot favourite in the 10,000m ...
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer to apologize for shoving worker after his startling DQSven Kramer is sorry.The Dutch speedskater will apologize and give a small present to a worker he shoved aside and shouted at following his disqualification from the 10,00