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Six months after the Rio Olympics golf course was scheduled to break ground – before a land dispute halted the project – designer Gil Hanse and crew are down in Brazil Tuesday morning prepping to finally begin construction on the project. Hanse’s team is onsite to clear non-native vegetation by hand, according to Golf Week.…
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Here are a few things we learned from the 2013 Figure Skating World Championships heading into next February’s Sochi Olympics: The US Women are climbing back: Not since 2006 has an American woman won an Olympic or world medal in figure skating. Gold used to be the standard, now the goals have become more modest:…
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After months of rumors, gold medal downhill skier Lindsey Vonn finally admitted to her relationship with Tiger Woods in a Facebook post Monday: “I guess it wasn’t a well-kept secret, but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods. Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made…
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy seemed pretty confident in Madrid’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, as IOC’s evaluation commission arrived in the country’s captial Monday for a four-day inspection of the potential host city. Prime Minster Rajoy reminded everyone that while people might be scared of the economic situation plaguing Spain, including Europe’s worst…
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Hurdler turned bob sledder Lolo Jones admitted to HBO’s Real Sports, in an interview that will air Tuesday, that she only joined the U.S. bobsled team because she’s desperate for a medal. “If I won a freakin’ medal – if I won any medal – I would not be a bobsledder,” she said. “Absolutely not.…
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Vancouver gold medalist Yuna Kim blew away the field by more than twenty points Saturday night, as she completed her comeback with a second world title two years after stepping away from the sport. The South Korean’s flawless long program, set to tunes from Les Miserables, earned her 148.34 points to secure Kim her second…
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American teen Mikaela Shiffrin capped an incredible first season on the slopes with an improbable come from behind victory in Switzerland Saturday, and earned her first career World Cup Crystal Globe in the process. Shiffrin, who turned 18 Wednesday, admitted she wasn’t really in the right frame of mind after falling 1.17-seconds behind World Cup…
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Vancouver silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White reclaimed the ice dancing crown Saturday at the world championships in London, Ontario, beating Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to win their second world title. The American pair’s near flawless free dance earned them a season’s best 112.44 points and a more than four point…
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Despite two falls during his free skate Friday in Ontario, Patrick Chan’s record setting short program two nights earlier helped him hang on for his third straight world figure skating title. “I am angry at myself,” Chan said afterward. “I am mad because I didn’t skate well for this audience. I am sorry I didn’t…
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Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov captured their first world championship Friday in Ontario after finishing second the last two years. The pair, who probably represent the best chance the home team has of winning any figure skating medals at the Olympics next year, earned 225.71 points to effectively route the field. Their closest competitors,…
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Despite missing a significant portion of the season with an intestinal illness and an injured knee, Lindsey Vonn managed to win her sixth straight World Cup downhill title earlier this week after the finale was canceled due to fog. “Coming back from that and then going to Lake Louise and pulling off those wins was…
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American Ice Dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White skated the best short program of the year Thursday to take a first round lead on Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at worlds. “It’s a really good sign when, from beginning to end, you’re having a good time,” White told the AP afterward. “It was…
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Vancouver gold medalist Yuna Kim made her comeback look easy Thursday, winning the short program at her first major competition since 2011. “I was worried because it has been a long time since I competed at the world championships,” she said. “But at the same time I was confident.” Kim glided to a 69.97 to…
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Eleven-time Olympic medalist and future reality TV star Ryan Lochte sounded pretty passionate about training for the Rio Games when he spoke with Parade earlier this week. In fact, he seems to be putting his love life on hold until after the Olympics. “I do eventually want to settle down, but I am focusing on…
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We’re admittedly surprised it took so long for Russian President and wrestling fan Vladimir Putin to come out against the sport being expelled from the 2020 Olympics by the IOC, but here goes: “The removal from the Olympic program of traditional forms of sports, which were its basis from the beginning, and were in the…
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As Madrid preps for the IOC to come evaluate its potential as an Olympic host city next week, spirits are high despite the financial woes that have plagued the country’s economy in recent years. In fact, the Olympics have garnered overwhelming support from the country’s citizens, as a new poll shows that 83 percent of…
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Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan all but locked up his third straight world title Wednesday with a world record performance in his short program. His 98.37, highlighted by a quad-toe, triple-toe opening combo, was enough to put him nearly seven points up on the field heading into Friday. “I got into my last spin and…
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No surprises so far at the ISU Figure Skating Worlds in Ontario Wednesday, as the Russian pairs team of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who’ve swept every event this season, took an early lead following the short program. “One more day to show our best,” Volosozhar said after her performance. “The key to winning is…
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You can catch all the fast and furious Figure Skating action from the worlds in Ontario, Canada starting Wednesday on UniversalSports.com. And to be fair, if your bosses didn’t want you watching the event online, then they wouldn’t have given you a computer at your desk. Enjoy. Wednesday, 11:00 am – Pairs Short Program Wednesday,…
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The Figure Skating World Championships kick off in London, Ontario Wednesday, with the pairs short program first thing in the morning, and the men’s short program later in the afternoon. Here’s a quick rundown of who and what you should be watching this weekend. American upstarts: Taking a cue from The Cutting Edge, hockey player…
