BEIJING (AP) Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record, too. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued Saturday, with Nolte driving to gold and Jamanka winning the silver in the women’s bobsled competition and Meyers Taylor, in possibly her last race , grabbed the bronze for the fifth medal of her Olympic career.
BEIJING (AP) There was an unofficial men’s bobsled training session at the Beijing Olympics earlier this month. It was an opportunity for most drivers to pay and take a couple of extra trips down the track, just to start getting a feel for the place before the main events started.
BEIJING (AP) The Germans remain right at home on China’s Olympic sliding track. Winners of gold medals in seven of the eight sliding events so far at the Beijing Games, Germany has put itself in prime position to add more hardware to its record-setting total holding down the top two spots at the midway point of the women’s bobsled competition Friday night.
BEIJING (AP) Finland has never won an Olympic gold medal in hockey. To break that drought, the Finns will have to beat the defending champion Russians the team that, if you include all of its various designations, has won as many Olympic titles in men's hockey as anyone.