BEIJING (AP) The Olympic routine for Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor has always been the same. They would arrive, train, compete, win a medal and go home. Such was the case in 2010.
BEIJING (AP) Miroslav and Michaela Knies will have big smiles on their faces when their son Matt plays for the United States against Slovakia at the Olympics. The quarterfinal matchup Wednesday is also special for Matt Knies, a University of Minnesota forward who has strong ties to his parents’ birth country, including playing for Slovakia in a youth tournament.
BEIJING (AP) Eins, zwei, drei. In German, that means one, two, three. And for the German bobsled team, it also means history. Germany unquestionably the world’s sliding superpower became the first nation to sweep the medals in an Olympic bobsled race on Tuesday, grabbing gold, silver and bronze in the two-man event at the Beijing Games.
BEIJING (AP) Eins, zwei, drei. In German, that means one, two, three. And for the German bobsled team, it also means history. Germany unquestionably the world’s sliding superpower became the first nation to sweep the medals in an Olympic bobsled race on Tuesday, grabbing gold, silver and bronze in the two-man event at the Beijing Games.
BEIJING (AP) The best player so far in the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics is also the youngest. Juraj Slavkovsky of Slovakia is six weeks away from his 18th birthday and already drawing comparisons to Jaromir Jagr.