Heavy Medal Archive: Speedskating
Vancouver brings in the Zamboni!
Vancouver organizers are bringing in a new ice resurfacing machine to try to fix the problems that have dogged the long track speedskating events at the Richmond Olympic Oval. And that machine will be a Zamboni. The machine at Richmond...
By
Tracee Hamilton
|
February 16, 2010; 2:52 PM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (0)
Categories:
Speedskating
,
Vancouver 2010
Save & Share:
Canada fails Ice Prep 101
What's the world coming to when the Daytona Speedway can't pave a track and the Canadians can't prep ice? Did the pasta-makers malfunction in Turin? Did the Chinese run out of chopsticks in Beijing? It's a world gone mad. Ice...
By
Tracee Hamilton
|
February 15, 2010; 11:01 PM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (3)
Categories:
Speedskating
,
Vancouver 2010
Save & Share:
Shani Davis won't skate five events in Vancouver
Shani Davis, who became the first black athlete to win a Winter Olympics individual gold at the 2006 Turin Games, will not skate in the 10,000-meter event in the Vancouver Olympics next month. Davis -- who will be favored for...
By
Matthew Rennie
|
January 27, 2010; 12:47 PM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (0)
Categories:
Speedskating
,
Vancouver 2010
Save & Share:
German speedskater Pechstein loses appeal
Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein won't be winning another gold medal in Vancouver. The 37-year-old German lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal to lift her two-year competition ban for blood doping. Pechstein is Germany's most successful Winter...
By
Matthew Rennie
|
January 26, 2010; 9:49 AM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (0)
Categories:
Doping
,
Speedskating
,
Vancouver 2010
Save & Share:
Davis Wins 1,500 Meters
From the Associated Press: Shani Davis of the United States edged Dutchmen Stefan Groothuis and Mark Tuitkert to win the 1,500-meter race at a World Cup meet Friday in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The Olympic champion won in 1 minute, 45.23 seconds,...
By
Tracee Hamilton
|
November 14, 2008; 2:52 PM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (0)
Categories:
Speedskating
Save & Share:
Long Track Team Named
US Speedskating has named its long track World Cup teams after weekend competition in West Alis, Wis. Women 500 meters: 1. Elli Ochowicz (Waukesha, WI) 2. Jennifer Rodriguez (Miami, FL) 3. Heather Richardson (High Point, NC) 4. Lauren Cholewinski (...
By
Tracee Hamilton
|
October 27, 2008; 11:02 AM ET |
Permalink |
Comments (0)
Categories:
Speedskating
Save & Share:
