Tag: live from beijing
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U.S. boxer Molina loses after medical condition discovered
BEIJING • Team USA light welterweight Javier Molina wasn’t cleared to box in the second round of the Olympics until less than 24 hours before his bout against 2004 bronze medalist Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria. “You know it’s been one thing after another,” coach Dan Campbell said after Georgiev’s 14-1 decision over Molina on Sunday.…
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Ramsey: U.S. will regain men’s basketball supremacy
BEIJING • The U.S. men’s basketball team is ready to stomp the world. It’s starting to resemble the old days when Americans were mighty and their opponents were in trouble. American players are more talented than anyone else. And more motivated. But here’s the surprising blessing that will help ensure a gold medal. The Americans…
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Jason Turner finishes fourth in air pistol
BEIJING – Jason Turner flirted with a bronze medal. He also flirted with disaster. He finished fourth Saturday in 10-meter air pistol Olympic competition. He has no complaints, even though he struggled in his final two shots. Turner is a long-time resident of Colorado Springs who works as a bartender at Texas Roadhouse on 8th…
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CSU grad Hammon living Olympics dream – for Russia
BEIJING • Becky Hammon wanted to play in the Olympics. Hammon wanted to play for her country, too. Her country – at least the USA Basketball part of her country – didn’t want her. It either didn’t think she fit into its playing style. Or it didn’t think she was good enough to be part…
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Springs boxer wins Olympic opener
BEIJING • Hearing a familiar voice made Shawn Estrada smile, even half a world away from home. “Buena suerte,” Juan Estrada told his son Friday from Los Angeles, where he’s battling heart, kidney and liver problems. The good-luck wish motivated the Olympic Training Center resident in a 10-2 win Saturday over Argentine Osvaldo Ezequiel Maderna…
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Phelps wins gold in 400 IM
BEIJING • The lane to historical supremacy remains wide open. Michael Phelps powered to a world-record 4-minute, 3.84-second victory in the 400-meter individual medley Saturday. It was an exclamation-mark start for his plan to swim to a record eight gold medals. He was propelled to his record by plenty of pomp and ceremony. After Phelps…
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U.S. women’s basketball team too much for Czech Republic
BEIJING • President Bush said he was coming to the Olympics as a fan. On Saturday, he watched the U.S. women’s basketball team take a commanding lead over the Czech Republic on its way to a 97-57 victory. Bush ducked out of the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium after the third quarter ended, waving to the U.S.…
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U.S. women’s volleyball team wins despite grief
BEIJING • They cried, then played, then cried some more. Members of the U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team are undefeated in the Olympics, but their eyes are red, their hearts are heavy and their minds are wandering. The U.S. muscled out a 3-1 win over Japan in Saturday’s opener of the Beijing Games, 10 hours…
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Phelps sets Olympic record
BEIJING – Michael Phelps set an Olympic record Saturday in his first race of the Beijing Games, winning the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley in 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds at the National Aquatics Center. Phelps, 23, of Baltimore, pulled away from an eight-person pack after the second turn of an event in which he…
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Father-in-law of U.S. men’s volleyball coach killed in Beijing
BEIJING – The father-in-law of U.S. men’s indoor volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon was killed Saturday by a Chinese man in a brutal attack at a popular Beijing tourist site, souring the first official day of Olympic competition. Tang Yongming, 47, mobbed Todd Bachman at the Drum Tower, using a knife to kill him and…