Tag: live from beijing
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U.S. women win gold in beach volleyball
BEIJING • It has become obvious that nobody can beat Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh when their game is on.They won their second consecutive gold medal Wednesday, beating the Chinese team of Wang Jie and Tian Jia 21-18, 21-18 at the rain-drenched Choyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground.The Americans used amazing power, timing and deft touch…
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Bremer, Sacksen fade in modern pentathlon
BEIJING • A bad shot here, a poor stroke there, and Eli Bremer and Sam Sacksen never stood a chance in their Olympic modern pentathlon debuts. The Olympic Training Center residents struggled Thursday at the Beijing Games against a more experienced international field in the event that combines shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian and running. Sacksen,…
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Merritt tops Wariner to lead U.S. sweep in men’s 400
BEIJING • The thank-you card soon will be in the mail. Maybe LaShawn Merritt could send it from the Chinese capital. Nah, he’ll probably wait until he gets home. Noticing a subtlety in Jamaican Usain Bolt’s lastrecord-setting run, Merritt extended his strides down the homestretch of the 400 meters Thursday to upset defending Olympic champion…
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Ramsey: Coach led U.S. to women’s soccer upset of Brazil
BEIJING • Pia Sundhage should coach the U.S. World Cup soccer team, and I’m not talking about the women. After leading American females in a conquest of the world, Pia needs a fresh challenge. Under this woman’s brilliant leadership, the Americans could rule the men’s world, too. On Thursday, Sundhage directed the U.S. women’s team…
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U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team cruises into finals
BEIJING • One more win, and “Jenny” Lang Ping becomes a volleyball savior again. The U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team dismantled Cuba 3-0 in Thursday’s semifinals of the Beijing Games to secure its first Olympic medal in 16 years and move within a victory of its first gold. A 25-20, 25-16, 25-17 triumph that lasted…
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Bryant: Letter of law squelched spirt of law in 200 DQ’s
BEIJING • There is something to be said about earning your way onto the podium. We don’t have to compete in the Olympics to know that getting to them takes hard work. It takes smart work, too. Lifting, sprinting, stretching, technique, starts, mental work – hours and hours of all of them culminate in one…
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Jamaica’s Bolt doubles with 200 win, world record
BEIJING • The unbreakable rarely is. Usain Bolt proved that again, besting Michael Johnson’s12-year record in the 200-meter sprint Wednesday. The Jamaican covered the distance in 19.30 seconds, .02 of a second better than the record Johnson set at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. “I did a lot of work in the 200 meters, and…
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U.S. women’s field hockey bows out in OT
BEIJING • All that buildup, all that anticipation, all that hype, for one win? Welcome to the world of the U.S. women’s field hockey team.The No. 11 Americans placed eighth at the Beijing Games, unable to make much noise in their first Olympic appearance in 12 years because of an inconsistent offense and untimely breakdowns…
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Ramsey: Anthony a changed player in Beijing
BEIJING • Here’s a news flash from China for a state that’s given up on Carmelo Anthony. Big news, Colorado. There’s a new, vastly improved version of Carmelo. He’s a rah-rah teammate. He passes to the open man at first sign of a double team. He seeks rebounds with snarling desire. He even shows interest…
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Craig loses in taekwondo quarterfinals
BEIJING • The “adopted Lopez” apparently doesn’t receive star treatment like America’s first family of taekwondo. A late rally in which she might have scored several points Wednesday wasn’t enough to save Charlotte Craig in a 3-2 loss to Venezuelan Dalia Contreras Rivero in the 108-pound flyweight quarterfinals at the Beijing Games. The youngest of…