Tag: live from beijing
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Johnson, Liukin passed at end, take second-third in floor exercise
BEIJING • Shawn Johnson thought she had the last laugh against her U.S. teammate. A Romanian gymnast with flashy moves and near-flawless execution spoiled the party. Johnson won a silver medal and Nastia Liukin was the bronze medalist Sunday in the floor exercise at the Beijing Games, both upstaged on the final routine by Romania’s…
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OTC’s Miller wins bronze in freestyle wrestling
BEIJING • Randi Miller had 40 seconds, plenty of time to win an Olympic medal that will define her wrestling career. The Olympic Training Center resident scored a late takedown Sunday to upset Canadian Martine Dugrenier in the bronze-medal match of the 138.75-pound women’s freestyle division at the Beijing Games. Miller, 24, won a 1-0,…
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Emmons blows gold on last shot, just like four years ago
BEIJING – In a stunningly similar collapse, the final shot doomed Matt Emmons again. The Olympic Training Center shooter gave away a gold medal Sunday in 50-meter rifle 3-position at the Beijing Games, four years after he lost gold in the same event by firing at the wrong target. Emmons, 27, led by 3.3 points…
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Opinion: Phelps is great, but Owens is the greatest
BEIJING • When it comes to athletics the immediacy of the moment is rarely quite right. Out of sight, out of mind. We fall into that trap too often. It’s human nature. This brings us to Michael Phelps. The fancy high-tech suit effectively covers his gills, though they’re invisible to the human eye other marine…
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Yanez doesn’t listen to coach, loses bout
BEIJING • Dan Campbell spoke, and Luis Yanez didn’t listen.What better way to end a dysfunctional relationship between the steadfast U.S. boxing coach and the defiant Olympic Training Center resident? Yanez executed a different strategy than Campbell ordered Saturday in a stunning 8-7 loss to Mongolian Serdamba Purevdorj in the second round of the 106-pound…
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Boulder’s Phinney seventh in individual pursuit cycling
BEIJING – Taylor Phinney already talks about the 2012 Olympics. He doesn’t talk about if he’ll compete in London. He talks about when he will compete.The future helped ease his pain in the present. Phinney finished seventh in men’s individual pursuit, completing his remarkable emergence as a world-class cyclist.Phinney, a Boulder resident, never had a…
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Phelps sets new gold standard
BEIJING • Michael Phelps ended his swim into history – and into the hearts of millions of Americans – by winning his eighth gold medal. “It’s been nothing but an upwards roller coaster,” Phelps said Saturday night a few minutes after winning his final gold in the 400-meter medley relay. “It’s been nothing but fun.”…
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Chun loses in women’s freestyle wrestling semifinals
BEIJING • An unfamiliar grimace shot across Clarissa Chun’s face as Canadian Carol Huynh flashed her Olympic gold medal on the podium. “I was going to kiss the medal if I got that gold,” Chun said. “Everyone bites it. I was going to make out with mine.” The Olympic Training Center wrestler never got the…
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Bolt sets world record in winning 100 meters in 9.69 seconds
BEIJING • The race that was supposed to be a dream final didn’t even materialize. But it didn’t matter because Jamaican runner Usain Bolt gave the crowd at the National Stadium a race that young sprinters only fantasize about. Many thought Tyson Gay was the United States’ best chance at a gold medal in the…
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Colorado Springs athletes have five medals
BEIJING – Skies are blue. Security is tight. Protests are minimal. The Olympics are going great, but Colorado Springs is missing a gold medal. At the midpoint of the Beijing Games, five Olympic Training Center residents have won medals – a silver and four bronzes by three shooters, a wrestler and a gymnast – as…