Tag: live from beijing
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OTC’s Turner gets bronze in 10-meter air pistol
BEIJING • Jason Turner loaded his parents in a taxi and hopped aboard a bus to the athletes’ village when he received a phone call that changed his life. It was USA Shooting team leader Dwayne Weger, telling the Olympic Training Center resident he had won an Olympic bronze medal in 10-meter air pistol because…
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U.S. rallies past Canada after 24-hour rain delay
BEIJING • Canadian softball coach Lori Sippel credited its latest loss to the United States to a simple bad outing. “Let’s move on,” Sippel said after the 8-1 game, referring to what she told her players. “We’re better than that one inning. That was one inning out of 10.” But it was that one inning…
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Gay’s hamstring makes it through first round of 100 meters
BEIJING • If Tyson Gay sprints away from Jamaican runners Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell with the same speed and cunning he used to sprint away from reporters, he’ll most likely have the men’s 100-meter dash gold medal wrapped up and ready to head back the to the States. Gay finished his second-round heat in…
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U.S. rallies past China in women’s volleyball
BEIJING • A few seconds after an emotional, battle-from-behind victory over China, the U.S. women’s volleyball team gathered in a tight circle. “We’re a team right here,” players shouted to each other. “Those other games, that wasn’t a team.’” The Americans celebrated as if they had won the gold medal. As the match ended Kimberly…
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MIDAS TOUCH: Phelps hits the wall and delivers gold
BEIJING – So close. Serbia’s Milorad Cavic came achingly close to ending Michael Phelps quest for eight gold medals, finishing one-hundredth of a second behind America’s swim king in Saturday night’s 100-meter butterfly. The margin of victory was tiny, and the result will be debated for decades. For nearly the entire race, Cavic looked on…
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Sky Sox player knocked out of Olympics
BEIJING • Jayson Nix will miss the rest of the Olympics after undergoing surgery Friday for a laceration suffered when he bunted a ball into his face during a preliminary-round baseball game. The Colorado Springs Sky Sox second baseman had microsurgery on his left eyebrow as well as a CT scan and an eye exam,…
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OTC’s Williams mystified by featherweight boxing defeat
BEIJING • For eight minutes, Raynell Williams moved as fast as he could, punched as hard as possible, spent every ounce of energy in him. When he had only seven points to show for it on the world’s biggest stage, his coach, Dan Campbell, sounded mad enough to knock somebody out. The Olympic Training Center…
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Springs shooter Sanderson misses out on gold medal; finishes 5th
BEIJING • After another painstakingly close call, Colorado Springs still isn’t golden. Olympic Training Center shooter Keith Sanderson nearly gave the city its first gold medal of the Beijing Games but blew a late lead Friday night in a fifth-place finish in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol event. Sanderson, 33, collapsed with back-to-back disastrous series…
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Ramsey: Iranian player might join NBA
BEIJING • Hamed Ehadadi could soon bring his 7-foot-2, 260-pound frame and enormous promise to the NBA. If that doesn’t sound like a big deal, please consider one other fact about Ehadadi. He’s from Iran. Ehadadi, who plays for Iran’s Olympic team, said Thursday he expects to sign a deal with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.…
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U.S. men race past Greece in basketball
BEIJING • In the first few minutes of the United States-Greece men’s basketball game, a group of animated, hopeful Greeks sitting a few rows off the court made a lot of noise. They waved their flag. They sang. They were having a grand time.But their joy didn’t last long. The United States crushed Greece 92-69…