Tag: live from beijing
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OTC shooter Emmons just shy of gold
BEIJING • Winning Olympic gold isn’t easy, even when you hit all the right targets. Olympic Training Center shooter Matt Emmons learned that the hard way Thursday, taking a silver medal in 50-meter rifle prone four years after he gave away rifle 3-position gold by firing at the wrong target. Slowed by a mediocre 10-shot…
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Colorado Springs’ Wheeler wins wrestling bronze
BEIJING • Moments before he stepped on the wrestling mat, Adam Wheeler delivered a message to his longtime coach. “I’m going to get on your wall,” he told Steve Fraser, referring to the coach’s photo spread honoring Olympic and world medalists at USA Wrestling headquarters in Colorado Springs. Say cheese! The Olympic Training Center resident…
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Coronado grad Cejudo eager to start wrestling Tuesday
BEIJING • Henry Cejudo looks the same, sounds the same, acts the same. He maintains he has changed heading into the biggest test of his life. “I’m a smarter wrestler now,” he said. “I’m learning more and more about wrestling at the world-class level. I’m ready to go. I can’t wait to get out there.”…
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OTC’s Andrade keeps up his end in second-round boxing win
BEIJING • Call him the lone ranger, the captain of a sinking ship, America’s last hope. Whatever you call Demetrius Andrade, make sure you call hima believer. The Olympic Training Center boxer continued his quest for vindication Thursday at the Beijing Games in a 14-3 victory over Russian Andrey Balanov in the second round of…
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Phelps wins sixth gold medal
BEIJING – The records keep falling and the gold medals keep stacking up for Michael Phelps. Phelps owned five gold medals and as many world records entering Thursday’s finals of the men’s 200-meter individual medley at the Water Cube. Phelps, who receives the largest applause here regardless of nationality, didn’t disappoint the crowd as he…
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U.S. women’s water polo aiming for gold
BEIJING • Guy Baker likes his Olympic bronze medal and loves his silver. That missing gold? He would go gaga if he added it to his collection. The U.S. women’s water polo coach hopes the third time is a charm for his top-ranked team, riding momentum from a win at the 2007 world championships after…
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Lezak earns bronze in 100-meter freestyle
BEIJING • Alain Bernard proclaimed his French 400-meter relay team would “smash” the American team and ruin any hopes of Michael Phelps completing his quest of eight gold medals. As we know now, Bernard ate crow for his assertion. American swimmer Jason Lezak, starting off a half-body length behind Bernard, swam what might be the…
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Bryant: Jones trying to help minorities learn how to swim
BEIJING • Cullen Jones is about to start a challenge more difficult than anything he has faced in a pool. The reason is in this next question. Who is Cullen Jones? It’s been only a few days since one of the more dramatic comebacks in Olympic history, and many of you don’t remember that Jones…
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Ramsey: U.S. men’s soccer team bows out painfully
BEIJING • The U.S. Olympic soccer team had a chance to deliver a soccer statement to the world.The men’s team rode to the brink of the quarterfinals of a star-packed Olympic tournament, which features such world celebrities as Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Ronaldinho. And the U.S. threw away that chance. The team blew it.In…
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U.S. women continue domination in hoops
BEIJING • Another Olympic game, another blowout. That’s life for the U.S. women’s basketball team, which got 16 points from Lisa Leslie, shot 62.1 percent from the floor and forced 29 turnovers Wednesday in a 97-41 win over Mali. The U.S. has won its first three games by an average of 47 points. Keeping a…