Tag: live from beijing
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Yanez, coach shake off disagreement in first-round win
BEIJING • The final horn sounded, and Luis Yanez happily trotted to his corner, where Dan Campbell patted him on the back for a job well done. The once-defiant Olympic Training Center boxer and the steadfast U.S. coach are in agreement, just in time to tackle a tough international field. Yanez beat Spaniard Jose Kelvin…
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U.S. men’s gymnasts go away without a medal
BEIJING • Sorry boys, no medals this time. Fresh off bronzes in the team final, U.S. gymnasts Sasha Artemev and Jonathan Horton couldn’t rediscover the magic Wednesday in the individual all-around competition. Horton, 22, of Houston, placed ninth after a near-collapse on pommel horse, and Artemev, 22, of Morrison, was 12th, doomed by a slip-up…
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U.S. men rout Angola but errant on outside shots, free throws
BEIJING • It was quite an air show. The United States sprinted and dunked to a 97-76 victory over Angola Tuesday in Olympic competition. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade did plenty of slamming, but with Greece lurking in the Americans’ future, all is not rosy. When the U.S. and Greece play…
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Dantzler’s day ends in despair
BEIJING • T.C. Dantzler entered the China Agricultural Gymnasium bobbing his head to music. Dantzler’s stride was unmistakably confident. It was confidence born of his numerous hours of training. It was confidence that came from the knowledge that he can beat and has beaten the best Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world. At 37 years and 10…
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Ramsey: Anti-American thought spells end of softball
BEIJING • Under a gray China sky, Crystl Bustos ripped a home run and suddenly it was time to party. The reigning Olympic softball champs were on their way to an 11-0 shellacking of Venezuela on Tuesday. Bustos’ teammates sprinted from the dugout to hug her. Fans waved the Stars and Stripes. And danced. And…
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OTC gymnast reduced to cheerleader
BEIJING • David Durante was physically tired, mentally drained and barely able to talk. And he didn’t have a medal to show for it. The Olympic Training Center resident had the tough luck of being the third alternate on the U.S. men’s gymnastics team that rallied without Paul and Morgan Hamm to win a bronze…
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U.S. men gymnasts pulled off bronze without Hamm brothers
BEIJING • Wearing an Olympic medal, Justin Spring couldn’t bite his tongue. “Why did everyone else count us out?” Spring said Tuesday hours after the U.S. showed Paul and Morgan Hamm were replaceable by winning a bronze in the men’s gymnastics team final at the Beijing Games. Few thought the Americans had much of a…
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U.S. women gymnasts fall short of golden goal
BEIJING • Alicia Sacramone fell on the balance beam, then again during the floor exercise. Shawn Johnson didn’t live up to the hype. And nobody else other than Nastia Liukin did much to help the cause. Faced with unbelievably high expectations after a win at the 2007 world championships, the U.S. faltered on the big, pressure-packed…
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U.S. women’s field hockey team needs win after two ties
BEIJING • Kate Barber is not a happy Olympian. Then again, can you blame her? She’s the durable, well-traveled captain of the U.S. women’s field hockey team, winless in its first two matchesof the Beijing Games after a 12-year Olympic hiatus in which it practically vanished from the international stage. Stingy goaltending by Amy Tran…
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American leader Warren loses bout he thought he won
BEIJING • The U.S. boxing team received a huge blow Tuesday when team leader and overwhelming gold medal favorite Rau’shee Warren lost his opening-round bout. Warren, who trained at the Olympic Training Center, is the world champion in the flyweight division. He was the only boxer on Team USA with Olympic experience. Minutes after losing…