Showing posts with label finals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finals. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

London 2012 fencing: Tearful appeal by South Korean delays finals

SHERRAINE SCHALM. Mike Ridewood/THE CANADIAN PRESS Sherraine Schalm, left, was defeated by A Lam Shin of Korea in the first round of women's epee fencing action at the 2012 London Olympics, on Monday, July

SHERRAINE SCHALM. Mike Ridewood/THE CANADIAN PRESS Sherraine Schalm, left, was defeated by A Lam Shin of Korea in the first round of women's epee fencing action at the 2012 London Olympics, on Monday, July

London 2012 fencing: China's Sun Yujie reacts after defeating Switzerland's Tiffany Geroudet during their women's epee individual round of 16 fencing competition July 30, at the London Games. Sun, who is ranked No. 1, is in the running for the women's

We always like to keep our eyes open for the occasional Google Doodle that appears on the Google home page, usually to mark an occasion or to commemorate a person. Today's Google Doodle is in celebration of fencing at

LONDON — It proved a triumphant time for the underdog in the men's individual sabre on Sunday as Hungary's Aron Szilagyi won gold after his path to the podium cleared with the early exit of the German and Russian top seeds. Fifth seeded Szilagyi beat


McKayla Maroney: Vault Specialist Will Be X-Factor in Team Finals

A broken toe will not keep McKayla Maroney from performing the enormous Amanar vault which won her the vaulting world championship in 2011. She will compete on vault during Sunday's preliminaries. Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. all-around champ, and

If there is one thing McKayla Maroney knows how to do, it is how to excel in the vault. But that's not the only gold medal she'll contend for this summer in London. Maroney is going to be difficult—no, impossible—to beat in the vault. It would be

A broken toe will not keep McKayla Maroney from performing the enormous Amanar vault which won her the vaulting world championship in 2011. She will compete on vault during Sunday's preliminaries. Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. all-around champ, and

Olympian McKayla Maroney looks so much like Posh Spice check out these photos of the gymnast and Victoria Beckham right here.

As the United States women's gymnastics team looks to win the gold medal in the team competition, it will need everyone to perform their best, especially McKayla Maroney. The American squad is full of competitors who can perform well on every apparatus.


Monday, 30 July 2012

Olympics: World champion Jordyn Wieber fails to advance to all-around finals …

By Mark Sappenfield, Staff writer / July 29, 2012. US gymnast Jordyn Wieber cries after she failed to qualify for the women's all-around finals during the gymnastics women's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sunday in London. Gregory Bull/AP

In a huge upset, Jordyn Wieber, the defending world all-around gymnastics champion, will not go for the same title at the Olympics because each country is only allowed two all-around competitors. After a steady performance on each apparatus, Aly

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Jordyn Wieber, an Olympic gold favorite in women's gymnastics, left in tears on Sunday after she didn't even contend for a spot in Thursday's all-around finals.

The following piece has results from the women's gymnastics qualifying rounds, so don't keep reading if you don't want to be spoiled. Also, there are two subdivisions left to compete, so these results are only based on the first