Archive for February, 2010

Heartbroken Canadians settle for silver - Yahoo! Sports

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

ReutersHeartbroken Canadians settle for silverYahoo! SportsThe bronze-medal game of the Olympic curling tournament was shaping up to be a rout after China picked up three in the first, but the Swiss fought back to …Vancouver 2010 Olympics Women Curling Bronze Medal Game China VS Switzerland …Daily World BuzzSweden beats Canada before raucous crowd to win 2nd straight gold medal in …Los Angeles TimesOlympic women's curling gold-medal game: Sweden wins gold over Canada in extra endVancouver SunNewser -BetUs.com -USA Todayall 829 news articles »

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Winter Olympics: Reutter takes silver in women’s 1000m - Digital Sports Daily

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

msnbc.comWinter Olympics: Reutter takes silver in women's 1000mDigital Sports DailyShe crossed the line in 1:29.324, 0.111 behind gold medalist Meng Wang of China. The bronze medal was won by Seung-Hi Park of Korea in 1:29.379. …Silver for Reutter; bronze to men's 5000-meter team relayUSA TodayVancouver Olympics medal count: US chances for Day 15Christian Science Monitor (blog)Ohno DQ'd in 500 meter final, gets relay bronzeSeattle Post IntelligencerDallas Morning News (blog) -CTV.ca -KING5.comall 996 news articles »

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Katherine Reutter of US wins silver in women’s 1000 meters - Los Angeles Times

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Merced Sun-StarKatherine Reutter of US wins silver in women's 1000 metersLos Angeles TimesWang Meng of China won the gold in 1:29.213; Reutter finished in 1:29.324 and Park Seung-hi of South Korea won the bronze in 1:29.372. Yang Zhou of China …China sweeps women's short track titles in VancouverChina DailyWang wins 3rd gold, Reutter gets silver in 1000Kansas City StarWang takes 1000m gold; Roberge 6thCTV.caSydney Morning Herald -Sports Network -CharlotteObserver.comall 116 news articles »

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China wins bronze in women’s curling - Montreal Gazette

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Seattle Post IntelligencerChina wins bronze in women's curlingMontreal GazetteVancouver, BC (Sports Network) - China won the bronze medal in women's curling Friday, routing Switzerland at Vancouver Olympic Center. …World champion Chinese women beat Switzerland to earn bronze in Olympic …Los Angeles TimesChina crush Switzerland to claim curling bronzeAFPChina Wins Bronze in Olympic Women's CurlingThe Epoch TimesXinhua -CBC.ca -eTaiwan Newsall 240 news articles »

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Officials say China should be stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze medal | Gymnastics - Seattle Times

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

msnbc.comOfficials say China should be stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze medal | GymnasticsSeattle TimesChina should be stripped of its bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics because one member of the squad has been found to be underage, international gymnastics …Olympic Medal of Underage Chinese Gymnast RevokedNew York TimesChina's Dong Fangxiao was underage at the 2000 OlympicsExaminer.comBetter late than never: China loses 2000 Olympics gymnastics bronzeLos Angeles Times (blog)Kansas City Star -Herald Sunall 296 news articles »

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Heather in East Asia: CHINA AT THE OLYMPICS: Curling: China crush

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

CHINA AT THE OLYMPICS: Curling: China crush Switzerland to claim bronze. Feb 26, 2010. Vancouver (AFP) - China won their first Olympic Games curling medal on Friday with a crushing 12-6 victory over Switzerland in the women’s bronze …

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Epoch Times - China Wins Bronze in Olympic Women's Curling

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

The Chinese Olympic women’s curling team easily defeated Switzerland 12–6 in eight ends to win the bronze medal.

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China set to be stripped of Sydney Olympics bronze medal for false

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

CHINA could be stripped of their 2000 Olympics women’s gymnastics team event bronze medal after one of its athletes Dong Fangxiao was found to be under age. Gymnast Dong Fangxiao, who competed in the women’s gymnastics team event, …

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China eyes hosting a future Winter Olympics | dailyQi

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

After the success of the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008, China is setting its sights on hosting a future winter games. Al Jazeera English News’ Tony Birtl…

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How China is reporting the Winter Olympics to its citizens on

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

China’s medal count at the Vancouver Olympics stands at nine — good for 9th place overall, 23 medals behind the United States. But the Chinese people are hearing very different news from their government. …

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