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BEND, Ore. – Jean-Philippe Le Guellec was riding high in 2010 when he finished sixth in the sprint, 11th in the pursuit, and 13th in the individual at the Vancouver Olympics. The Canadian biathlete – then 24 – was motivated and aiming for his first Word Cup podium. The 2011 season didn’t go quite as [...]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Johnny Weir is beginning his comeback for the Sochi Olympics in Russia. Weir, who hasn't competed since finishing sixth at the Vancouver Olympics, drew the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow and Trophee Bompard in Paris when Grand Prix assignments were announced Monday.
John Napier, pictured competing in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, is retiring from bobsled to pursue a career in the military. / AL BELLO, Getty Images LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — After serving as a fire team leader deep in the mountains of Afghanistan and toting an automatic weapon weighing more than 22 pounds when fully loaded with 200 rounds, bobsledding just wasn’t the same anymore for John Napier.
Vancouver Olympics chief busy nurturing another West Coast winner
LONDON (Reuters) - Amy Williams, Britain's first individual female Winter Olympic gold medallist for 58 years, has retired from skeleton because of injury, British Skeleton has announced. The 29-year-old, who produced a stunning series of slides on Whistler's Thunderbird course during the Vancouver Olympics, said it had been a difficult decision. "I have put a great deal of thought into this and ...
Call it a something of a radical X Games invert. Cable sports giant ESPN has surprisingly passed on Whistler, co-host of the 2010 Olympics and a freeskiing mecca, essentially in favour of some place called Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.