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Here is star hurdler Lolo Jones in her first World Cup bobsled competition.
Reigning world champion Kaillie Humphries of Calgary won the gold medal in the bobsled season-opener, beating the United States team of Jones and Jazmine Fenlator.
Humphries and brakewoman Chelsea Valois of Zenon Park, Sask., finished the two runs at Lake Placid in one minute 54.86 seconds 0.47 seconds ahead of Fenlator and Jones, a two-time Olympian in hurdles.
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Newfoundland boy offers his medal to disqualified men’s Olympic relay team
A Newfoundland boy who sent a letter and his soccer medal to the Canadian men’s 4X100 relay team says he simply wanted to boost their spirits after they were disqualified from an Olympic bronze medal.
Elijah Porter’s handwritten note garnered national attention after Justyn Warner, a member of the team, tweeted it Monday.
In his letter, the 10-year-old Paradise boy said it wasn’t right when the team lost its bronze medal for a lane violation.
Porter later said he wrote the letter because he felt bad for the team, particularly Jared Connaughton, who stepped on the border of his lane prior to handing off the baton to Warner during their race Saturday.
Islamist extremists have targeted two Tunisian Olympic medalists for behaviour and dress seen as un-Islamic, as debate grows over the role of religion and women in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring uprisings.
Radicals on social media networks called on the government to strip Habiba Ghribi, the first Tunisian woman to win an Olympic medal, of her nationality because her running gear was too revealing. She won the silver in the 3,000-metre steeplechase.
Canada has been disqualified from the final of the men’s 4×100-metre relay at the London Olympics after initially appearing to win the bronze medal.
The team of Gavin Smellie of Brampton, Ont., Ottawa’s Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton of New Haven, P.E.I., and anchor Justyn Warner of Markham, Ont., brought out the Maple Leaf to celebrate after posting a time of 38.07 seconds.
But the team was disqualified after it appeared Connaughton stepped out of his lane.
“It was my fault,” he told reporters after the race.
The DQ gave the bronze to Trinidad and Tobago, leaving the Canadians doubled over on the track in tears.
World champion Mo Farah secured Britain’s first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 5,000 metres on Saturday to deafening cheers, a week after winning gold in the 10,000.
Farah, who finished in a time of 13 minutes 41.66 seconds, was the seventh man to win both the 5,000m and 10,000m events at the same Olympics.
Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia finished in a time of 13:41.98 in silver with Kenya’s Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa in bronze.
Athletes compete in the women’s 20km race walk final at The Mall. Yelena Lashmanova of Russia set a world record race walk on Saturday and won the Olympic gold medal.
The 20-year-old Lashmanova overtook defending champion Olga Kaniskina near the finish line and won in 1 hour, 25 minutes, 2 seconds, seven seconds ahead of the three-time world champion.
Qieyang Shenjie of China took bronze. Qieyang is the first Tibetan athlete China has ever fielded at the Olympics. She finished 14 second behind Lashmanova.
He’s not technically Canadian, but Ashton Eaton is basically an honourary citizen at this point. After winning gold in the Olympic decathlon, he was congratulated by his mother Roselyn and fiancee Brianne Theisen. Theisen, who is from Saskatchewan, is also a rising heptathlon star in Canada, and finished 11th at the Olympics.
(Source: sports.nationalpost.com)
Another historic day for women in Saudi Arabia: Sarah Attar became the first female track and field athlete to represent the country at an Olympics when she competed in the 800 metres heats on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old, who wore a white head cover, a long-sleeved green top and black leggings and sported luminous green running spikes, received a generous ovation from a capacity crowd at the Olympic stadium as she trailed in last of the eight runners.
“It’s an incredible experience,” Attar, who has dual United States citizenship and is a student at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, told reporters. “It is the hugest honour to be here to represent the women of Saudi Arabia. ”It is an historic moment. I hope it will make a difference. It is a huge step forward. It’s a really incredible experience.“
(Source: sports.nationalpost.com)
Simon Whitfield’s wife Jennie and daughter Pippa cry following the news that Simon had been knocked out of the race following a crash on the bike during the men’s triathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Canadian was in good position following a 1.5-kilometre swim but lost control of his bike after going over a small speed bump coming out of the transition. Whitfield veered sharply to the left and went careening off his bike into a curb and metal guard-rail. He knocked another competitor down in the process.
This was expected to be his last race. (Photo: Tyler Anderson/National Post)
