Winter Olympic Final Roundup
The 2010 Olympic Winter games have officially ended with the closing ceremony yesterday, but there are still a few headlines to report. First, the U.S. Women’s ice hockey team earned silver in their 2-0 loss to host team Canada. The favored home team were too much for Team USA, but for Chinese American forward Julie [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 24, 2010
Japanese American speedskating star Apolo Anton Ohno and 18-year-old Korean American Simon Cho both qualified in the men’s 500 m short track event yesterday. The Koreans have dominated speedskating in Vancouver thus far; Si-Bak Sung, Ho-Suk Lee, and Yoon-Gy Kwak all placed first in their races to join Ohno and Cho in the quarterfinals. Canadians Charles Hamelin and [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 23, 2010
The Koreans continue their dominance in speed skating, but only by a stroke of luck and the misfortune of Dutch skater Sven Kramer, who was disqualified after an illegal lane change. Korea’s Lee Seung-hoon, who already claimed a silver medal in the men’s 5000 meter event, added a gold medal today after he set a [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 22, 2010
Chinese American veteran forward Julie Chu and the U.S. women’s ice hockey team trounced Sweden today to make it to the finals. The U.S. scored nine goals in the semi-final game and held Sweden to a single goal. 20-year-old Monique Lamoureux earned her own hat trick, with two of her three goals scored in the [...]
Asian Figure Skating Queens
Watch out for 19-year-old Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who will compete in the ladies’ short program on Tuesday. Asada, currently ranked third in the world, believes that she her placement in the skating order will be an advantage over reigning world champion and Korean rival Yu-Na Kim, also 19. 22-year-old teammate Miki Ando will skate last.
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Weekend Winter Olympic Roundup – February 19-21, 2010
South Koreans dominated this weekend’s speed skating and short track events. Jung-Su Lee set a new Olympic record in the men’s 1000 meter short track to capture the gold medal–his second in Olympic competition–ahead of silver medallist and fellow compatriot Ho-Suk Lee. Japanese American Apolo Anton Ohno managed to grab the bronze medal at the [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 18, 2010
American figure skater Evan Lysacek pulled out the biggest performance of his life, edging out reigning Olympic champ Evgeni Plushenko by 1.31 points. Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese man to win an Olympic medal in figure skating, coming in third behind the Russian skater and winning a bronze medal.
Several other Asian athletes had impressive [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 17, 2010
American Shani Davis edged out Korean Tae-bum Mo in the men’s 1000 meter speed skating event today in Vancouver. The Korean skater beat Japanese American Apolo Anton Ohno and Filipino American J.R. Celski earlier last week to win a gold medal in the 500 m. Both Ohno and Celski have qualified in the first heat [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 16, 2010
After the men’s figure skating short program, 27-year-old Russian skater and defending Olympic gold-medalist Evgeni Plushenko is currently in first place. Right behind him are Evan Lysacek, the 24-year American, and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan.
Several other Asian athletes landed in the top ten, including Japan’s Nobunari Oda in fourth place and Takahiko Kozuka in eighth [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 15, 2010
Yesterday, all four American competitors made it past the qualification round to advance in the snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Japanese American Graham Watanabe led the pack by posting the best time but was unable to make it past the first round after placing third, causing him to be eliminated. Watanabe’s teammate Seth Wescott [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 14, 2010
At the Winter Olympics on Saturday, Japanese-American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno won a silver medal in the men’s 1500 meter short track, making it his sixth Olympic Medal. He placed just seconds behind Korea’s Lee Jung-Su. Following in the footsteps of his hero Ohno, 19-year-old Filipino-American J.R. Celski avoided collisions on the track to [...]
Winter Olympics: Simon Cho, Graham Watanabe, Sho Kashima
The Washington Post recently published an in-depth article on 18-year-old Korean American speed skating prodigy Simon Cho. After a disappointing 2008 season, Cho returned to speedskating and surprised everyone–including himself–by qualifying for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic’s U.S. squad.
Despite fierce competition like five-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno and world-medalist J.R. Celinski, he rose to the challenge and [...]
Mirai Nagasu prepares for Vancouver
LA Times published an article about Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu, who placed first and second at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating championships in Spokane Washington to win the two sole berths to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver next month. Both competitors are young and relatively inexperienced, especially as they go up against figure [...]
Figure skating: Asada third at Four Continents
Mao Asada of Japan, who is ranked third in the world for women’s figure skating, is currently competing at the Four Continents championships, her last chance to polish her routines before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
USAToday.com: “Asada to test triple axel before Olympics”
Japan Times: “Four Continents offers Mao last chance to polish moves”
After the [...]
Mirai Nagasu wins silver at U.S. Figure Skating Championship, headed to Vancouver
16-year-old Mirai Nagasu recently placed second behind Rachael Flatt in the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Washington. Nagasu, who won the title as a 14-year-old in 2008, was in the lead after an impressive short program performance. Even her near flawless free skate was not enough to surpass Flatt’s overall score of 200.11, [...]
