La Russie conserve la médaille d'or du relais biathlon féminin by Magdalena Rosova
La Russie a conservé sa médaille d'or au biathlon aux Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver. La France est deuxième et l'Allemagne remporte la médaille de bronze.Mardi, la Russie a remporté la médaille d'or du relais biathlon féminin devant la France et l'Allemagne. L'équipe Russe a gagné en un temps époustouflant de 1h 09m 36' 3''.Sur le dernier relais la Française Sandrine Bailly a réussi à dépasser l'Allemagne et avec un temps de 1h 10m 9'1'' la France décroche l'argent. L'Allemagne termine à quelques secondes de la France avec un temps de 1h 10m 13' 4'' et remporte la médaille de bronze.Aprè! ;s sa victoire au départ groupé dimanche, la star Allemande Neuner a annoncé qu'elle ne tenterait pas de gagner une 3e médaille d'or ni sa 4e médaille olympique à cause d'une fatigue nerveuse. Elle a ajouté qu'elle aimerait voir une de ses équipières remporter une médaille.Mais sans Neuner, l'Allemagne n'a pas pu battre le rapide quatuor Français. Neuner est l'une des skieuses de fond les plus rapides et elle a fait défaut à l'équipe d'Allemagne dans son dernier coude-à-coude pour la médaille d'argent.Pendant le 3e et décisif relais, la Russe Olga Medvedtseva a démontré tout son talent de skieuse de fond et c'est grâce à elle si l'équipe Russe a mené au final les Allemandes de 44'8''.Quand la Russe Olga Zaitseva, qui a remporté la médaille d'argent au départ groupé de dimanche, a bien tiré pendant le dernier relais, l'équipe Russe ! était certaine de remporter l'or.Pendant le 3e relais, la! Fran 31;aise Marie Dorin a manqué deux tirs et a donc reçu 2 tours de pénalité. Mais son excellent ski a maintenu la France dans la course et, au dernier relais, la Française Bailly a dépassé l'Allemande Andrea Henkel et a décroché l'argent pour son pays.
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Sweden won gold in 4x10km relay by Magdalena Rosova
Swedish skiers won a gold medal in cross country 4x10 km relay at the Vancouver Olympics. Last time Sweden won Olympic title 22 years ago. Sweden won the medal for a record fifth time on Wednesday. Norway won silver and Czech Republic bronze medal. Swedish quartet finished relay with the best time 1h 45m 05.4sec, which was 15.9sec better than Norwegians. Swedish Marcus Hellner was the one who crossed the line and had enough time to even unfurl a Sweden flag and wave it when crossing it. Petter Northug let Norwegians to a win in leg sprint on Monday, but was not able to repeat the victory on Wednesday. That time it was Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Soedergren ! and Marcus Hellner who triumphed. Olson said that beating the Norwegians made their victory even sweeter and he added that their biggest goal was to get away from Norway. Norwegian team consisting of Martin Johnsrud, Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset, Lars Berger and Petter Northug won silver medal and Czechs Martin Jaks, Lukas Bauer, Jiri Magal and Martin Koukal got to the final line at 16.5sec. Olsson commented the victory saying that quality preparation had made the team so successful. Northug revealed that when he was absolutely exhausted he decided to slow down a bit and save his power at the end. In the first leg it looked like French will win the madal, Italians and the Russians struggled to keep pace. In the end the French team consisting of Vincent Vittoz, Jean-Marc Gaillard, Maurice Manificat and Emmanuel Jonnier missed bronze by four seconds.
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Devojkata od Vistler ja osvoi Vistler by Zivka Deleva
Bestrašnata kanadska sportistka Ešli Mekajvor ednostavno gi pregaza nejzinite rivalki na terenite na planinata Vistler vo vtornikot, osvojuvajkji olimpisko zlato vo disciplinata ski kros. Vednaš zad nea bea Norvežankata Heda Bernsten i Francuzinkata Marion Žosran. Mekajvor í go donese šestiot zlaten medal na svojata zemja dosega. Fizički izvonredno spremna, mentalno možebi ušte podobro, so voshituvački tehnika i źilavost, vtorata na Svetskiot Kup, Mekajvor ne možeše da prestane da go odzema zdivot na obožavatelite. Taa porasna na istata planina. Taa objasni deka toa što dobila šansa da se! trka pred svojata zemja-domakin bilo samo proudiktiven pritisok. Taa so pravo ne beše skromna da priznae deka imala pričina da bide gorda na sebe si. “Ova beše edinstvenata trka na mojot život koga ednostavno čuvstvuvav deka kje pobedam. Porano mislev deka ne e ubavo taka da razmisluvam, za da ne se baksuziram ili deka kje bidam mnogu razočarana ako ne pobedam. Ne znam, ednostavno imav dobro čuvstvo za ovaa trka…ova ludo čuvstvo deka kje pobedam” - reče 26-godišnata skijačka. Taa dodade deka nejzina neodamnešna inspiracija bila i nejzinata sonarodnička Maele Rike, koja osvoi zlaten medal vo snoubord kros. “Razmisluvav za ona što Maele go kaža koga završi pred edna nedela, deka bila fokusirana da plamne ušte na početokot. Ti blagodaram Maele. Taa mi beše vistinska inspiracija. Taa na nekoj način mi dade sila.Dobro, lokalna devojko. Ovoj nastan be! 53;e sozdaden za nas.” Ešli Mekejvor beše stud! ent na U niverzitetot Britanska Kolumbija. Pred sedum godini, taa napišala esej na časot po angliski jazik na tema zošto ski krosot treba sda bide olimpiska disciplina. Včera toa go dokaža i praktično. Druga dobra motivacija za nea beše padot na terenot na nejzinoto momče Kris del Bosko , pa taa ednostavno si vetu deka nema da ja povtori istata greška. Ešli počna da skija od 2 godini, koga skijaše brz skalite pokrieni so tepih vo dnevnata soba na nejzinata familija.
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Je me demandais ce qui était si intéressant à propos de Tiger Woods ces derniers jours. Bien sûr, c'est une superstar du golf, celui qui ne rate jamais un trou, celui qui appartient au cercle des gens les plus riches du monde et celui qui a 34 ans vient de détruire sa carrière. Quand on entre dans le monde du spectacle, peu importe comment ni où, on devient un personnage public. Cela signifie qu'on ne peut plus vraiment se cacher et qu'il n'y a plus rien d'intouchable à propos de soi. On perd son intimité et le moins on en a, le plus les gens s'y intéressent. C'est bien sûr le cas de Tiger Woods. Pourtant j'enrage de comprendre pourquoi le public perd son temps à lire des articles à rallonge centrés sur ses aventures extra-conjugales. De plus j'ai plutôt pitié de lui et trouve dommageable qu'il ait perdu le droit à sa vie privée. Pour moi, cela n'a aucune importance qu'il fasse des conf! érences de presse pour promettre d'être un bon garçon devant des journalistes assoiffés de sang, du moment que ses sponsors lui rendent sa carrière de golfeur. Il pourrait même en profiter pour maintenir sa popularité tandis qu'il ne joue pas. Peut–être trouve-t-on la même réaction parmi les autres joueurs de golf. Pourquoi devrions-nous nous intéresser à autre chose que son jeu ? Certains joueurs ont suggéré qu'ils ne souhaitaient le voir tenir une conférence de presse avec ses anciens sponsors. Peut-être n'est-ce pas correct d'attirer ainsi l'attention au milieu du Championnat. Mais Tiger Woods n'est a sans doute que faire. Peut-être souhaite-t-il simplement revenir au jeu. Et peut-être que nous pourrions oublier l'expression "peut-être". Il va revenir.
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Rusko vyhralo v ženskom biatlone zlatú medailu by Magdalena Rosova
Rusko si na Olympijských hrách v americkom Vancouvery udržalo svoju zlatú medailu v ženskom biatlone. Za víťazným Ruskom skončilo Francúzsko na druhom a Nemecko na treťom mieste. V utorok Rusko zvíťazilo v ženskom biatlone a v napínavom súboji s Francúzskom a Nemeckom vyhralo zlatú medailu. Víťazný čas pre Rusko bol jedna hodina, deväť minút a tridsaťšesť sekúnd. Na poslednom okruhu Francúzska Sandrine Baily pozbierala všetky sily a prekvapujúco predbehla súperiacu Nemku. S časom jedna hodina, desať! ; minút a deväť sekúnd sa Francúzsko umiestnilo na druhom mieste. Francúzsko dorazilo do cieľa iba niekoľko sekúnd za Francúzskom, s časom jedna hodina, desať minút a trinásť sekúnd vyhralo bronzovú medailu. Po tom, čo v nedeľu vyhrala Nemecká lyžiarka Neunerová svoju druhú zlatú medailu, povedala, že sa nebude pokúšať získať svoju tretiu zlatú a štvrtú olympijskú medailu. Dôvodom je jej fyzická únava a zároveň dodala, že by rada videla niektorú zo svojich priateliek so zlatou medailou. Avšak bez skvelej Neunerovej Nemecko nedokázalo poraziť rýchlu francúzsku štvoricu. Neunerová patrí k najrýchlejším lyžiarom a nemeckému týmu chýbala jej posila v poslednom rozhodujúcom boji o striebro. V ! rozhodujúcom treťom kole Ruska Oľga Medvedtsevo! vá podala obdivuhodný výkon a je to hlavne jej zásluha, že ruský tím zvíťazil nad Nemeckom s veľkým náskokom 44,8 sekúnd. Keď Ruska Oľga Zaitsevová, ktorá v nedeľu vyhrala striebornú medailu, v treťom kole dobre strelila, ruský tím mal zlatú medailu vo vrecku. Po tom, čo v treťom kole Francúzska Mari Dorinová dvakrát neúspešne strelila, dostala dve trestné kolá. Avšak vďaka jej vynikajúcim lyžiarskym schopnostiam zostalo Francúzsko v hre a v poslednom okruhu Francúzska Baillyová porazila Nemku Andreu Henkelovú a získala pre svoju krajinu striebornú medailu.
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Russia retains women's biathlon relay gold by Magdalena Rosova
Russia has retained its gold medal in biathlon at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. France was second and Germany has won bronze medal. On Tuesday Russia won the women's relay biathlon gold medal ahead of France and Germany. The winning time of the Russian team was amazing 1hr 9min 36.3sec. On the final leg French Sandrine Baily managed to beat Germany and with time one hour 10min 09.1sec France finished with silver. Germany was only few seconds behind France, with time 1hr 10min 13.4sec it won bronze medal. After German star Neuner won mass start on Sunday, she announced she would not try to win a third gold and fourth Olympic medal because of mental fatigue. She added ! that she would love to see one of her team-mate win a medal. But without Neuner, Germany was not able to beat fast French quartet. Neuner is one of the fastest cross-country skiers and German team missed her in the final battle for silver. In the decisive third leg Russian Olga Medvedtseva produced a great display of cross-country skiing and it is mostly her credit that Russian team led 44.8sec over the Germans. When Russian Olga Zaitseva, who won silver medal in mass start on Sunday, shot well on the final leg, Russian team could be sure about their gold. On the third leg French Mari Dorin missed two shots and therefore got two penalty laps. But her great skiing kept France in touch and on the final leg France's Bailly beat Germany's Andrea Henkel and won silver for her country.
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The fearless Canadian athlete Ashleigh McIvor simply ran down her rivals on the podium of the Whistler Mountain on Tuesday winning the Olympic gold in ski cross. Right behind her were Norwegian Hedda Bernsten and French Marion Josserand. She provided her country the sixth golden medal of the Games so far. Physically extraordinary fit, mentally maybe even better, with admiring technique and toughness, the second in the World Cup rankings, McIvor couldn’t stop taking breath of the fans. She grew up on the same mountain. She explained that having the chance to race in front of the host country eyes has been only a productive pressure. She justly wasn’t modest to ! say that she had the reason to be proud of herself. “This was the only race of my life where I just felt like I was going to win. I used to think it was bad to think that way, that I was going to jinx it, or that I’d be so disappointed if I then didn’t win. I don’t know, I just had a really good feeling about this race . . . this crazy feeling that I was going to win.” – said 26 years old skier. She added that her recent inspiration was her compatriot snowboard cross gold medalist Maelle Ricke. “I was thinking about what Maelle said when she finished [a week ago], that she was focused on exploding out of the start. Thank you Maelle. She was a real inspiration. She kind of made me go, ‘Okay, local girl. This event was made for us.’”. Ashleigh McIvor was a University of British Columbia. Seven years ago, she wrote an English class essay on the topics why should ski cross enter the Olympics. Yesterday she proved it! practically. Another good motivation for her was the crash of! her boy friend Chris Del Bosco on the podium spot, so she simply promised herself not to make the same mistake. Ashleigh started skiing since 2, when she was skiing down the carpeted steps into her family’s sunken living room.
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France won the eight medal thanks to 21-year old biathlete by Zivka Deleva
The 21 year old French biathlete Martin Fourcade brought his country the eight medal on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olimpic Games, on the 15km mass start. His biggest rival was Russianman Evgeny Ustyugov, who was faster for 10.5 seconds, at the Whistler Olympic Park. That was the first Olimpic competition for the 24-year old Russian soldier. It was one of the happiest days in the life of the young French athlete. But as well, as the toughest one. - If you say you can’t go on the podium everybody looks at you. You have to fight and it got better and better for me. I could see all the other athletes were tired” – said one of the youngest participant in the ! race. If there weren’t the two mistakes, the missed targets, one in the opening stage and the other in the final round, maybe he would have reached Ustyagov. The Russian had a very solid shooting. Fourcade started competing when he was only 14. His older brother Simon is a biathlete, as well. He also competes these Olimpic Games. France has won five biathlon medals in the history of the Olimpic Games. French people couldn’t be happier and have to honor this young sportsman, who competes under the French three color flag since 2006. His basic club is Club des sports de Villard-de-Lans, with the mentoring of his couch Stephane Bouthiaux. The bronze medal went in the hands of Pavol Hurajt of Slovakia, though he was the leader during almost the whole race. This race was a big dissapointment for the Norwegean people. Their best biathlon competitors Ole Einar Bjørndalen and World Cup leader Emil Hegle Svendsen didn’t make it even in the first ten. The ! ten times Olympic medallist Bjørndalen finished 27=th wit! h seven penalty rounds and had his worst shooting performance since 1994 World Cup event. His compatriot who already won two medals in Vancouver, finished 13-th. - I don't know what happened. On some days, it's just not going your way," said 36-year-old Bjoerndalen. The biathlon is an olimpic sport that combines ruffle shooting and cross country skiing.
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Prvo olimpisko zlato za Bodi Miler by Zuzana Zelenakova
Vo nedelata, amerikanskiot as Bodi Miler go ostvari eden od negovite sonovi koga go osvoi negoviot prv olimpiski zlaten medal vo maškata superkombinacija. Pobedničkoto vreme na Miler beše 2 minuti i 44.92 sekundi. Ivica Kostelič od Hrvatska izgubi samo za 0.33 sekundi i go osvoi srebroto. Bronzeniot medal otide vo racete na Švajcarecot Silvan Cirbrigen. "Zlatniot medal e super. Mislam, toa e sovršeno. Idealno, toa e ona za što sekoj od nas se bori. No, načinot na koj skijav ovie posledni trki e toa što e važno," reče Miler po trkata. Navistina, negovata nedelna izvedba vo koja toj očigledno uživaše e ne&! #353;to na što toj treba da bide gord. Zlatoto za Bodi Miler doagja otkako toj ja osvoi bronzata vo spust vo ponedelnikot i srebroto vo petočnoto super-G. Javnosta sega čeka da vidi što kje se sluči vo ostanatite dva nastana, veleslalomot i slalomot. Pritisokot koj ne pagja samo vrz Miler, ami na celiot amerikanski tim e ogromen. Zlatoto na Miler beše osmi medal za SAD i sekoj se prašuva kolku kje izdržat Amerikancite so vakvo tempo. "Ne znam kolku dolgo kje možeme da izdržime vaka. Emotivno i fizički e iscrpuvački", reče Miler. Pobedničkiot sindzir na Miler vo Vankuvwer često se sporeduva vo kontrast so toa što narekuvame fijasko od Torino vo 2006 godina. Pred četiri godini vo Italija, amerikanskiot atlet razočara mnogu lugje koga završi samo dve od pette trki i ne se rangiraše podobro od nad pettoto mesto, a da ne se spomnuva negovata reputacija deka e čovek za zabava! . Koga beše prašan, toj reče deka bil pod ogrom! en priti sok od site očekuvanja od mediumite, sponzorite, obozavatelite. "Na Olimpijadata vo 2006-ta, ne sakav po sekoja cena da bidam tamu od mnogu pričini...no, znaete, i nitu pak sakav da ne bidam tamu. Taka, bev vo neverojaten konfkikt", reče toj.
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Gagner une médaille olympique est un honneur - pas seulement pour les sportifs mais aussi pour leur pays. C'est une preuve tangible de leur talent et de l'efficacité de leurs techniques. C'est également un honneur pour leurs entraîneurs et une bonne publicité pour leurs sponsors. La snowbordeuse Canadienne, Maelle Ricker, est l'une de ces personnes à qui la chance a souri. Dans la course de snowboard, elle a remporté l'or pour le Canada, ce qui a fait d'elle la première Canadienne a goûté à la victoire à domicile. Cette sportive de 31 ans a eu beaucoup de chance. Lorsqu'elle est tombée dans sa première course de qualification et que les conditions météo menaçaient d'annuler la deuxième et dernière qualification, ses chances étaient bien compromises. Et après s'être entraînée toute une année, cela aurait bien plus que de la malchance. Fort heureusement ! pour elle, il fut décidé de procéder aux qualifications et Ricker s'est finalement qualifiée en 3e position. Selon ses propres termes : "La première course a été catastrophique. Mais j'ai repris la ligne de départ bien concentrée et j'ai visualisé la course. J'ai juste pensé à ma trajectoire et j'ai livré une course solide, je suis restée sur mes jambes, j'ai gardé mon équilibre." Ricker a ajouté qu'un temps maussade et pluvieux était tout juste parfait pour elle pour simplement profiter de sa descente. Cette victoire était en quelque sorte une revanche sur le fait que le snowbordeur Américain Seth Westcott avait volé la médaille d'or au Canadien Mike Robertson le jour précédent la descente gagnante de Ricker. Bien derrière, la Française Déborah Anthonioz a remporté l'argent. Le bronze est revenu à la Suissesse Olivia Nobs qui a d&! #233;rapé mais réussi à revenir et à reste! r dans l a course.
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First Olympic gold for Bode Miller by Zuzana Zelenakova
On Sunday, American ace Bode Miller fulfilled one of his dreams when he won his first Olympic gold medal in the men´s super-combined. Miller´s winning time was 2 minutes 44.92 seconds. Ivica Kostelic from Croatia lost 0.33 second on Miller and received the silver. The bronze medal went to Switzerland´s Silvan Zurbriggen. "The gold medal is great. I think it's perfect. Ideally, that's what everyone is shooting for. But the way I skied these last races is what matters. I would've been proud of that skiing with a medal or not," Miller said after the race. Truly, his Sunday performance which he was obviously enjoying is something to be proud of. The gold for Bod! e Miller comes after he won a bronze in downhill on Monday and silver in Friday´s super-G. The public is now waiting to see what happens in two remaining events, the giant slalom and the slalom. The pressure put not only on Miller but the whole American team is enormous right now. Miller´s gold was eight medal for the USA and everyone is wondering how long are the Americans able to keep such a pace. "I don't know how long we can keep this up. It's emotionally and physically exhausting," said Miller. Miller´s winning chain in Vancouver is frequently put in contrast with what we could call 2006 Turin fiasco. Four years ago in Italy, the American athlete disappointed a lot of people when he finished only two of five races and never ranked better than fifth, not to mention his party man reputation back then. When asked he said he was enormously pressured by all those expectations from media, sponsors, fans. "In '06, I didn't really necessarily want to be there fo! r a number of reasons ... but, you know, I also didn't want to! not be there. So I was incredibly conflicted," he said.
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I have been wondering what was so interesting about Tiger Woods last days. Of course he is a golf superstar, man who never miss the hole, the one whom is believed to belong to the richest group of people in the world and the man who in his 34 years suddenly breaks up career. When you enter the life of show business, no matter in how and where, you become a public person. It means you no longer have a place to hide and there is nothing sacred about you. You don't have your privacy and the less you have, the more people buy you.This is the case of Woods, of course. Still it pisses me off why do people waste their time reading long and long articles focusing on his extramarita! l adventures. Still I do pity him and refuse to take this privacy from him. For me it doesn't matter whether he makes press conferences to assure vampire journalists that he would be a good boy, if his sponsors would pay him back his golf career.He might even use that to keep up his popularity in the time when he was off. Yes and maybe it's the similar reaction among the rest of golf player crew. Why should we care about him unless it wasn't about the game? Some players suggested they were unwilling to see him having the press conference with his ex-sponsors. Maybe it's not correct to attract the attention in the middle of ongoing Championship. But maybe Tiger Woods doesn't care for this. Maybe he just want to get back. And maybe we can skip the word maybe. He is coming back.
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Any won medal is an honor – not only for a sportsman but also for his country. It is tangible evidence of their skills and effectiveness of their techniques. It is also an honor for their trainers and a good advertising for their sponsors. Canadian snowboard rider Maelle Ricker is one of those lucky men. In snowboard cross she won gold for Canada, what made her the first Canadian woman who could taste the victory at home. This 31-year-old sportswoman was very lucky. When she fell on the first qualifying run and the weather conditions were threatening to cancel the second and final qualifying run, her qualification was in serious danger. And as she was practicing whole! year, it would be more than just misspend chance. Fortunately the decision was made to carry on with the qualifying and Ricker finally qualified in third place. By her words: “The first run was a disaster. But I went back up to the start, I refocused, I visualized. Just thought about my lines and threw down a solid run and stayed on my feet and stayed balanced.” Ricker continued that gloomy and rainy weather was just perfect for her so she could simply enjoy the ride. This victory was some kind of sporting revenge when U. S. snowboarder Seth Wescott stole the gold medal from Canadian Mike Robertson the day before Ricker’s winning run. Far behind her was France’s Deborah Anthonioz who took the silver medal. Bronze went to Switzerland’s Olivia Nobs who slipped up but then got back and stayed the course.
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Deux médailles d'or pour la France aux Jeux olympiques by Milota Sidorova
Jason Lamy-Chappuis était un autre motif pour la célébration en France. À l'âge de seulement 23 ans cet athlète moitié français moitié américain a gagné une médaille d'or au jeux olympiques à Vancouver dans la grande course de 10 kilomètres à ski également appelée le combiné nordique. La discipline est une combinaison de saut à ski et de la course de ski de fond. Lamy-Chappuis a été considéré comme candidat pour une médaille, bien que les difficultés de la piste et les conditions atmosphériques aient mélangé les positions même parmi des champions. Il a gagné deux médailles de bronze au championnat de ski nordique mondial de FIS 2009 à Liberec. Il pourrait garder la position dans la grande course individuelle de 10 kilomètres et 10 kilomètres au départ collectif. En 2007 il a gagné le Sprint de 7.5 ! kilomètres au festival de ski de Holmenkollen et a gagné deux coup mondial à Kuusamo et à Sapporo en 2006. Il n'a toujours pas réussi à le faire aux Jeux olympiques de Torino la même année. La seconde victoire d'or pour la France a été assurée par Vincent Jay qui en dépit des conditions atmosphériques désespérées a gagné le sprint de biathlon des hommes à 10 kilomètre. Comme d'habitude dans des conditions pareilles Jay a profité de son bas numéro du départ et de son tir précis. Le temps est demeuré relativement satisfaisant pour le deux-tiers de la course. La troisième partie a été marquée par une lourde neige mélangé avec la pluie qui a commencé à tomber et a causé de vrais ennuis aux rivaux. L'athlète de 24 ans est un debutant olympique dans cette discipline. L'argent est allé au Norvégien Emil! Hegle Svendsen et le bronze a demeuré au Croate Jakov Fa! k. Jay a fini en 24 minutes et 7.8 secondes. Hegle Svendson a perdu 12.2 secondes et Fak 14 secondes sur la première position.
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Mandat d'arrêt contre le cycliste Américain Landis suite à un piratage informatique by Zuzana Zelenakova
En 2006, le coureur cycliste Américain Floyd Landis a été déchu de son titre de vainqueur du Tour de France après avoir été contrôlé positif au test anti-dopage juste une semaine après la course. Pour améliorer ses performances, il avait pris une dose de testostérone de synthèse. A présent, le juge Français Thomas Cassuto du tribunal de Nanterre a émis un mandat d'arrêt contre Landis à propos du piratage informatique du laboratoire anti-dopage de Chatenay-Malabry en 2006, là où ont été testés les échantillons urinaires de Landis il y a 4 ans. "Cela signifie qu'il sera arrêté s'il vient en France." a déclaré Astrid Granoux, porte-parole du procureur du tribunal de Nanterre. Landis a soutenu que le laboratoire n'avait pas procédé au test anti-dopage correctement et que les résultats n'étaient pas fiables. Par la suite, ! Landis a été interdit de course pendant 2 ans. D'un autre côté, le directeur du laboratoire Pierre Bordry assure que les données volées dans l'ordinateur ont été manipulées et que le laboratoire aurait pu commettre des erreurs. "Il semble que Landis ait fait tout ce qu'il a pu pour entrer dans notre système informatique et essayer de prouver que le laboratoire s'était trompé. Il a montré de nombreux documents obtenus en piratant différentes instances sportives." a déclaré Bordry. "Le juge a remonté le réseau de pirates jusqu'au meneur." Un mandat national a également été émis contre Arnie Baker, l'entraîneur et conseiller de Landis. "Je ne peux parler pour Arnie mais aucune tentative formelle n'a été faite pour me contacter." a écrit Landis dans un email au LA Times lundi. " Il semble que ce soit un autre cas de preuves fabriquées par un lab! oratoire français encore fâché qu'un citoyen Am! éri cain ait cru qu'il avait le droit de confronter ses accusateurs et de se défendre." Landis est revenu au cyclisme en février dernier lors du Tour de Californie. Après la découverte du piratage de ses données, le laboratoire français a amélioré son système de sécurité informatique.
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De l'or pour la Canadienne Ricker ! by Barbora Misakova
La retransmission des Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver est le programme télévisé le plus regardé du moment. Chaque pays croise les doigts pour ses athlètes et chaque médaille remportée est largement célébrée. C'est normal puisqu'une médaille olympique représente un succès mondial. Dans l'épreuve du snowboard cross, les trois médailles sont revenues au Canada, à la France et à la Suisse. La Canadienne Maëlle Ricker a remporté la médaille d'or dans l'épreuve féminine de snowboard cross. La jeune femme de 31 ans est ainsi devenue la 1ère Canadienne à remporter une médaille d'or à domicile durant les Jeux. Mais elle a eu aussi beaucoup de chance. En tombant durant sa première course de qualification et alors que les conditions météo menaçaient d'annuler la 2e et dernière, sa place en finale était en péril. Heureusement, il fu! t décidé de maintenir la course et Ricker s'est finalement qualifiée en 3e position. Comme elle l'a expliqué :" La première course a été un désastre. Mais en reprenant le départ, je me suis re-concentrée et j'ai visualisé. J'ai juste pensé à mes marques et j'ai délivré une course solide en restant sur mes jambes, bien en équilibre." Et elle a ainsi gagné. La volonté de gagner est naturelle chez tous les êtres humains, mais elle devient encore plus forte lorsque leur victoire peut rendre leur patrie encore plus visible au reste du monde. Le fait que le jour précédent l'Américain Seth Westcott ait volé l'or au Canadien Mike Robertson était une raison de plus pour gagner ! Ricker a su inverser la mise face à Lindsey Jacobellis des Etats Unis. La pluie et le brouillard avaient rendu la neige aussi molle que de "la purée" a déclaré Jacobelli! s. Alors qu'elle était revenue sur Ricker, elle a perdu l! 'éq uilibre après une mauvaise réception et a ainsi perdu toute chance de médaille. Mais elle a aussi ajouté : "Ce n'est absolument pas la fin du monde pour moi."
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L'Angleterre bat l'Italie 17 à 12 à Rome by Magdalena Rosova
Après un match serré, l'Angleterre est finalement venue à bout de l'Italie, son hôte déterminé, avec un score de 17 à 12 à l'issue de leur rencontre au sommet dans le Tournoi des Six Nations dimanche au Stade Flaminio.L'Italie n'a jamais été aussi proche de l'emporter sur l'Angleterre pour la première fois. Les Italiens ont brillamment joué et leur jeu palpitant a tenu en haleine les supporteurs pendant tout le match.Jonny Wilkinson a joué un rôle déterminant dans cette rencontre en ratant 2 pénalités et une transformation pourtant bien placées. Malgré la piètre performance de Wilkinson, le capitaine de l'Angleterre, Steve Borthwick a déclaré que le jeu anglais avait été remarquable. La position de Borthwick comme capitaine a été remise en cause, mais le directeur Martin Johnson l'a réinvesti une semaine avant le premier match.L'Angleterre es! t déterminée à gagner tous ses matchs et l'équipe a d'ores et déjà remporté sa 2e victoire. Selon Borthwick, l'équipe anglaise avait conscience que l'Italie était une équipe dangereuse et s'était ainsi préparée à un match difficile.Borthwick a ajouté que les percées d'Ugo Monye et Delon Armitage sur les ailes avait été fantastiques et que l'Angleterre avait joué un rugby remarquable.Visiblement, l'Italie n'a pas su tiré la leçon de son précédent match contre l'Irlande car elle n'a pas amélioré ses remises en jeu, ce qui avait constitué le principal problème de l'Italie lors de la rencontre précédente.Le match a fait parfois penser à du ping-pong, mais l'Angleterre a réalisé deux percées vraiment excellentes. Pendant un moment l'Italie a mené en gagnant une balle rapide de touche dans les 22 mètres de l! 'Angleterre mais les espoirs de l'Italie ont été an&! #233;ant is 6 minutes après la reprise quand Armitage a fait une passe à Tait qui a marqué l'essai. L'Italie n'a pas su faire une percée décisive et a perdu la partie.
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A Vancouver, l'or du biathlon masculin pour la France by Zuzana Zelenakova
Le Français de 24 ans, Vincent Jay, a remporté le sprint des 10 km du biathlon dimanche avec un temps de 24 minutes 7 secondes 8 dixième. Jay classé 40e au classement des sprints en Coupe du Monde a atteint toutes ses cibles. "J'ai eu beaucoup de chance pour la météo" a déclaré Jay faisant référence à la forte neige qui a ralenti ses principaux rivaux. "Mais le tir ne vient que de moi, et n'avait rien à voir avec le climat." Emil Hegle Swedsen, le Norvégien, en ratant une cible remporte l'argent et le Croate Jakov Fak a terminé 3e et remporte le bronze. Le Norvégein a terminé à 12 secondes 2 derrière Vincent Jay et Jakov Fak était 14 secondes plus loin. Le Canadien Jean-Phillippe Le Guellec est arrivé 6e, ce qui est le meilleur résultat jamais réalisé par un bi-athlète masculin Canadien aux Jeux Olympiques. "Globalement, ce fut une course géniale, et j! e suis vraiment content." a déclaré Le Guellec juste après la course, qui espérait accéder au mieux à la 10e place. "La foule m'encourageait, réagissant après chaque cible et c'était tout simplement génial de se nourrir de leur enthousiasme." Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, le Norvégien, d'habitude considéré comme le bi-athlète le plus talentueux de tous les temps, a terminé 17e après une série de pénalités qui lui ont fait perdre 1:41.1 sur Vincent Jay. Sa performance - il a raté 3 cibles sur 5 à la première série de tirs et 1 à la seconde - a surpris beaucoup de spectateurs. Bjoerndalen a déjà remporté 5 médailles d'or aux Jeux Olympiques et 14 aux Championnats du Monde au cours de sa carrière. En ce qui concerne le palmarès des médailles olympiques remportées par la France jusqu'ici, on trouve 2 médailles d'or. Une pa! r Vincent Jay et une seconde par Jason Lamy Chappuis pour sa p! remi 2;re place à l'épreuve olympique du combiné nordique, où il a battu l'Américain, Johnny Spillane. Chappuis, âgé de 23 ans, a gagné au Stade Olympique de Whistler avec un temps de 25 minutes 47 secondes et 1 dizième laissant Spillane à 4 dixièmes de seconde derrière lui.
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Une deuxième médaille d'or en surf de neiges (snowboard cross) pour Wescott by Milota Sidorova
Le snowboardeur Américain de 33 ans, Seth Wescott, a confirmé sa suprématie dans la discipline du snowboard cross à Whistler lundi. C'est sa deuxième médaille d'or et sa 2e victoire depuis que le snowboard cross a fait son entrée comme discipline aux Jeux Olympiques. Pourtant il n'était pas attendu sur le podium. Sa saison était qualifiée de "moyenne" par le site olympique officiel. Il n'a pas vraiment démontré sa performance lors des séries et n'a pu gagné que la 4e place pour le départ, regardant ses rivaux passés devant lui. Les snowboardeurs disent que le départ est le moment crucial de cette discipline. Celui de Wescott a été parfait et il a effectué le reste de la piste sans aucune erreur. Il a dépassé le Français Tony Ramoin, son coéquipier Nate Holland et le Canadien Mike Robertson. Nate Holland a perdu la partie contre Robertson et a terminé d! ernier de la finale olympique à 4. Quant à Westcott, il savait qu'il courait pour une médaille à ces Jeux. Après sa victoire, il s'est enveloppé du drapeau militaire américain, le même drapeau qu'il avait à Turin, il y a 4 ans. Le drapeau fait mémoire à son grand-père qui a combattu lors de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et du lien très fort qui les unissait. Wescott n'est pas le seul à détenir ce genre d'amulette. Des rumeurs circulent sur la visite chez une voyante du médaillé d'argent au biathlon 10 km Emil Hegle Svendsen avant les Jeux. Elle lui aurait dit qu'il allait remporter une médaille mais qu'elle n'en voyait pas laquelle. Elle lui a conseillé de porter une amulette de cristal qu'il a porté dans sa combinaison de sport. De nombreux autres compétiteurs (notamment aux épreuves de saut masculin) affichaient également le nom de leur bien-aimée sur leurs! gants.
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Industrializácia je cesta von z krízy by Magdalena Rosova
Francúzsky renomovaný ekonóm Patrick Artus, vedúci výskumu vo francúzskej banke Natixis, nám radí veriť, že kríza je už za nami. Artus je spoluautorom knihy nesúcej francúzsky názov Sorties de crise, ktorá nedávno vyšla vo Francúzsku a pojednáva o možných únikových stratégiách z krízy. Podľa Artusa robíme dve hlavné chyby. Je dôležite si uvedomiť, že ekonomika opäť rastie, bohaté krajiny majú veľké rozpočtové deficity a nulové úrokové sadzby. Avšak väčšina verí, že zlepšenie neprichádza, pretože svetový trh je stále tridsať percent pod úrovňou pred krízou, investície klesajú a nezamestnanosť stúpa. Artus tvrdí, že prvá chyba je nazeranie na ! dianie z tohto uhla. Ďalšou chybou je domnienka, že zažívame finančnú krízu, avšak Artus tvrdí, že ide o krízu celkovej ekonomiky. Za posledných desať rokov sa väčšina priemyselnej produkcia bohatých krajín presunula do lacnejších krajín. Bohatšie krajiny stratili pracovné miesta pre kvalifikovaných a vzdelaných zamestnancov, ktorí dostali menej hodnotné pracovné miesta. Depresia dosiahla svoje maximum, a teraz je potrebné uvedomiť si, že priemysel zmizol z ekonomík bohatých krajín. Keď sa pozrieme na štruktúru pohybu krízy, uvidíme ústup priemyslu a výmenu kvalifikovaných pracovných miest za nekvalifikované. Artus tvrdí, že ľudia klesli v rebríčku a dostali pracovné miesta s menším príjmom. Artus ď! ;alej zdôrazňuje, že finančná krí! ;za je p rirodzeným výsledkom toto, že financie sa využívali na prekonanie medzery v skutočnej ekonomike. Riešenie krízy Artus vidí v obnovení industrializácie krajín, čo však nie je jednoduché, pretože krajiny dnes musia súťažiť s lacnejšími produktmi z menších krajín a z Číny. Preto potrebujú bohatšie krajiny priniesť na trh nové sofistikovanejšie produkty. Podľa Artusa je Nemecko príkladom bohatej priemyselnej krajiny. 25 percent Nemcov pracuje v priemysle, zatiaľ čo vo Francúzsku je to 13 a v Spojených štátoch iba 8 percent.
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Finále Snoboard cross. Američan Wescott obhájil prvenstvo pred kanaďanom Robertsonom a francúzom Ramoinom. by Milota Sidorova
V piaty deň olympiády v kanadsom Vancouveri boj o medaily prituhuje. Na prvom mieste v počte umiestnení stojí Nemecko s 9 medailami (3 zlaté, 4 strieborné, 2 bronzové), svoju dominanciu potvrdzujú aj Spojené Štáty s 8 medailami (2 zlatými, 2 striebornými a 4 bronzovými) pred Francúzskom, ktoré so ziskom 7 medailí zaostáva za Štátmi len o jednu striebornú medailu. Favorizovaná Kanada, ktorá až doteraz nikdy nezískala zlato počas vlastnej olympiády sa umiestnila na štvrtom mieste, pred Kóreou, Švajčiarskom a Č! 7;nou, ktorá prišla s jednou z najväčších olympíjských výprav. V pondelok sa vo Whistleri konala súťaž zjazdového snowboardingu (snowboard cross). Hoci má táto mladá disciplína na konte len dve olympiády, je nepochybne jednou z najatraktívnejších športových podujatí hier. Snowboard cross doteraz poznal len jedného víťaza. Je ním američan Seth Wescott, ktorý vo finále porazil kanaďana Mikea Robertsona, tímového kolegu Natea Hollanda a francúza Tonyho Ramoina. Robertson, ktorý v cieli zaostal len o polovicu dĺžky snowboardu, získal druhé miesto a len 21 ročný francúz obsadil bronzovú pozíciu. Ramoin na dráhe predbehol Hollanda, ktorý neudržal balans a zrútil sa. Hoci sa obhajoba titulu môže zdať očakávanou, Wes! cott mal túto sezónu vážnejšie probl&! #233;my. Na decembrovom šampionáte v Colorade si zranil panvovú kosť a nemohol kráčať takmer dva týždne. Podľa tlačových správ musel, až do konca januára užívať lieky na utíšenie bolesti. Ako sa pred časom vyjadril, ak by šlo o ďalší šampionát, nebol by sa zúčastnil. Na programe však boli Olympíjske hry a to nemohol odmietnuť. Po nevydarených tréningových jazdách a kvalifikácii si vybojoval štart len zo štvrtej série. Napriek tomu, nepokazil štart, ktorý je rozhodujúcim okamihom celej jazdy. Hladko došiel do cieľa. V kvalifikačnej pätici štartoval aj s ďalším kanaďanom Robertom Faganom, ktorému sa však do finále nepodarilo prebojovať.
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Francúzsky sudca vydal zatykač na amerického cyklistu Floyda Landisa by Zuzana Zelenakova
V roku 2006 bola americkému cyklistovi Floydovi Landisovi odobraná zlatá medaila za víťazstvo v pretekoch Tour de France. Dôvodom bol pozitívny výsledok jeho antidopingových testov. Necelý týždeň po pretekoch bola v jeho moči zistená prítomnosť syntetického testosterónu. Teraz francúzsky sudca Thomas Cassuto z parížskej štvrti Nanterre vydal na Landisa zatykač v súvislosti s únikom informácií z počítača v antidopingových laboratóriách Chateney-Malabry z roku 2006. Pred štyrmi rokmi boli práve v t! ýchto laboratóriách testované vzorky Landisovho moču. „Znamená to, že pokiaľ sa ukáže vo Francúzsku bude zatknutý,“ okomentovala nariadenie hovorkyňa štátneho zástupcu Astrid Granouxová. Landis sa obhajoval tvrdením, že laboratóriá pri spomínaných antidopingových testoch zanedbali svoje povinnosti a výsledky tak nie sú dôveryhodné. V dôsledky tejto aféry dostal Landis na dva roky zákaz závodne bicyklovať. Na druhej strane, riaditeľ laboratórií Pierre Bordry tvrdil, že informácie ukradnuté z počítača boli upravené, aby to vyzeralo tak, že laboratóriá spravili chybu. „Zdá sa, že Landis urobil všetko pre to, aby sa dostal do nášho počítačového systému a dokázal tak, že chyba! je na našej strane. Pri rôznych športovýc! h pr 7;ležitostiach sa oháňal dokumentmi, ktoré získal nepovoleným vstupom do nášho počítača,“ povedal Bordry. „Cez sieť hackerov sa sudca dostal až k pôvodcovi.“ Zatykač bol vydaný takisto na Arnieho Bakera, Landisovho dlhoročného poradcu a trénera. „Nemôžem hovoriť za Arnieho, no mňa nikto oficiálne nekontaktoval,“ napísal Landis do e-mailu, ktorý v pondelok poslal do redakcie Los Angeles Times. „Zdá sa, že ide o ďalší prípad falošných dôkazov zo strany francúzskych laboratórií, ktorým sa nepáči, že občan Spojených štátov amerických si dovolil domáhať sa práva postaviť sa zoči-voči svojim žalobcom a obhajovať sa.“ Landis sa vrátil k cyklistike vo februári m! inulého roku na pretekoch Tour of California. Čo sa týka bezpečnosti v laboratóriách Chateney-Malabry, po zistení úniku informácií boli počítačové bezpečnostné systémy značne posilnené.
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Zlato pre Kanaďanku Rickerovú! by Barbora Misakova
Po tieto dni sú azda najsledovanejším programom v televízii práve Zimné Olympijské hry vo Vancouveri. Každá krajina na svete drží palce svojim športovcom a každá jedna vyhraná medaila je veľkolepo oslavovaná. Nakoľko je medaila z Olympiády považovaná za celosvetový úspech, niet divu, že po nej bažia všetci športovci bez rozdielu pohlavia, veku či zamerania. V snowboardkrose poputovali tri medaily do Kanady, Francúzska a Švajčiarska. Kanaďanka Maelle Rickerová vyhrala zlatú medailu, striebornú získ! ala Deborah Anthonioz a bronzovú Švajčiarka Olivia Nobs. Tridsaťjeden ročná Rickerová sa stala prvou Kanaďankou, ktorá vyhrala zlatú medailu z Olympiády na domácej pôde. No mala tiež aj kus šťastia. Keď v prvom kvalifikačnom kole spadla a nepriaznivé počasie ohrozovalo pokračovanie ďalších kôl, jej kvalifikácia bola ohrozená. Našťastie rozhodnutie pokračovať jej umožnilo sa nielen kvalifikovať, ale v konečnom dôsledku aj vyhrať. Ako sama povedala: „Prvé kolo bola pohroma. Ale postavila som sa znovu na štart, sústredila som sa a vybavila som si trať. Len som myslela na svoju trasu a hodila som jej rukavicu, zostala som na nohách, vyrovnaná.“ A tak sa jej podarilo vyhrať zlato. Túžba vyhrať je ľudstvu prirodzená, o to viac ak v&! #237;ťazstvo zviditeľní rodnú zem v oč! ;iach os tatného sveta. Navyše deň pred tým, Američan Seth Wescott vyfúkol spred nosa zlatú medailu Kanaďanovi Mikeovi Robertsonovi, čo bolo ďalším dôvodom na výhru. Rickerová tak ukázala Američanke Lindsey Jacobellisovej, ako sa to robí. Dážď a hmla spôsobili, že sneh bol jemný ako „zemiaková kaša“ povedala Jacobellisová. Hoci bola v blízkom závese za Rickerovou, napokon stratila rovnováhu po jednom nevydarenom pristátí a tým aj šancu na výhru medaily. Ako však sama dodala: „Pre mňa to nie je koniec sveta!“
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England won over Italy 17-12 in Rome by Magdalena Rosova
After a tight game England finally overcame a stubborn host Italy 17-12 in their Six Nations clash at the Stadio Flaminio last Sunday. Italy got as close as ever to its first victory against England. Italians played really great and the thrilling game kept fans on the edge of their seats for the whole time. Jonny Wilkinson played an important part in the exciting game as he missed two penalties and a conversion, all from good positions. In spite of Jonny's ridiculous performance, England captain Steve Borthwick said that the English game had been impressive. Borthwick's position as captain was threatened, but manager Martin Johnson re-appointed him a week before the firs! t match. England is determined to win every match and now the team have won the second one. According to Borthwick, the English team had realized Italy was big rival and therefore they had been prepared for tough match. Borthwick added that breaks by Ugo Monye and Delon Armitage down the flanks had been fantastic and England had played some outstanding rugby. Apparently, Italy did not take lesson from the previous match against Ireland as it did not improve the line-out which was Italy's mayor problem in the previous game. The game reminded of ping-pong at times, but England made a couple of really good breaks. For a while Italy took the lead when it won quick line-out ball in England's 22, but Italy's hopes were hit six minutes after the restart when Armitage sent the ball to Tait to streak home. Italy did not managed to make a decisive break and lost the game.
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Snowboard cross finals. Wescott grabs gold in front of silver Robertson and bronze Ramoin. by Milota Sidorova
On the fifth day of Olympics we can say, the medal race is getting tougher. The first position belongs to Germany with nine medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze), the second place goes to the U.S with 8 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) and the first trinity is closed by France with total account of 7 medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze). Favorized Canada is on the fourth place, in front of Korea, Switzerland and China that came with one of the biggest expedition.Snowboard cross final.Tony Ramoin grabbed the fourth bronze medal for France in this new event on Olympic Games. Snowboard cross has become an official Olympic discipline in Torino, four years ago. So far, it has! had the same winner. The American Seth Wescott won both finals, leaving behind Mike Robertson of Canada, his team-mate Nate Holland who ended up on fourth place. Tony Ramoin arrived into the finish line after Holland couldn't balance and failed. It is the first important victory for 21 years-old Frenchman. Wescott is already 33 years-old and far more experienced, although his season was qualified as “average”. In December he injured his pelvis during a race in Colorado and couldn't walk for two weeks. According the press he was on pain-killers until late January (X Games tournament). Wescott said due injuries he wouldn't have started another Championship. Fortunately or not, the next point on the program were Olympic Games. He won the final only half board length against Robertson. As he said, he didn't missed the start – the crucial moment of whole ride. Wescott rode in the fourth ride along with Ramoin, Robertson, Holland and Robert Fagan, another Canad! ian who didn't make it into the final race.
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Arrest warrant for American cyclist Landis due to computer hacking by Zuzana Zelenakova
In 2006, the American cyclist Floyd Landis was stripped of the winning title of Tour de France after his anti-doping test results came out positive less than a week after the race. To enhance his performance he took a dose of synthetic testosterone. Now, the French judge Thomas Cassuto from Paris suburd of Nanterre has issued an arrest warrant on Landis due to computer hacking at the Chateney-Malabry anti-doping laboratory back in 2006. In the lab samples of Landis´ urine were tested four years ago. “That means he would be arrested if he came to France,” Astrid Granoux, the prosecutor´s spokeswoman from Nanterre office. Landis argued that the lab did ! not carry out the anti-doping test properly and the results cannot be trusted. In the aftermath, Landis was banned from cycling for two years. On the other hand, the lab´s director Pierre Bordry claimed the data stolen from the computer were manipulated so that the lab would seem to have made errors. "It seems that (Landis) made all he could to enter into our computer system to try to prove the laboratory was wrong. He showed many documents he got by hacking to numerous sporting instances," Bordry said. "The judge traced a network of hackers back to the ringleader." A national warrant was issued also for Arnie Baker, Landis´ coach and adviser. "I can't speak for Arnie, but no attempt has been made to formally contact me," Landis said in an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times on Monday. "It appears to be another case of fabricated evidence by a French lab who is still upset a United States citizen believed he should have the right to face his accusers and defend himsel! f." Landis returned back to cycling last February at the Tour ! of Calif ornia. After the discovery of the computer breach the French lab improved its security computer systems.
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Winter Olympic Games are the most watched program on the TV these days. Every country around the world is keep its fingers crossed for their sportsmen and any won medal is widely celebrated. It’s no surprise, as a medal from Olympics is a worldwide success. In snowboard cross three medals went to Canada, France and Switzerland. Canadian Maelle Ricker won the women’s snowboard cross gold medal. This 31-year-old women became the first Canadian woman who won a gold medal at home in the Olympics. But she was also lucky. When she fell on the first qualifying run and the weather conditions were threatening to cancel the second and final qualifying run, her qualificati! on was in danger. Fortunately the decision was made to carry on with the qualifying, so Ricker finally qualified in third place. As she said: “The first run was a disaster. But I went back up to the start, I refocused, I visualized. Just thought about my lines and threw down a solid run and stayed on my feet and stayed balanced.” And so she won. Desire to win is natural to all humans, but it is even stronger when the victory could make their homeland visible to the rest of the world. The day before U. S. snowboarder Seth Wescott stole the gold medal from Canadian Mike Robertson what was another reason why to win! Ricker turned the tables on Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States. Rain and fog caused that snow was as soft as “mashed potatoes” said Jacobellis. Even though she was very close to Ricker, she lost her balance after a bad landing and so lost also chance to win. But as she added: “It’s definitely not the end of the world for me.! ”
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Deux médailles d'or pour la France aux Jeux Olympiques by Milota Sidorova
Jason Lamy-Chappuis a été un réel motif de satisfaction en France. A seulement 23 ans, cet athlète moitié Américain, moitié Français a gagné une médaille d'or aux Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver à l'épreuve du combiné nordique. Cette discipline est une combinaison de saut à ski et de ski nordique. Lamy-Chappuis partait favori pour une médaille, bien que les difficultés de la piste et les conditions météo aient chamboulé les positions même parmi les champions. Il avait gagné 2 médailles de bronze lors des championnats du monde de ski nordique FIS en 2009 à Liberec. Il a maintenu sa position dans l'épreuve individuelle au grand tremplin puis dans les 10 km départ groupé. En 2007, il remportait le sprint de 7,5 km au festival de ski de Holmenkollen ainsi que 2 coupes du monde à Kuusamo et Sapporo en 2006. Pourtant il n'était pas parvenu à! participer aux Jeux Olympiques de Turin la même année. La deuxième médaille d'or de la France a été remportée par Vincent Jay qui malgré des conditions météo exécrables a gagné le sprint 10 km messieurs de l'épreuve du biathlon. Comme il est coutume dans de telles circonstances, Jay a su tiré parti de son ordre de passage parmi les premiers et d'un tir précis. Le temps s'est maintenu suffisamment pour les 2 premiers tiers de son parcours. Au 3e tour, une forte neige mêlée de pluie s'est mise à tomber et a perturbé ses rivaux. L'athlète de 24 ans est un débutant dans cette discipline. L'argent est revenu au Norvégien Emil Hegle Svendsen et le bronze au Croate Jakov Fak. Jay a terminé en 24 minutes et 7,8 secondes. Hegle Svendson lui a concédé 12,2 secondes et Fak 14 secondes.
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The Second Snowboard Cross Gold Medal for Wescott. by Milota Sidorova
33-year-old American snowboarder Seth Wescott confirmed his mastership in snowboard cross discipline in Whistler on Monday. It is his second gold medal and his second victory since snowboard cross has been included within olympic sports. According the papers, Wescott wasn't expected to win. This season was cited as “average” by the Olympic official web site. He didn't show much of his performance on trials so he was able to get only the fourth start round, watching his rivals go in front.Snowboarders say that the start is the crucial moment in this discipline. Wescott made it perfect and balanced the rest of the track with making no mistake. He overtook Tony Ram! oin of France his team-mate Nate Holland and Canadian Mike Robertson. Nate Holland lost the battle with Robertson and took the last place in four-men Olympic final. As for Wescott, he knew he was regarding Olympics with a medal taste. After he won, he wrapped himself in the U.S. military flag, the same flag he got in Torino, four years ago. The flag is a memory on his grandfather who fought in WWII and represents strong relationship between them. Wescott is not the only one to have kind of amulet. Silver medalist in the 10 km normal hill biathlon Emil Hegle Svendsen is rumored for a visit to a fortune teller before Olympics. She told him he was going to take a medal, but she didn't know the color. She advised him to wear the crystal amulet that he was wearing inside his sport overall. Many other competitions (for example on men's jump) were also wearing the names of their beloved written on the gloves.
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Vancouver men´s biathlon gold for France by Zuzana Zelenakova
The 24-year-old French Vincent Jay became the winner in the biathlon 10-kilometre sprint on Sunday with time of 24 minutes and 7.8 seconds. Jay ranked 40th in the World Cup sprint standings hit all his targets. "I was very lucky as far the weather conditions," said Jay referring to heavy snowfall slowing down his main rivals. "But the shooting was all my doing, and had nothing to do with the climate." Emil Hegle Swedsen from Norway missing one target took the silver and Croatia´s Jakov Fak finished third winning the bronze. The Norwegian ended up 12.2 seconds behind Vincent Jay, Jakov Fak was 14 seconds behind. Canadian Jean-Phillippe Le Guellec arrived sixth, which i! s the best result achieved by a Canadian male biathlete at any Olympics. "All in all, it was an awesome race, and I'm really happy," said right after the race Le Guellec, who was originally hoping for the top ten spot at best. "The crowd was behind me, reacting to each target and it was just awesome to feed off of them." Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway generally considered the most successful biathlete of all time ended up 17th after series of penalties loosing 1:41.1 on Vincent Jay. His performance – he missed three out of five shots in the first shooting stage and one in the second – was bit of a surprise for the audience. Bjoerndalen has won five Olympic Gold medals and fourteen World Championship Gold medals so far in his carrier. When it comes to Olympic medal standings of France so far, it has two golden medals. One by Vincent Jay and the second by Jason Lamy Chappuis for the first place in the Olympic Nordic combined event, where he beat American Johnny S! pillane. 23-year-old Chappuis won at Whistler Olympic Park wit! h a time of 25 minutes and 47.1 seconds leaving Spillane four-tens of a second behind.
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Druhé zlato pre amerického snowboardistu Setha Wescotta by Milota Sidorova
Hovorí sa, že kto získa zlato na olympíjskych hrách, je slávny. Kto získa zlato dvakrát za sebou, prekročí hranice slávy, a kto ho zopakuje trikrát, zapíše sa do histórie.Dve tretiny tohoto príslovia sa splnili americkému snowboardistovi Sethovi Wescottovi, ktorý tak, ako na minulých hrách v Turíne, tak v olympíjskom Whistleri získal zlatú medailu v disciplíne zjazdovom snoboardingu (snowboard cross). Papierovo Wescott medzi horúcich kandidátov na zlato isto nepatril. Oficiálna olympíjska stránka hodnotí jeho sezónu! prívlastkom “priemerný”. Priemerný však isto nebol zjazd vo finále súťaže, kde po bezchybnom štarte a pochybeniach súperov dokázal zvíťaziť. Na druhé miesto odsunul kanaďana Mikea Robertsona, tretí ostal Tony Ramoin z Francúzska a posledný skončil taktiež američan, Nate Holland.Vo finále, kedy z jedného štartu vyšlalen najlepšia štvorica, Nate Holland prehral súboj s favorizovaným kanaďanom.Wescottovi sa na tréningových jazdách a v kvalifikácii príliš nedarilo, vyslúžil si až štvrtý rozbeh.Napriek všetkému dokázal zvíťaziť. Tesne potom vytiahol americkú, starú armádnu vlajku, do ktorej sa zabalil. Je to vraj spomienka po starom otcovi, ktorý bojoval v druhej svetovej vojne. Wescott ju vytiahol aj po ví! ;ťazstve v Turíne. Vraví, že to nie je len! spomien ka, ale aj istý druh talizmanu.Nuž, aj športovci majú svoje nádeje. Povráva sa, že strieborný medailista Nór Emil Hegle Svendsen pred Olympiádou navštívil vešticu, ktorá mu predpovedala medailu. Nevedela však, ktorú získa. Dala Svendsenovi kryštál, ktorý odvtedy nosí pri každých pretekoch, skrytú vnútri kombinézy.Športovci sú okrem športovcov aj ľudmi so strachmi, nádejami a vzťahmi. Táto stránka je vo chvíľach víťazstva extrémne dojemná. Slovenská zlatá medailistka Anastasia Kuzminová po prekročení víťaznej rovinky padla na kolená a zdravila svojho malého synčeka. Na tejto olympiáde mali mnohí skokani na lyžiach mená svojich najbližších napísané na rukaviciach, ktorými neskô! r mávali do kamery...
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Two golds for France on the Olympic Games. by Milota Sidorova
Jason Lamy-Chappuis was a certain cause for celebration back in France. Only 23 years old half American half French athlete won a gold medal in Vancouver Olympic Games in the 10 km individual normal hill also called Nordic ski. The discipline is a combination of ski jumping and the cross country run. Lamy-Chappuis was considered a hot spot for a medal, although the difficulty of the track and the weather conditions messed the positions even among champions. He won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2009 in Liberec. He could hold the position in the 10 km individual large-hill and 10 km mass-start event. In 2007 he won 7.5 km sprint in Holmenkollen sk! i festival and won two World Cup at Kuusamo and Sapporo in 2006. Still he didn't succeed to make it to Torino Olympic Games the same year.Second golden victory for France was assured by Vincent Jay who despite of desperate weather conditions won in the 10 km men sprint biathlon event. As usually in occasions like this Jay profited from his early running number and clear shooting. The weather remained relatively sufficient for the two thirds of his ride. The third lap the heavy snow mixed with the rain started to fall and caused real troubles to rivals. 24 years old athlete is an Olympic debutant in this discipline. The silver went to Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen and bronze stayed for Croatian Jakov Fak. Jay finished in 24 minutes and 7.8 seconds. Hegle Svendson lost 12.2 seconds and Fak 14 seconds on the first position.
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Les Colts d'Indianapolis affrontent les Saints de la Nouvelle Orléans pour le Super Bowl by Magdalena Rosova
Qui sera le prochain gagnant du Super Bowl ? Bien que les Colts aient 5 points d'avance, les Saints se battront pour les vaincre.Les deux équipes rivales du Super Bowl, Indianapolis et la Nouvelle Orléans, vont s'affronter pour le titre de la Ligue Nationale de Football Américain. Des célébrations ont d'ailleurs déjà commencé à travers tout le sud de la Floride.Après plus de 43 saisons médiocres, les Saints disputent aujourd'hui leur premier Super Bowl. Ils vont sans aucun doute se battre avec ardeur afin de remporter le titre pour leurs fans inconditionnels de la Nouvelle Orléans, ville qui est toujours en reconstruction après l'ouragan dévastateur de Katrina en 2005.L'excitation fébrile du quart-arrière vedette des Saints, Drew Brees, a fait place à une assurance sereine. Brees a déclaré : "Un petit peu de nervosité, de trac, est ce qui vous donne ce petit avantage. Ces pinc! ements à l'estomac, doucement à mesure que la semaine passe, s'estompent et ce qui les remplace est la confiance." Brees s'est préparé à la rencontre en visualisant le match pour être prêt dans les moments cruciaux.Indianapolis s'est déplacé dans un hotel tenu secret alors que les Colts veulent se détendre avant l'affrontement. Si on gamberge trop sur un match, et qu'on réalise que c'est la plus grosse opportunité de sa vie, alors il est bien difficile de dormir et de se relaxer.En 2007, les Colts ont remporté le Super Bowl dans le même stade que cette année. Le quart-arrière vedette des Colts, Peyton Manning, espère bien dormir comme il l'a fait avant le match de 2007. Manning a déclaré que le repos était important, et que, dimanche, il compte étudier un peu le jeu avant le match en soirée.Pour la première fois de l'histoire du Super Bowl, les motifs sur le te! rrain inclueront la fleur de lys noir et or symbole de la Nouv! elle Orl éans en reconstruction. Ce symbole est également celui de l'équipe des Saints.
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