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Heartbreak for Sven Kramer Benjamin Alldritt
Weather conditions were extremely changeable, but McIvor excelled in the second round, quarter-finals and semifinals. She was the lone Canadian in the big final, although Serwa won the small final for a very respectable fifth place finish in her first Olympic appearance. McIvor’s boyfriend and fellow ski cross racer Chris Del Bosco fell in the last stretches of the same course Sunday, costing himself a bronze medal. But McIvor would make no mistake. She led the final four skiers out of the gate and
balldritt@nsnews.com Putting a single foot wrong cost the Netherland’s Sven Kramer a gold medal, a world record and a shot at the history books in men’s 10,000-metre speed skating Tuesday. Kramer was on pace to blow away the world record in the most gruelling of the skating events. With five laps remaining, Kramer’s coach called out for him to move into the inside lane. But he had been distracted writing down split times and had gotten mixed up. As soon as Kramer strayed into Russian Ivan Skobrev’s lane, he was disqualified. Kramer continued his fantastic skate, only to be told of the error after finishing. South Korea’s Seung-Hoon Lee reaped the reward, taking a gold medal for his skate, which was itself a new Olympic record. Skobrev took silver and Dutchman Bob de Jong took bronze. Kramer was bidding to become the first skater to win three long-track golds at a single Games since 1994. At the Whistler Sliding Centre, Canada is in a strong position after two runs in the women’s bobsleigh. Canadian duo Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse are holding down first place and Helen Upperton
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Canada’s Ashleigh McIvor (centre) won gold in the women’s ski cross at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, Tuesday. McIvor is flanked by silver finisher Hedda Berntsen (left) from Norway and France’s Marion Josserand.
McIvor a golden girl Benjamin Alldritt
balldritt@nsnews.com Canada won its sixth gold medal and 11th overall Tuesday courtesy of ladies’ ski cross racer Ashleigh McIvor. McIvor, a 26-year-old Vancouverite, is the first ever medallist in ladies’ ski cross, which is new to the Olympic program and like its snowboard cousin, pits four racers against each other down a challenging course of turns, obstacles and jumps. The reigning world champion, McIvor posted the second-fastest qualification time at Cypress Mountain, followed by 20-year-old teammate Kelsey Serwa in fourth.
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Can’t skate, Can’t dress Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are more than just Olympic champions — they’re also fashion heroes. In a scathing post about ice dancing fashion, the Fug Girls of gofugyourself.com wrote that Canada’s new darlings, “look so CLASSY and elegant. Which is not something I have EVER said about ice dancing, ever, in my entire life.” The Russian team of Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, on the other hand, appeared as if, “they just escaped from a straight-to-DVD sequel to Conan the Barbarian, in which Conan becomes a vampire who spends a lot of time in Miami Beach.”
Can we quote you on that? Two West Van students from Argyle secondary joined 18 other cub reporters from across Canada to cover and report on the first week of the Games. The best of their work is posted on fyicanada.ca. See story page 3.
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