RFI – Basketball star Brittney Griner blazed a trail as a US Olympic champion and LGBTQ pioneer before her career was abruptly disrupted by her arrest and imprisonment in Moscow in a Cold War-style standoff between the United States and Russia. The 32-year-old’s nine-month ordeal — which unfolded against the backdrop of soaring tensions over […]readmore
RFI – Washington (AFP) – La estrella del baloncesto estadounidense Brittney Griner, que permaneció detenida en Rusia durante nueve meses, fue liberada el jueves en el marco de un intercambio de prisioneros con el traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout, encarcelado durante diez años en Estados Unidos. El intercambio tuvo lugar el jueves en el aeropuerto […]readmore
RFI – María Carolina Piña El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden confirmó que la basquetbolista “está a salvo” y en camino de regreso a su país. Estados Unidos y Rusia intercambiaron prisioneros este jueves 8 de diciembre, entre ellos la estrella del baloncesto estadounidense Brittney Griner y el traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout, según anunciaron respectivamente […]readmore
CNN – (CNN Español) — Brittney Griner, quien fue liberada este jueves tras su detención en Rusia en febrero de este año, es una de las grandes estrellas del baloncesto femenino de Estados Unidos y es, además, una figura que se ha abierto camino en escenarios tan dispares como los murales callejeros de Phoenix y la Casa Blanca. […]readmore
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu gave a virtuoso display to set a new world record score of 101.45 for the short programme in the men’s figure skating at the Iceberg Skating Palace. Skating to «Parisian Walkways» by Gary Moore the 19-year old served up a quad toeloop, triple axel and triple lutz-triple toeloop combination, in a routine […]readmore
Evgeni Plushenko, the Russian figure skating star, retired on Thursday from the men’s singles competition, citing medical reasons . After winning gold in the team competition on the weekend, Plushenko suffered a fall trying to do the triple axel jump in a warm up for the short program and immediately grabbed his back . He […]readmore
Sharp-shooting French biathlete Martin Fourcade won his second gold medal of Sochi 2014 with a stylish victory in in the men’s individual 20km event. Having already triumphed in the pursuit, Fourcade, the reigning world champion in the 20km, became the first French athlete to win two golds at a single Winter Games since Jean-Claude Killy at […]readmore
Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland claimed gold in the women’s the 10km classic style, obliterating the field to end a sequence of victories for Norwegian athletes. Kowalczyk more than justified her status as favourite in the gruelling time trial event, finishing the race in 28 minutes 17.8 seconds, a colossal 18.4 seconds ahead of her nearest […]readmore
Day seven kicks off at Rosa Khutor with the men’s super combined. From there it’s on to the Laura Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Centre for cross-country skiing and the men’s 15km classic, to be followed by the women’s 15km individual biathlon event. The spotlight then falls on the Sanki Sliding Centre, where the medals will […]readmore
Germany’s Eric Frenzel showed just why he is the current world number one, keeping his cool amid spring-like temperatures to storm to Olympic gold in the Nordic combined at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Centre Starting first after winning the morning’s ski jumping on the normal hill, the current world number one took the lead in the 10km cross […]readmore