February 22, 2010
By Erik Matuszewski and Michael Buteau Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Germany won three medals today at the Winter Olympics to pull within three of the U.S. atop the standings in Vancouver. The German women’s cross-country ski team took gold in the team sprint event, while the men’s team took silver in the same competition. Germany’s Tim Tschanke, 20, became the youngest cross-country skier to win an Olympic medal. Earlier in the day, Germany’s men’s ski jumping team won silver in the team event. Germany has 21 total medals, including seven golds, on the 11th day of the competition. The U.S. leads with 24. In women’s cross-country skiing, Claudia Nystad, 32, outraced Sweden’s Anna Haag, 23, to the finish line to give her and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle a final time of 18 minutes, 3.7 seconds, .06 seconds ahead of Haag and Charlotte Kalla. Russia won the bronze. Nystad and Sachenbacher-Stehle tied a German record for most Olympic medals in cross-country skiing. On the men’s side, Norway won the gold as Petter Northug sprinted past Axel Teichmann of Germany in the final portion of the race. Russia took the bronze. “It feels great,” Northug said. “It’s like a dream for me to be an Olympic champion.” In men’s ski jumping, Austria’s Gregor Schlierenzauer , 20, capped the victory with a final jump of 146.5 meters as the country defended its title from the 2006 Turin Games with 1,107.9 points, the highest total in Olympic team history. Norway took bronze. Austrian Medals With the victory, Austria’s Thomas Morgenstern won his third Olympic gold medal, adding to two he received in 2006. “It is unbelievable to be a three-time Olympic champion,” Morgenstern told reporters. “I will need some time to realize that.” The gold medal moves Austria into a tie with Canada for fifth place with nine medals. Norway is third with 14, followed by Russia at 10. The ice dance competition is the last medal to be awarded today at about 9 p.m. from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Yesterday, U.S. skier Bode Miller began the day by winning his first Olympic gold medal. The U.S. men’s ice hockey team finished it off by ending a 50-year winless drought against Canada. The hockey match was the most-watched sporting event in Canada’s history, with 10.6 million average viewers, or about a third of the population, broadcaster CTV said in an e-mailed statement. To contact the reporter on this story: Erik Matuszewski in Whistler, British Columbia, at matuszewski@bloomberg.net , and Michael Buteau in Vancouver, at mbuteau@bloomberg.net .
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November 15, 2009
By Dan Baynes Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Tiger Woods won the Australian Masters golf tournament after shooting a 4-under-par final round to take his first career victory in the country. Woods, the world’s top-ranked player, finished with a 14- under par total of 274 at Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club, two shots ahead of Australian Greg Chalmers. Playing his first event in Australia for 11 years and fourth in total, Woods entered the final round in a three-way tie for the lead after carding an even-par 72 yesterday. He made amends with five birdies on the last day. Woods collected A$270,000 ($252,000) of the tournament’s A$1.5 million prize pool. He was also presented with the champion’s gold jacket for the victory, which followed six wins on the U.S. PGA Tour this year.
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