Topic: Winter Sports
Jeremy Wotherspoon, a Canadian speedskater who won a record 67 World Cup victories but was unable to capture Olympic gold, announced his retirement on Saturday to become a sprint coach in Germany. Wotherspoon set the 500-meter world record of 34.03 seconds in 2007 at Salt Lake City and has won more World Cup starts than any male skater but ...
Canadian speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon retired Saturday after a career in which he was one of the sport's great sprinters but never reached the heights on the Olympic stage. The 33-year-old long-track skater said in a statement he'll become the sprint coach of a new ...
Double Olympic champion Maria Riesch finished third in Saturday's slalom at the World Cup finals to win the overall slalom title for the second season running. Austria's Marlies Schild, who took the silver medal at last month's Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, won the slalom here with the fastest time of 1min 49.57sec with Austria's ...
