Thursday, February 13, 2014
Robin Szolkowy - Figure Skater
Robin Szolkowy (born 14 July 1979) is a German pair skater. With partner Aliona Savchenko, he is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a four-time (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) World Champion, a four-time (2007–2009, 2011) European Champion, a three-time (2007, 2010, 2011) Grand Prix Final Champion, and a seven-time (2004–2009, 2011) German National Champion.
Savchenko and Szolkowy scored the first 10.0 ever given by a judge under the ISU Judging System.
Szolkowy was born in Greifswald, Rostock district, East Germany. His mother, a nurse, met his father, a Tanzanian medical doctor, when the latter was a student in Greifswald. Although he had seen photos of his father, the two did not meet until March 2008, in Vienna, Austria.
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February 13th is World Radio Day
World Radio Day — a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves.
Why You Should Be Totally Obsessed With British TV Hunk Dan Osborne
A finalist in the British celebrity diving show Splash and star in reality show The Only Way Is Essex, Dan’s beauty is NOT for the faint of heart.
From: Buzz Feed
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The Unflattering Olympics Faces You Just Have To See
While the men's single figure skaters are all about glam and fashion to add good looks on the ice, these pictures of them during their skates clearly are not about looking good.
From: Cosmopolitan
The 27 Best Olympic Bulges
From: Cosmopoltion
Koen Verweij
Netherlands
Koen Verweij (born 26 August 1990 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch speedskater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union (KNSB) to the commercial team of TVM.
The 10 Hottest Winter Olympians Of The Past 10 Winter Games
From: The Backlot
Strap on your curling skates, because we’re taking a hot trip down a cold memory lane: the 10 hottest men from the past 10 Winter Olympic games.
1976
John Curry, the balletic Briton
1976 was a magical time where if you were a male figure skater, you might find yourself dressing like Laurie Partridge in order to win a gold medal. Such was the case with John Curry.
During the second Innsbruck games, the men’s figure skating competition was a pretty open field, but the British skater known for his balletic style and graceful extensions soundly won with a knockout performance. He’d been outed in a German tabloid before his Olympic triumph, but the media largely ignored his sexual orientation until he gave a tell-all interview in the early ’90s about his AIDS diagnosis. He died in 1994, but he left behind a legacy as the sleek, gay Mick Jagger of the ice.
Instagratification: 9 Hotties Dominating Social Media
From: Boy Culture
Alex Wong
This gifted dancer might be a familiar face thanks to his stint in Newsies on Broadway, but he's also a principal dancer in the Miami City Ballet and was a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance. And so he thinks he can. And he can.
His Instagram is an exercise in: "Charming!" "Charming!" "Charming!"..."HOT."
Speed Skating - Ladies' 1000 m -2014 Winter Olympics
Zhang Hong
( 张虹)
Gold Medal
China
Zhang Hong (Chinese: 张虹; born 12 April 1988) is a Chinese long track speed skater, known best from her gold medal in the 1000 meters in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Previously Zhang won a bronze medal in the 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. She set two personal records and received bronze medal in the 500 meters (28 January 2012). Her total points record for the championships (all four races) was the third best of all times. She started her skating career in 2008 and had victories in the Chinese National Winter Games 2012 where she represented the People's Liberation Army delegation.
Heather Richardson
7th Place
USA
Heather Richardson (born March 20, 1989) is an American speed skater who has competed since 2006. She represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 6th in 500 meters, 9th in the 1000 meters, and 16th in the 1500 meters.
At the 2011 World Single Distance Championships in Inzell, Germany, she won a bronze medal in the 1000 meters. She also placed 8th in the 500 meters, and was part of the team pursuit team that finished in 8th place.
On January 26–27, 2013, Richardson won the gold medal at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, United States.
Short Track - Ladies' 500 m - 2014 Winter Olympics
Li Jianrou
(李坚柔)
Gold Medal
China
Li Jianrou (Chinese: 李坚柔; born 15 August 1986) is a Chinese Short track Speed skater. She won a gold medal in 500 m event of 2014 Winter Olympics. She is the 2012 Overall World Champion.
Emily Scott
12th Place
USA
Emily Scott (born February 16, 1989) is an American short track speed skater who is scheduled to compete in the 500 metres event at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. As a young girl, Scott was a gymnast and roller skater. She discontinued gymnastics when it became too expensive, and took up inline speed skating. As an inline skater, she won five World Championship gold medals and set three national records.
In 2008 Scott transitioned from inline skating to short track speed skating on the ice. She made the United States' World Cup and World Championship teams from 2010–2013, winning a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships. With Scott's help, the United States' relay team placed third in the overall 2010–11 World Cup standings and second in the 2011–12 standings. In 2012, she placed second overall at the U.S. National Championships.
Following a poor 2012–13 season, the United States cut Scott's funding, prompting her to fill out an application for food stamps. Shortly thereafter USA Today ran a story on her situation. The story prompted an outpouring of donations from the public, allowing Scott to focus on her training. The increased focus paid off, as Scott finished 2013 as the top rated American in the 1000 meters, second in the 1500 meters, and third in the 500 meters. At the 2014 Olympic Trials, she placed second in all three events, qualifying her for her first Olympics.