Winter is almost upon us and time to start thinking “snow”. While living in the French Alps, Richard Kirby, then an engineer and product manager for Hewlett Packard, took his expertise to the slopes. Because of Kirby’s melding of science and sports, serious skiers can improve their racing form by attaching a small computer to their skis. The marriage of computers and snow led to the vLink Racing Computer which has been used by elite US ski team members during training to analyze their line… Details
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Olympic gold medalist Maris Strombergs (LAT) displayed his dominance in his first supercross race since the Olympic Games winning round three of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, presented by Swatch in Chula Vista, California on Saturday. Australian Sam Willoughby earned the silver while American Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev.) grabbed the bronze. Olympic silver medalist Laetitia Le Corguille (FRA) brought home the women’s victory ahead of Columbia’s Mariana Pajon and American Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah/GT).
Strombergs put on a dominant performance on the Beijing Olympic replica track winning each of his heats as well as his quarter and semi final rounds. Willoughby, winner of round #2 of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in South Africa, used consistency advancing through each round with ease.Â
In the final Strombergs got a great jump out of his lane one start position, grabbing the …Â Details
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Top seeding in the Chase for the Sprint Cup must agree with Mark Martin and, on Sunday, he took the first step toward the championship that has eluded him for more than 20 years.
The driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet held off a ferocious charge by Juan Montoya on a restart with three laps left in the Sylvania 300 and won the race under caution when NASCAR threw the yellow flag as the lead pack streaked through Turn 4 on the final lap.
With the victory, his first in 26 starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Martin …Â Details
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In a confidential letter to the International Sailing Federation, BMW Oracle Racing skipper and CEO, Sir Russell Coutts requested a meeting with the ISAF Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee met last weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark and Sail-World understands that a meeting took place, with both BMW Oracle Racing and Alinghi, meeting separately with the ISAF.
There does not appear to have been any direct outcome from that meeting.
However late last week the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve released the previously confidential agreement, just two days prior to a Telephone Hearing convened by Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York Supreme Court. The agreement was signed between the ISAF and Defender on 5 June 2009, and remained confidential for over three months…Â DetailsÂ
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