Robbie Maddison is one of the craziest freestyle motocross riders on the planet, and in the wee morning hours in London he touched down safely after jumping the raised Tower Bridge’s gap over the Thames River in London.
Then again, maybe they do. After all, Maddison had already negotiated the world’s longest motorcycle jump (350 feet), and the highest vertical “step-up†at the Las Vegas replica of Arc de Triomphe, which was followed by a drop of more than 85 feet to a landing ramp below.
Lance Armstrong adhered to cycling’s sometimes puzzling protocol in the Pyrenees on Friday when, as much as he surely wanted to, he resisted chasing down Astana teammate Alberto Contador when the Spaniard attacked near the end of the lofty summit finish in Andorra.
Armstrong’s restraint allowed the Spaniard, his most daunting obstacle to an eighth yellow jersey, to gain 21 seconds, a potentially huge swing considering a mere two seconds separates them with 12 stages of the 96th Tour de France remaining.
Britain’s Kim Lumley won the Women’s category in the world famous Catalina Water Ski Race at Long Beach California on Saturday for the 7th time. Incredibly, she also finished 3rd overall amongst the Men, with former World Champion Todd Haig (USA) winning overall for the 9th time.
The 27 year old Cambridgeshire athlete shattered the all-time Women’s record by 5 minutes in this 61st running of the Catalina Water Ski Race which sees skiers and 45 foot Miami Vice style powerboats race from the Queen Mary at Long Beach to Catalina Island and back in the annual 64 mile international event. Reaching speeds of almost 100mph in the shark infested ocean, Kim fought off competition from other top women from around the world including all but two men.
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Proving that seconds can be just as valuable as firsts, the Kailua Canoe Club won the John D. Kaupiko Regatta yesterday at Ke’ehi Lagoon.
It was the sixth regatta of the O’ahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association season, and Kailua’s second win of the season.
“To me, it just means that we’re hanging in there,” Kailua head coach Kathy Erwin said. “We had a lucky day. We had a couple of squeaker first places, where we just barely won. And then we had a lot of different crews score points.”