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This is especially impressive, considering that each Harvard fencer played three back-to-back matches last night...
Ohno has two more races left in Vancouver, the 500 meters and the 5,000-meter relay. (The finals for both events are Feb. 26.) Another gold would more firmly cement his Olympic legacy. "There's not many athletes that come in back-to-back Olympics games and medal," Ohno says. "Very, very few. For me to be able to do it three games, I'm very happy. I'm very blessed." And he's justifiably proud of Saturday's finish. "I had that big slip, lost my speed, then I saw everybody flying by me," he says...
After a three from freshman guard Christian Webster brought Harvard (17-6, 6-3 Ivy) to within five points of the two-time defending Ivy champions, Cornell seniors Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale hit back-to-back threes to stifle the Crimson comeback, helping the Big Red (22-4, 8-1) pull away to a 79-70 victory at Lavietes Pavilion Friday night...
Harvard understands the long-run significance of the back-to-back road matchups...
...gold-medal run at Cypress Mountain on Wednesday night. On the routine that clinched his second straight Olympic half-pipe gold, his amplitude - the term snowboarders use to describe the aerial distance they fly off the 22-ft. half-pipe - far exceeded that of the other competitors. He executed back-to-back double corks (two flips and three body revolutions, like a corkscrew) on his winning run. Although he had already clinched the title, on his second run White still went all out and landed the Double McTwist 1260. That's a double backward flip with 3.5 revolutions...