Women sport news

SQUAW VALLEY, CA - Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) put on a show for her hometown crowd Sunday as she wrapped up the 2009 Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championship with a win in dual moguls.

Vonn (Vail, CO) added another victory to her already record-breaking season taking the third U.S. slalom title of her career Sunday at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships. photo Photo © ASP Red Bull

With the conclusion of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2009, the qualified teams for the first ISU World Team Trophy have been determined.

The seven sports, including golf, rugby sevens and golf, hoping for inclusion in the 2016 Olympics will know in August if they have made the short list.

Rebecca Romero today received her MBE from Prince Charles today and then claimed that if she was to compete in a third sport at the Olympics then it would turn her into a legend.

The Blitz Dames emerged victorious from their March fixture with a 198-78 win against the Middlesbrough Milk Rollers on Saturday 21st March 2009. photo JHT Photography.

Gymnastics officials are investigating changing the scoring system again for the London 2012 Olympics because television executives are unhappy with the current format that has eliminated the perfect 10.

The opening leg of the women’s ITU Triathlon World Cup Series was won by 20 year old Kirsten Sweetland from Canada as she started 2009 with a bang, beating Olympic Games bronze medallist and local favourite Emma Moffatt to the gold in a time of 2:02:00. Under23 World Champion, Switzerlands Daniela Ryf, was third. photo Delly Carr ITU Triatlon.og

One of Australia’s most promising athletes of the future will join one of its most experienced campaigners at Stawell this Easter.

Mavericks will defend their title against Team Bath in the Co-operative Netball Grand Final on Saturday 4th April after playing in the match of the season at Loughborough. It went to extra-time, in the end was decided by just the one goal and when the final whistle blew there was disbelief and delight in equal measure.

Dinara Safina, Ana Ivanovic, Nadia Petrova and Vera Zvonareva all lost their third round matches on Sunday at The Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Top seed Serena Williams defeated China\'s Peng Shuai to continue her campaign. Amelie Mauresmo punched the air after winning her match against Flavia Pennetta in three sets

The Ladies event concluded with an eventful Free Skating competition. Yu-Na Kim skated off with the gold medal and became the first World Figure Skating Champion from Korea. Joannie Rochette took the silver medal and is the first Canadian Lady to medal at Worlds in 21 years. Japan’s Miki Ando earned the bronze medal.

Italian Giorgia Bronzini took the victory in the Points Race, which closed women’s rivalry during the 2009 Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow. photo Fot. tor-pruszkow2009.pl

The Chinese representative, Shuang Guo, became the world champion of the Women’s Keirin, defeating French Clara Sanchez and Dutch Willy Kanis in the final rivalry.

20 year old Katie Curtis from Cardiff recently joined her team, Vision 1 Racing, at their second training camp in Tuscany. photo Simon Keitch

As part of the Test Event promotions leading up to the exciting TWG2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a mixed doubles Bowling challenge was held at Sunway Mega Lanes today between the top Malaysian and Taiwanese teams. This friendly challenge was held immediately after the finals of the 32nd Malaysian International Open Bowling Championship.

Natalie Du Toit (pictured), who competed in the Olympics and Paralympics last year, is the latest big name to sign up for the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, it has been announced.

England Hockey has today released the names of the 18 athletes that will make up the England U21 women’s squad for the Easter fixtures against Spain at the Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham.

The seas rose to 2.0 – 2.5 metres when the girls took to the water in the first round of 60 mid-morning, with consistent 2.5 metre sets rolling in throughout the morning. Seventeen year old Hawaiian Carissa Moore blew her competition out of the water, setting the bar high for the rest of the field with a 8.00 and 6.35 in the first round women’s heat mid-morning.

British Victoria Pendleton defeated Dutch Willy Kanis in the Women’s Sprint final. The bronze went to Lithuanian Simona Krupeckaite. photo Fot. tor-pruszkow2009.pl

In far away lands of the world, as far as one can get from where we were in the little town of Morges on the shores of the Lac Leman of Switzerland, table tennis was played on 8th March 2009, to celebrate women’s day.

USA Volleyball will send a senior-level volleyball team to Egypt in April as part of an exchange program involving the United States Olympic Committee and the Egyptian National Olympic Committee. photo US Volleyball Tom Kimmell

Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) made it back to back titles as she won the womens 15K pursuit for the second year at the 2009 U.S. Distance Cross Country Championships in Fairbanks Friday.

Historical victory in Omnium Australian Josephine Tomic became the gold medallist of the Women’s Omnium, the event which had its debut during the fourth day of the Pruszkow world championships.

Britains Lizzie Armitstead picked herself up after a crash at the World Championships in Poznan tonight after a fall to win her second medal in consecutive days.

Frances Camille Serme took the womens $4,000 WISPA World Tour title after beating Guyana qualifier Nicolette Fernandes 8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 12-10. It was a superb example of how to use a drop shot, in what was the best ladies final we have seen in years, added Lincoln. photo WISPA