She had won eight World Cup slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her first run to take a.49 of a second lead over
defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.
The defending gold medalist from Beijing, Samuel Wanjiru, died in 2011 after falling off a balcony at his home in Kenya, a death that still remains a mystery.
The Soviets were
the defending gold medalist from the 1988 Games, and Yugoslavia was the»90 FIBA world champion.
Armin Z √ ∂ ggeler, LUGE The 32 - year - old
defending gold medalist (bottom left) is a policeman from SouthTyrol, a region so close to Austria that German was his first language.
Not exact matches
In the 200m, Bolt, the two - time
defending Olympics
gold medalist, won easily, crossing the line in 19.58 seconds (0.26 seconds behind his London time).