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ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Walter Wallberg of Sweden soared to gold in the men's freestyle moguls event at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, unseating favoured champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada who took silver.
By Winni Zhou and Mari Saito
Walter Wallberg of Sweden produced the run of his life to take the gold medal in the men's moguls and stun reigning champion Mikael Kingsbury. Wallberg, who has never won on the World Cup tour, put everything into the last run of the day and stole the gold from Canadian favourite Kingsbury. Ad/> Kingsbury, who has 71 World Cup wins, had to settle for silver.
Ursa Bogataj took the gold medal in the women's ski jumping individual normal hill event in a pulsating contest at the Zhangjiakou mountain resort. Katharina Althaus put herself in a commanding position after jumping 105.5 metres and gaining 121.1 points to initially take first place after the first round.
Korea would seek their maiden triumph when the two continental heavyweights square off in the summit clash of the AFC Women's Asian Cup on Sunday. China and Korea have defeated two-time defending champions Japan and another title favourite Australia, respectively, en route to the grand finale at the DY Patil Stadium. History favours China as they have won the tournament seven times on the trot from 1986 to 1999 before adding another one in 2006.
Pechstein became the oldest female Winter Olympian when she raced in the 3,000 meters speed skating at the Beijing Games on Saturday. Already the first woman to win five consecutive medals at the Winter Games, the 49-year-old Pechstein carried Germany's flag at Friday's opening ceremony, but came 20th and last in her event. Although she finished more than 20 seconds behind Dutch gold medallist Irene Schouten who also took her Olympic record Pechstein raised her arms and looked relieved as she crossed the finishing line.
Slovenia's first-ever gold medal in the sport. Bogataj trailed Germany's Katharina Althaus after her first attempt but nailed a jump of 100 meters with her second try to finish on 239.0 points.
YAOUNDE : Senegal coach Aliou Cisse will be looking to put two disappointing Africa Cup of Nations finals behind him and win at the third attempt when he leads his team in Sunday’s final against Egypt in Yaounde.