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CTV News
6 days ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Groenvold, ski cross medallist at Vancouver Olympics, dies after lightning strike
Audun Groenvold of Norway celebrates after taking third place in the men's skicross competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) OSLO, Norway— Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation announced Wednesday. He was 49. Groenvold won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games. 'It is with great sadness that we have received the news of Audun Groenvold's untimely passing,' the federation said. 'The former national Alpine skier and ski cross athlete was recently struck by lightning during a cabin trip.' The federation said Groenvold was 'quickly taken to hospital and received treatment for the injuries he sustained in the lightning strike' and then died Tuesday night. Groenvold was a member of Norway's Alpine skiing team before he moved into freestyle and ski cross. He had one podium finish as a World Cup Alpine skier, finishing third in a downhill in Sierra Nevada, Spain, in 1999. He also won a bronze medal in ski cross at the 2005 world championships, and the overall ski cross cup in 2007. After his career ended, he became a national team coach and a TV commentator. 'Norwegian skiing has lost a prominent figure, who has meant so much to both the Alpine and freestyle communities,' federation president Tove Moe Dyrhaug said, adding that his passing creates 'a huge void.'
Times
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
This bronze eye pencil is the perfect holiday make-up
Bronze is the colour of summer for me. Maybe a little bit of gold in the evening, but bronze is subtler, more flattering, unless you're very dark, and a great deal easier to wear in the daytime. And here comes a really excellent bronze eye pencil. Now, regular readers will know that I am devoted to the Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal eye pencils, which I consider best in class by quite a long way. They are unimprovable. However, they are also £32 each, meaning that if you don't already have a bronzey one of those (my favourite is Cinnamon), you won't necessarily feel like coughing up for a new one. This is where Hildun Beauty's collaboration with the make-up artist Hannah Martin comes in. The Silk to Set Kajal Liner in Spiced Pecan costs £16 ( and is really lovely.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Islander wins bronze at World Beach Tennis Championships
Martyn Bailey (left) competed in Italy at the World Beach Tennis Championships (Image: Contributed) An Isle of Wight man represented Great Britain in a global tennis tournament, winning three bronze medals. Martyn Bailey, from Rookley, competed as part of Team GB in the World Beach Tennis Championships in Rimini, Italy between Monday, June 23 and June 30. Advertisement Martyn returned home with three bronze medals in the mixed doubles category, national teams competition and national teams over 30s. The event was Martyn's second time representing Team GB at the tournament, and has previously represented Team Isle of Wight in the last Island Games as a player and manager. Read more: He said: "It was great. I didn't go expecting it, it was a great week and great to be part of the team. "It was so hot. When it gets to a certain level of heat, it even burns through your tennis socks! Martyn is getting ready to compete in the European Championships in Sardinia between September 10 and 14 and has just started playing on Appley Beach.
BBC News
28-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
GB's Leaver claims another bronze after Burgess gold
Great Britain's Lois Leaver claimed bronze at the Canoe Slalom World Cup event in Prague on Saturday to add to Adam Burgess' clinched third in the women's kayak final by just 0.1 seconds, despite the 23-year-old Scot picking up a Evy Leibfarth claimed gold ahead of Camille Prigent of France, while Leaver has now won bronze in all three of this year's World Cup events so won the men's C1 silver at this year's opener in Spain at the start of this month and the Olympic silver medallist topped that by clinching gold on short course format made its debut in the Czech Republic, featuring 12 gates rather than the usual 21, and Burgess triumphed after missing out on the final last time out in 32-year-old, who helped GB win the C1 team gold at last month's European Championships, beat Slovenia's Ziga Lin Hocevar while Olympic champion Nicolas Gestin of France claimed is one round left in the World Cup series, which takes place in Tacen, Slovenia, from 29-31 August, before the final is held in Augsburg, Germany, from 4-7 September.
Daily Mail
22-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Mystery as huge $2.1M sculptures vanish from LA warehouse
A sophisticated art heist left a profound sculptor in shock when he discovered two enormous pieces were swiped from his warehouse. Sir Daniel Winn's two prized sculptures, Quantum Mechanics: Homme, and Icarus Within, were stolen from a warehouse in Anaheim Hills, California, on or around June 14. The massive sculptures were crafted with bronze and stainless steel. Icarus Within weighs a ton and stands at eight feet tall. The piece is valued at $350,000, while Quantum Mechanics is worth a massive $1.8 million. Winn told the Los Angeles Times that moving the sculptures for exhibitions requires a massive operation including a forklift, a dozen men, and a truck. The heist has also left police dumbfounded, as Anaheim Police Sergeant Matt Sutter admitted to the publication that authorities had little information. 'I have no idea where these sculptures are,' Sutter told the LA Times. 'They could be in somebody's house or in a shipping container somewhere. That's what we're trying to find out.' The officer added that in his 25 years with the department, he's never seen a burglary of this scale. 'We've had our share of high-end homes that were burglarized, but this type of crime, involving forklifts, trucks, crews and the sheer size of the sculptures is something I can't remember us having before,' he added. Warehouse workers told authorities that they last saw the sculptures on Saturday and arrived for their shifts the following Monday with the pieces nowhere to be found. Winn told local NBC affiliate, KABC, that the heist was a targeted attack and was doubtful that the thieves just wanted cash for scrap metal due to the scale of the operation. The thieves left other artwork and valuables in the warehouse. Winn is known as a 'blue-chip artist,' meaning he is internationally recognized and his work sells for high values. The artist came to the US as a child refugee fleeing the Vietnam War. He studied medicine at the University of California in Irvine, before deciding to pursue art. Winn is also the Board Chairman of The Academy of Fine Art Foundation and was knighted in 2018 for his non-profit work. He describes his art as Existential Surrealism, exploring themes related to his upbringing as a refugee. One of the sculptures stolen, Home, was featured in the film Creation in 2022 and was the only unsold work in his Quantum Mechanics series. Winn was gutted that his work was stolen and is now concerned the sculptures will be sold on the black market. 'These are my children. I have no physical, organic children. Every artwork I create is my child,' he told the LA Times.
