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Praise for Sacramone
Posted on August 20, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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Although Alicia Sacramone is justified in being somewhat disappointed in her Beijing Olympics performance, she has received much praise here at home.
Sacramone faced her first major challenge in the team gymnastics final where she fell off the balance beam and then stumbled on her floor routine. The next, and somewhat bewildering event, occurred in the individual vault finals where she was knocked out of contention for a medal by a Chinese gymnast who landed on her knees and still managed to beat Sacramone.
Regardless, Sacramone is still a hometown hero and Winchester hopes to honor her as such in coming weeks.
“I think to compete and to rise to that level … with literally billions of people looking at you, I think she’s a winner and Winchester is proud,” said Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Roger Berman. “As Winchester residents, we all swelled with pride having her there [in Beijing].”
“It’s often times in adversity rather then success … that you really show your strength of character,” said Town Manager Mel Kleckner.
U.S. wins silver
Posted on August 13, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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Alicia Sacramone and the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team secured a silver medal in the team gymnastics competition.
After some mistakes on the balance beam and the floor exercise, the U.S. fell behind China and couldn’t make up the ground.
The U.S. men’s gymnastics team received the bronze medal. Both China’s men’s and women’s gymnastics teams both won the gold medal in the team competition.
Sacramone gets a 15.1 on the balance beam
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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Alicia Sacramone was unable to cleanly mount the balance beam and had a .8 deduction from her score.
Sacramone lands the vault!
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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The U.S. leads China after the vault competition, with the help of Alicia Sacramone’s 15.65 score.
Russia leads overall right now.
China averages 15.45 on vault
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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Alicia Sacramone of Winchester and her teammates on the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team are up on vault next.
Coming up next …
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps just won another gold medal, and the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team is now preparing for the final team competition for the gold medal.
It’s the vault up first.
Just 30 minutes to go
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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The U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team is just about 30 minutes away from competing for a gold medal.
Going for gold!
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Eric Tsetsi
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In just a matter of hours the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team will be competing for gold in the Beijing Olympics finals.
Winchester resident Alicia Sacramone is competing in the balance beam, vault and team floor routine.
Stryker case timeline helps simplify complicated case
Posted on July 25, 2008 by Rory Schuler
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The many curves in this road to justice can be best navigated by keeping a few vague dates in mind.
Twisted case begins to unravel; DA’s ‘Statement of the Case’ details investigation behind perjury charges related to 1993 homicide
Posted on July 24, 2008 by Rory Schuler
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Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone admits he has a personal stake in his most recent high-profile case.
This week, a Winchester man was indicted and arrested for allegedly conspiring to suborn perjury in connection with the investigation into the 1993 unsolved murder of Dr. Linda Goudey, 42, of Stoneham.
Leone recalled, as an assistant district attorney attempting to prosecute a suspect in the Stoneham doctor’s killing, promising Goudey’s family that he would “unravel the truths” of how she was killed.
His office announced this week that Winchester doctor Timothy Stryker, 56, was indicted on Friday by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on one count of conspiracy to commit subornation of perjury, seven counts of subornation of perjury, one count of willfully misleading a police officer, and three counts of conveying something of value to a witness, according to a press release from Leone’s office.
Stryker was arrested outside his house at approximately 11 a.m. by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
Stryker, Goudey’s boyfriend at the time of her death, has remained a suspect throughout the entirety of the homicide investigation, according to Leone’s office.
“Handyman” Richard Chambers, a 44-year-old Woburn resident and patient of Dr. Stryker, was also indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit subornation of perjury, three counts of subornation of perjury, four counts of perjury, three counts of willfully misleading a police officer, and two counts of conveying something of value to a witness.
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