https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez delighted fans with a super hero routine at the Pyeongchang closing ceremony. https://www.thelocal.es/20180226/watch-spains-olympic-bronze-figure-skater-is-the-superhero-we-all-need Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:03:09 +0100 watch-spains-olympic-bronze-figure-skater-is-the-superhero-we-all-need It was the first Winter Olympic medal for 26 years, and the only Spain's third in history and one commentator was unable to contain to his excitement as he watched Regino Hernandez scoop third place in the Men's Snowboard Cross in Pyeongchang on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180216/watch-this-commentator-got-very-excited-over-spains-winter-olympic-medal Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:01:38 +0100 watch-this-commentator-got-very-excited-over-spains-winter-olympic-medal A snowboarder from Ceuta has won Bronze in the Winter Olympics , the first medal for Spain for 26 years. https://www.thelocal.es/20180215/snowboarder-from-ceuta-wins-olympic-medal-for-spain Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:36:17 +0100 snowboarder-from-ceuta-wins-olympic-medal-for-spain Spanish veteran Ruth Beitia scored the biggest win of her 20-year career after winning Olympic high jump gold. https://www.thelocal.es/20160821/spanish-veteran-beitia-wins-high-jump-gold Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:48:54 +0200 spanish-veteran-beitia-wins-high-jump-gold Marcus Cooper Walz won Spain’s fifth gold medal of the Rio games on Tuesday in the men’s canoe single K1, 1,000m competition, but he only became officially Spanish a year ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20160817/spains-olympic-hero-only-just-became-spanish Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:12:59 +0200 spains-olympic-hero-only-just-became-spanish A second gold medal was won for Spain on Thursday thanks to Maialen Chourraut in the women's kayak singles event. https://www.thelocal.es/20160812/first-olympic-gold-for-a-spanish-woman-who-also-happens-to-be-a-mother Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:56:43 +0200 first-olympic-gold-for-a-spanish-woman-who-also-happens-to-be-a-mother Mireia Belmonte-Garcia won Spain's first gold of the Rio Olympics with victory in the women's 200m butterfly on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160811/spain-wins-first-olympic-gold-with-200m-butterfly Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:49:08 +0200 spain-wins-first-olympic-gold-with-200m-butterfly Inspired by a love of flamenco dancing and sporting hero Rafael Nadal, Spain's Carolina Marin dreams of becoming the first European woman to win a badminton Olympic gold in Rio. https://www.thelocal.es/20160728/carolina-marin-flamenco-queen-badminton-gold-olympic-spain Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:29:49 +0200 carolina-marin-flamenco-queen-badminton-gold-olympic-spain Spanish pole vaulter Didac Salas missed out on his last chance to qualify for the Rio Olympics this weekend when Spanish budget airline Vueling lost his pole. https://www.thelocal.es/20160713/spain-pole-vaulter-olympic-vueling-airline-loses-pole Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:19:53 +0200 spain-pole-vaulter-olympic-vueling-airline-loses-pole Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol will go to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he announced in comments published Saturday, after considering skipping the Games due to fears over the Zika virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160625/spains-gasol-heading-to-rio-olympics-despite-zika-fear Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:11:18 +0200 spains-gasol-heading-to-rio-olympics-despite-zika-fear Tennis star Rafael Nadal will carry the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games, the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160427/rafa-nadal-chosen-to-carry-spanish-flag-at-rio-olymics Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:56:08 +0200 rafa-nadal-chosen-to-carry-spanish-flag-at-rio-olymics Spain won a third European basketball gold on Sunday with a 80-63 win over Lithuania in the final at Villeneuve-d'Ascq. https://www.thelocal.es/20150921/spain-wins-third-eurobasket-gold Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:13:50 +0200 spain-wins-third-eurobasket-gold A humble Spanish shoeshine man has given authorities in Brazil a valuable Twitter account to publicize next year´s Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.es/20150217/shoeshine-man-gifts-prized-twitter-accounts Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:51:00 +0100 shoeshine-man-gifts-prized-twitter-accounts A British MEP has claimed the British government sabotaged Madrid's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bid as a way of applying pressure on Spain over their dispute with Gibraltar. https://www.thelocal.es/20140520/uk-sabotaged-madrid-olympics-bid-claims Tue, 20 May 2014 16:52:00 +0200 uk-sabotaged-madrid-olympics-bid-claims The organizing committee for Madrid's failed Olympics 2020 bid is hoping to recoup some cash by selling off furniture and electronics items including phones and laptops. https://www.thelocal.es/20131127/madrid-flogs-off-remains-of-failed-olympic-bid Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:00:00 +0100 madrid-flogs-off-remains-of-failed-olympic-bid Barcelona mayor Xavier Tiras confirmed on Friday that the Catalan capital has put its Winter Olympics plans on the back burner, saying the city won't try for 2022 but might instead step up to plate with a 2026 candidacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/barcelona-back-out-of-winter-olympics-plans Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:26:00 +0200 barcelona-back-out-of-winter-olympics-plans Madrid's mayor has received a barrage of criticism from the Spanish media after she struggled to answer a journalist’s question in English during an Olympic bid press conference. https://www.thelocal.es/20130906/spanish-media-mocks-madrid-mayors-english Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:52:04 +0200 spanish-media-mocks-madrid-mayors-english The Local Spain takes to the streets of Madrid to ask its citizens if they want their city to have the Olympics in 2020. https://www.thelocal.es/20130906/vox-pop-should-madrid-host-the-2020-olympics Fri, 06 Sep 2013 15:47:00 +0200 vox-pop-should-madrid-host-the-2020-olympics With Madrid finding out on Saturday if it will be hosting the 2020 Olympics, the debt-struck city believes its penny-pinching bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020 will give recession-hit Spain a big economic boost. https://www.thelocal.es/20130904/madrid-pins-hopes-on-low-budget-olympic-bid Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:14:20 +0200 madrid-pins-hopes-on-low-budget-olympic-bid Spain's two-time basketball Olympic silver medalist Pau Gasol will be part of the final presentation team from Madrid's 2020 Olympic Games bid team, it was announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130828/madrid-is-ready-for-olympics-nba-star-gasol Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:38:00 +0200 madrid-is-ready-for-olympics-nba-star-gasol