Jane Barrett

Position: Journalist

Articles

Germany coach completes golden double August 24, 12:53am EDT 

BEIJING (Reuters) - World champions Germany beat Spain 1-0 on Saturday to win their third Olympic men's hockey gold and provide a perfect double for their coach Markus Weise.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

Day one of the Reuters live breakfast show at Davos

There’s no better way to start Davos than to see a string of top delegates breeze into your studios. On time. Happy to brave the cold in the early hours. Full of interesting comments and insight. For the second year running, Reuters News is producing a live breakfast show for the World Economic Forum – Davos Today.  Full Article | Comments [1] 

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Let's not get our bikini bottoms in a twist

Sweeping the blogosphere, there are two divergent camps when it comes to beach volleyball. There are those who complain that it is demeaning that female athletes play in bikinis while men wear tanktops ...  Full Article | Comments [3] 

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Beach volleyball -- the perfect Olympic sport?

When beach volleyball joined the Olympics in 1996, it was ridiculed in some circles as being an unashamed ploy to boost viewing figures with hotties in bikinis and beach dudes in bermudas. Roll on 12 years ...  Full Article | Comments [1]