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Mikaela Shiffrin - Combined Slalom...
Howard Fendrich

Shiffrin Responds To Those ‘Who Have So Much Apparent Hate’

Mikaela Shiffrin has responded via Twitter to people she says “have so much apparent hate.”
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 17: Jon Sallinen of Team Finland crashes into a cameraman on his firs...
Associated Press

Olympic Ski Halfpipe Qualifier Filled With Scary Crashes

Freestyle skier Jon Sallinen’s first run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying wasn’t picture perfect.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Hammy McMillan, Bruce Mouat and Bobby Lammie of Team Great Brit...
Jimmy Golen

Britain, Sweden To Play For Olympic Men’s Curling Gold

Britain and Sweden will play for the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling. Britain beat the United States 8-4 and Sweden topped Canada 5-3 in the semifinals at the Ice Cube venue in Beijing.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva of Team ROC - Beijing 2022...
Bernie Wilson

Valieva Tumbles Out Of The Medals In Olympic Figure Skating

Bing Dwen Dwen stuffed pandas are already in the hands of the top three finishers in the women’s figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Mikaela Shiffrin - Beijing 2022...
Howard Fendrich

Shiffrin’s Olympics: 5 Individual Races, No Medals, 3 DNFs

Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Joergen Graabak of Team Norway celebrates after winning the Gold medal during the Large Hill/4x5km,...
Associated Press

Riiber-Less Norway Wins Gold In Nordic Combined Team Event

Norway picked up yet another gold in the nordic combined team event.
2 years ago
Eero Hirvonen of Team Finland competes during the Ski Jumping First Round as part of Biathlon Team ...
Associated Press

Austria Takes Early Lead, United States Settles For Seventh Entering Cross Country

With the cross-country event occurring later this evening, Austria takes the early lead.
2 years ago
Brittany Bowe of Team United States skates during the Women's 1000m on day thirteen of the Beijing ...
Associated Press

Japan’s Takagi Wins 1000m Speedskating Gold, Brittany Bowe Takes Bronze

The USA takes bronze while Japan secures gold in women's speedskating 1000m final.
2 years ago
Mikaela Shiffrin - Combined Slalom...
Daniella Matar

Gisin Wins Back-To-Back Olympic Combined, Shiffrin Out Again

Defending champion Michelle Gisin won her second straight Olympic gold medal in the Alpine combined race.
2 years ago
USA Women's Hockey vs. Canada...
John Wawrow

Poulin Leads Canada To Olympic Gold In 3-2 Win Over US

Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and Canada reclaimed its place atop the women's hockey world with a 3-2 win over the defending champion United States at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Birk Irving - Freestyle Ski Halfpipe...
Trevor Allen

Birk Irving, Alex Ferreira Qualify For Men’s Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final

Birk Irving and Alex Ferreira both qualified for the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe final at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
2 years ago
Keely Cashman - Combined Downhill...
Trevor Allen

Keely Cashman, Isabella Wright Record Top-15 Finishes In Women’s Combined Downhill

Keely Cashman and Isabella Wright each finished in the top 15 in the Women's Downhill Combined Skiing event in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
2 years ago
Brita Sigourney - Ski Halfpipe...
Trevor Allen

Brita Sigourney, Carly Margulies Qualify For Women’s Slopestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final

Brita Sigourney and Carly Margulies both qualified for the Women's Slopestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Team United States reacts after losing to team Slovakia in a penalty-...
Stephen Whyno

Slovakia Stuns US, Americans And Canadians Out Of Olympics

The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Silver medalists Team United States celebrate during the Team Event f...
Eddie Pells

AP Sources: US Skaters To Get Olympic Torches As Medals Wait

IOC president Thomas Bach offered U.S. figure skaters Olympic torches as holdover gifts while they await a resolution of the Russian doping case preventing them from receiving their silver medals.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: A chef wears a protective face mask with a shield as he prepares brea...
Associated Press

Olympic Athletes On the Best Things They’ve Eaten In The Bubble

Avocado ice cream and boiling hot pots are some of the best foods athletes say they’ve eaten at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Bronze medallist Ilia Burov of Team ROC (L) and Silver medallist ...
Associated Press

Ukrainian And Russian Celebrate With Hug At Beijing Olympics

Defending champion Oleksandr Abramenko won Ukraine’s first medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday and celebrated by getting a hug from Russian skier Ilia Burov at a time of rising tensions between the countries.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Gold medallist Alexander Hall of Team United States (C), Silver m...
Bernie Wilson

Epic Tricks Lift US Freestyle Skiers To 1-2 Olympic Finish

Innovative American freestyle skiers Alex Hall and Nick Goepper landed jaw-dropping tricks on the Secret Garden slopestyle course and won the gold and silver medals in slopestyle at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva - Figure Skating...
Eddie Pells

Valieva Listed 2 Legal Oxygen Boosters On Olympic Forms

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Vincent Zhou of Team United States skates during the Men Single Skati...
Dave Skretta

US Skater Vincent Zhou Out Of Weeklong COVID-19 Quarantine

American figure skater Vincent Zhou is out of quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Beijing Games.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Silver medallist Nicholas Goepper of Team United States poses wit...
Pat Graham & Eddie Pells

For Goepper, Another Olympic Medal And Clear Outlook On Life

American freestyle skier Nick Goepper has another Olympic medal and a great outlook to go with it.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: Young You of Team South Korea skates during the Women Single Skating ...
Associated Press

Despite Loosening Rules, Few Women Figure Skaters Pick Pants

Just one figure skater in the Beijing Olympics' marquee women's event wore pants for her short program performance at Capital Indoor Stadium.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva - Figure Skating...
James Ellingworth

Valieva Case Boosts Drive To Raise Age Limit At Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate at the Olympics in the short program partly because her age gives her extra rights as a “protected person” in a doping case.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Team United States Coach Ryan Shimabukuro gives instructions to Britt...
Paul Newberry

US Olympic Speedskating Coach Back On Ice After Heart Attack

Ryan Shimabukuro still has that deep passion for speedskating.
2 years ago