(AP) — If Mikaela Shiffrin continues to race as well as she has been, she is setting herself up to be the biggest star of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Not just of Alpine skiing, but the entire Winter Games.
To put it simply: She is about as close to unbeatable as can be right now.
Shiffrin, ...
(AP) — If you like your Olympic competition staid and sportsmanlike, the short track speedskating rink isn’t the place.
The skaters’ helmets and pads are a dead giveaway elbows will be flying at high speeds.
Darting down low or around the pack to secure a better position can cause ...
(AP) — Double Olympic champion Kamil Stoch is in peak form as he aims to defend his ski jumping titles at the Pyeongchang Games.
When Stoch won double gold in Sochi, he became just the third man to do so. Matti Nykanen of Finland won both golds in 1988. Switzerland’s Simon Ammann won two ...
(AP) — This could be the most uncertain Olympic bobsled competition in some time.
The most wide open, too.
In 2014, it was widely expected that Russia would be tough to beat in the two- and four-man races. And it was, with Alexandr Zubkov winning gold in both events, only to have those ...
(AP) — U.S. men’s figure skating history at the Olympics is gilded with gold. Nathan Chen has his sights set on some more. At 18 and already a two-time national champion, Chen is among the favorites for the Pyeongchang Games. Some say there are five reasons why: the number of quadruple ...