By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior. A new Chinese champion — from California. An ace American skier who faltered and went home empty-handed. The end of the Olympic line for the world's most renowned ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's premier wants a Taiwanese Olympic speedskater to be punished for wearing what appeared to be a suit from China's team during training. Symbols of the two sides are especially sensitive at a time when China's ruling Communist Party, which claims Taiwan as ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sheets of paper rained down like super-sized confetti on the bench, which players leapt off at full speed to pile on top of goaltender Harri Sateri with such force that they knocked the net off its moorings. After finally accomplishing ...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Norwegian great Therese Johaug won her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday and Jessie Diggins took silver for the best result by an American in an individual cross-country skiing event since 1976. Fighting ...
BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING MIXED TEAM PARALLEL The top-ranked Austrians won gold in the Winter Games' second iteration of the mixed team parallel event, holding off Germany in the final. Mikaela Shiffrin ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Twenty years after the "Stone of Destiny" brought the inaugural women's curling gold medal back to the sport's birthplace, Britain is the Olympic champion once again. Eve Muirhead led the British to their first curling gold since 2002, ...
BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin skied cleanly through the finish line four times Sunday. At the bottom of the parallel course, she hugged teammates and huddled with them under a bed comforter for warmth. The Austrians won, and the Americans ended up off the podium. But after such an ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Double gold in Pyeongchang, double gold in Beijing. Francesco Friedrich won everything the Olympics had to offer once again. The world's best bobsledder finished off a dominating Olympics by the world's sliding superpower, winning the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong exploded from their seats in the kiss-and-cry area, and a small and carefully chosen crowd of Chinese fans in the stands did the same, the moment their scores were read in the pairs competition at the Beijing ...
BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Beijing Games: ___ BOBSLED 2-WOMAN Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany's record haul of Olympic sliding medals, while Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. extended her medal record with a bronze. Nolte ...
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany's record haul of Olympic sliding medals. And U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Five-time world champion. Olympic bronze medalist. Olympic silver medalist. And now, finally, Niklas Edin of Sweden has claimed the only major title missing from a career in which he's established himself as the most decorated skip in ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Irene Schouten grew up dreaming of an Olympic gold medal. She'll head home from the Beijing Games with three of 'em. The Dutch speedskater established herself as the biggest star at the Ice Ribbon with her third individual victory, ...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The windy conditions played right into the hands — and skis — of Alexander Bolshunov. The Russian earned his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, winning the weather-shortened 30-kilometer mass start ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Members of the U.S. men's hockey team were involved in a noisy late-night party at the Olympic athletes village that prompted a conversation between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Hockey. The USOPC confirmed to The ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The gold medalist, Nico Porteous, had blood caked to his ear. The silver medalist, David Wise, was tired — as much from skiing as from running halfway up the Olympic halfpipe to check on a teammate after a nasty fall. One ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Gus Kenworthy lifted his jacket to reveal a logo written across his gray shirt: "Openly British." That was his farewell to the Olympics. That, along with a thank-you to the sport of freestyle skiing. The 30-year-old who once ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — The last Alpine skiing race of the Beijing Olympics was moved from Saturday to Sunday because of too-strong wind, making Mikaela Shiffrin wait to get one last chance to bring home a medal from China. Gusts at up to about 40 mph (65 ...
