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 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 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 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 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 ...
