By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Winter Olympics finally look like, well, the Winter Olympics. Real snow fell in Beijing on Sunday for the first time since the Olympics began, giving the city the appearance and feel of a real Winter Games. There was fresh snow in ...
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Blizzard conditions that made visibility nearly impossible. Overwhelming expectations. An early error that would have thrown a lesser skier off course. Then a 75-minute delay while he was holding the lead midway through the Olympic giant ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — In the topsy-turvy world of short track speedskating, the Liu brothers are keeping steady and piling up Olympic medals. Liu Shaoang of Hungary won the 500 meters on Sunday for his third medal in Beijing and his country's first-ever ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The team in red, white and blue now has the easiest path to gold. The young United States men's hockey team held on to beat Germany 3-2 Sunday night, finishing the preliminary round unbeaten and clinching the top seed in the knockout ...
BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING MEN'S GIANT SLALOM Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won gold in the men's giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics, plowing through snow and poor visibility. Odermatt coped with a ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — When the last pair crossed the line, the excruciating wait finally over, Gao Tingyu was swallowed by his teammates and coaches. Then he grabbed a Chinese flag and took off on a sprint around the infield at the Ice Ribbon, the striking ...
