Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Friday, Feb. 11

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Friday, Feb. 11, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING WOMEN'S SUPER-G Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won the women's super-G at the Beijing Games, capturing her first Olympic gold medal. Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin ...

No Olympic medal as Shaun White takes flight for final time

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Shaun White's brilliant and transcendent Olympic career is over. It ended with a fall on his final run down the halfpipe, a heartfelt ovation from the crowd and then a tearful farewell to a sport he helped define. A few mountains away, ...

Dutch treat: Schulting defends Olympic short track gold

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Suzanne Schulting stood on the podium at the medals plaza accepting a silver in the 500 meters. "I thought, 'Ooh, I really want to have that gold one," she said. She got it. Schulting of the Netherlands successfully defended her ...

Olympian displays sign calling for ‘No War in Ukraine’

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read " No War in Ukraine " to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night. Vladyslav Heraskevych's sign was printed on a blue-and-yellow piece of paper, ...

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Friday, Feb. 11

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Friday, Feb. 11, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING WOMEN'S SUPER-G Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won the women's super-G at the Beijing Games, capturing her first Olympic gold medal. Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin ...

Grotheer gives Germany another Olympic sliding gold medal

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Germany has its first Olympic skeleton champion, and the country is simply sliding away from all challengers so far at the Beijing Olympics. That's no surprise. This, however, was: China has its first Olympic sliding medal — ...