Olympics Live: Chloe Kim wins halfpipe gold in Beijing

American Chloe Kim has won gold in the women's halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics. Spain's Queralt Castellet took silver and Sena Tomita of Japan won bronze. Kim also won gold at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. In Beijing, she scored 94 in the first of her three runs, enough for the ...

A Day 3 filled with crashes at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — It was a day perhaps more notable for its failures than for its successes. American Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out a few seconds into her opening race at the Beijing Olympics. Favored to defend her gold medal in the giant slalom, Shiffrin instead lost control and ended ...

North American-born Chinese Olympians get chance to shine

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — NHL great Chris Chelios' son is playing for China at the Olympics, though you won't see the Chelios name on the roster. Like other foreign-born athletes representing China at the Beijing Games, Jake Chelios will play under a Chinese ...

Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — More than 30 athletes at the Beijing Olympics are in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus, organizers said Tuesday. The average stay in isolation is seven days. "We will allow as many people out of isolation as ...

Peng Shuai watches Gu win Olympic gold in freeski big air

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai sat with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and watched American-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu win gold at the women's big air event Tuesday. Peng appeared a day after delivering a ...

How China got blue skies in time for Olympics

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The blue skies greeting Olympic athletes here this month are a stark change from just a decade ago when the city's choking air pollution was dubbed an "Airpocalypse" and blamed for scaring off tourists. Beijing's air still has a long way ...