By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu amassed an army of cynics when she spurned Team USA to represent China at the Beijing Games. Moments after the biggest run of her life, the 18-year-old freestyle skiing prodigy was asked about her status as a U.S. citizen, her ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — As Ryan Cochran-Siegle set off at around noon Tuesday for a super-G run that would earn a silver at the Beijing Games — the first Olympic Alpine medal for a U.S. man since 2014 — it was around 11 p.m. Monday night back home in ...
By CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can't visit the village rooms where competitors are staying, but they can try out the high-tech beds athletes are ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — In the four years since Ester Ledecka made Olympic history with gold medals in both skiing and snowboarding, she conceded she's thought about slowing down a little. Maybe even — dare she say — neglect her snowboard a bit to ...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Quentin Fillon Maillet filled in quite nicely for Martin Fourcade at the Beijing Olympics. The Frenchman won the the 20-kilometer individual biathlon race on Tuesday, adding a gold medal to the silver he won in the mixed ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Maybe this "huge disappointment" — her words upon missing a gate early in the first Alpine race at the Beijing Olympics — will serve Mikaela Shiffrin well moving forward. Maybe, just maybe, after describing her approach to the ...
