Ice dancers propel US to 1st Olympic silver in teams

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Madison Chock and ice dance partner Evan Bates knew what they were up against as figure skating's team competition drew to a close at the Beijing Olympics and the American chances of a silver medal started to slip away. "I had heard the ...

American biathletes still on the hunt for Olympic medal

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The United States has won medals in every sport at the Winter Olympics except one: biathlon. American biathlete Leif Nordgren, who has competed in the last two Winter Games, said because of that he regularly hears the ...

Twice on Olympic ice is nice for American curler Chris Plys

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Just because he made an early exit from the Olympic mixed doubles curling tournament doesn't mean the week has been a waste for American Chris Plys. Although the second-time Olympian failed to qualify for the playoffs in the two-person, ...

USA Luge’s men’s program looks to the future after Beijing

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — USA Luge's Chris Mazdzer had X-rays on his aching right foot a few days ago, and the results were as expected. It's still broken. With that, it became official: The U.S. men's luge team was never fully healthy at any point this ...

Beat Feuz wins Olympic downhill, completes career collection

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz finally has the one major victory missing from his overflowing collection of downhill achievements: Olympic gold. The diminutive Swiss skier mastered a tricky course that had never been raced before by the world's best and ...

Quad-tastic! Valieva makes history as Russians win team gold

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva walked almost tentatively through Capital Indoor Stadium, juggling her pink-cased cellphone, her ice skates with the fuzzy pink blade guards and the stuffed mascot of the Beijing Games, Bing Dwen Dwen. Then they all fell ...