Slovenia takes ski jumping mixed team gold

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ Slovenia has won gold in the ski jumping mixed team event's Olympic debut. The team of Ursa Bogataj, Nika Kriznar, Peter Prevc and Timi Zajc had 1,000.5 points Monday, dominating the competition by more than 100 ...

Italy clinches its 1st-ever Olympic curling medal

BEIJING (AP) — Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini clinched Italy's first-ever Olympic curling medal on Monday, and they did it with one of the most dominating performances in Winter Games history. The Italian mixed doubles team beat Sweden 8-1 in seven ends in the semifinals, ...

Miserable day on slopes for American stars Shiffrin, Gerard

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — It was a miserable day on the mountains outside Beijing for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Red Gerard. Shiffrin's opening race in the Beijing Olympics ended quickly with a rare mistake and a rare DNF — Did Not Finish. Favored to ...

Herrmann wins Olympic gold in biathlon’s individual race

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — With a change of sport came a change in medals. An upgrade, really, from bronze to gold. And it took eight years. Denise Herrmann won the oldest and longest biathlon event — the 15-kilometer individual race — on ...

Olympics Live: US figure skater Zhou out after COVID test

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ U.S. men's figure skater Vincent Zhou has tested positive for the coronavirus, and is out of the individual competition. In a five-minute video posted to Instagram on Monday night, a teary Zhou announced that he would ...

The doctor is in (the Olympics): Desmond makes Irish history

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Elsa Desmond knows she's not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics. She wasn't even expecting to be in the top half of the field. Doesn't matter. The first women's luge Olympian from Ireland feels like she's already ...