By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Bode Miller remembers first seeing Mikaela Shiffrin ski, more than a decade ago. She was in her early teens, not yet old enough to compete at the sport's top level; he already owned a handful of Olympic medals and a pair ...
BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they're addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus and are working to ensure they have clean rooms, better food and access to training equipment and the internet. "These are exactly the kind ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sven Kramer's best shots at adding to his pile of nine Olympic medals are still ahead of him in Beijing. The most decorated male speedskater in Olympic history came up short in his signature event on Sunday, finishing ninth in the 5,000 ...
By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Wearing bib No. 1, Bryce Bennett was supposed to be the first skier on the course known as The Rock for the men's downhill at the Beijing Olympics. Like everyone else, he was stuck hanging around ... and hanging around ...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early and won the first men's cross-country skiing gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov, the World Cup leader in ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan won Olympic ski jumping gold on the normal hill on Sunday, becoming the first from his country to win the event since Yukio Kasaya in 1972. Kobayashi jumped last and best, clearing 99.5 meters (326 feet) ...
