Shiffrin-Vlhova, Chen-Hanyu among marquee Olympic matchups

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Whether it's a figure skating melodrama starring Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, or years of cross-country skiing showdowns between Norway and Italy, rivalries have a way of spicing up the Winter Olympics. On Tuesday, the United States ...

What a finish! Van der Poel gives Sweden speedskating gold

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nils van der Poel has run 20-something ultra-marathons. He's gone skydiving hundreds of times. He's biked from one end of Sweden to the other. He's served a year in the army, completing his ranger training. So when he needed a big ...

Sadowski Synnott is 1st Kiwi Winter Olympics gold medalist

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The land of the long white cloud has its first gold medal in Winter Olympics history. Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand threw down a thrilling run on her last trip down the Secret Garden Olympic Slopestyle course on Sunday to claim ...

Smooth run on bumpy course nets Anthony Olympic moguls title

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Jakara Anthony of Australia made it look almost easy, breezing through the bumps as the last competitor of the night to capture the women's moguls title at the Beijing Olympics. Anthony's back flip with a grab at the bottom sewed ...

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 6

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Beijing Games: ___ CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING MEN'S 30KM SKIATHLON Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early to win gold in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov, the World Cup points leader in ...

Luge’s new king: Germany’s Johannes Ludwig wins Olympic gold

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the Beijing Olympics. He was right. Ludwig is the Olympic men's champion for the first time, making him the oldest — he's eight days shy of ...