Olympics Live: Men’s downhill postponed due to high winds

BEIJING (AP) — The start of the men's downhill skiing competition at the Beijing Games has been postponed because of high winds. The race was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Beijing time (midnight eastern), but organizers will make a decision at that time if it can start an hour ...

Two Aussie curlers out of Games due to COVID

Australia's first-ever Olympic mixed doubles curling team has pulled out of the Beijing Games after Tahli Gill returned a series of positive COVID-19 tests. The Australian Olympic Committee said it was trying to make arrangements to have Gill and Dean Hewitt fly home rather than having Gill ...

COVID-19 robs Olympic curlers of beloved social culture

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — There is a photograph from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics that captured curling fans' hearts worldwide. In it, Canadian curler John Morris and American rival Matt Hamilton sit side by side, arms draped around each others' shoulders, ...

Sadowski Synnott gets New Zealand’s 1st Winter Olympic gold

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Zoi Sadowski Synnott captured New Zealand's first gold medal in Winter Olympic history, stomping down a pressure-packed run on her last trip down the mountain Sunday to win the title in women's slopestyle. The 20-year-old was ...

‘Nothing is impossible’: Injured Polish luger makes Olympics

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Polish luge athlete Mateusz Sochowicz went back to the Peking University hospital this week, entering the facility for the second time this season. The first trip was so doctors could tend to his badly injured legs. The second trip was ...

Olympics a sweet, complex homecoming for Chinese diaspora

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — When Madison Chock looks outside here in the Chinese capital, the U.S. Olympic ice dancer sees glimpses of herself. "Every time I'm on the bus, I'm just looking out and studying the city and just imagining my roots are here, my ancestors are ...