By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer None of the Alpine ski racers who'll be zooming down the mountain at the Beijing Olympics ever has tried the slope that'll be used with medals at stake. Not yet, anyway. They might have given it a look — either via footage that made the rounds last ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was paying attention when gymnastics superstar Simone Biles opened up about being burdened by "the weight of the world" and sat out a string of finals at the Tokyo Olympics six months ago. Shiffrin was ...
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Ski jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the Austrian team said Tuesday. Kramer cannot travel after a PCR test in Salzburg confirmed the infection detected over the weekend in Germany, the Austrian ski ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924 in Chamonix, France. Calvin Coolidge was the American president at the time, and Vladimir Lenin died that year ...
(AP) — Short track speedskating is already thrilling with its high-speed crashes and elbows flying. Now, there’s a new event adding to the chaos with its Olympic debut in Beijing. The 2,000-meter mixed team relay features a maximum of 12 teams with four skaters each — two men and two ...
(AP) — Make room on the podium for countries other than the Netherlands at the speedskating oval in Beijing. The Dutch typically dominate in their national sport — winning seven golds and 16 medals overall four years ago — but this time the medals figure to be more evenly spread ...
