ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — World champion Sandra Naeslund of Sweden won the women's Olympic skicross competition Thursday in a race where the third-place finisher was disqualified. Naeslund opened up a lead and held off Canada's Marielle Thompson on a snowy day along the winding course ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Karma was working overtime at the Ice Ribbon. Miho Takagi claimed a gold medal two days after losing one on the final turn when her older sister fell in team pursuit. Brittany Bowe took the bronze, which seemed a fitting reward for ...
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Michelle Gisin followed the advice of her teammates to the letter. She drank wine, she skied fast. Very fast. Gisin won her second straight Olympic title in the combined race on Thursday, six days after taking bronze in the ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee called the decision not to award American figure skaters the silver medal they won in the team competition an outcome that is "frankly, unfair to the athletes." "There's ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Not long after Mikaela Shiffrin skied off-course for the third time in five races at the Beijing Olympics, she wondered aloud to reporters about what sort of vitriol might be directed her way. "There's going to be a whole chaotic ...
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women's figure skating at the Beijing Games on Thursday night, while teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the top three after a mistake-filled end to her ...
