Olympics

GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 29: Jasmine Flury of Team Switzerland takes 2nd place, Co...
Associated Press

Brignone, Huetter Share Victory At World Cup Super-G

Cornelia Huetter and Federica Brignone have tied for first place in a World Cup super-G in the final race before the Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY - JANUARY 23: Sofia Goggia of Team Italy competes during the FIS Alpine Sk...
Associated Press

Goggia Recovery On Track In Race To Recover For Olympics

Sofia Goggia's recovery is on track but the Italian will likely have to wait until the end of the week to know whether she'll be able to defend her Olympic downhill title.
5 years ago
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 17:  Fans of Team United States pose during the Men's Ice Hockey ...
Associated Press

Flag Football Seeks Spot In 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The NFL is helping wave the flag for flag football to become part of the Olympics.
5 years ago
Corinne Suter at Women's World Cup Downhill Skiing event....
Associated Press

Swiss Skier Suter Wins Last Downhill Before Olympics

World champion Corinne Suter has won the last downhill before the Beijing Olympics and the first without Sofia Goggia.
5 years ago
Zan Kosir of Slovenia...
The Associated Press

Slovenia Snowboarder Tests Positive For Virus In Beijing

A snowboarder from Slovenia has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Beijing for the Olympics.
5 years ago
Bruna Moura of Brazil...
The Associated Press

Brazilian Skier Out Of Olympics After Car Crash In Italy

The Brazilian Olympic committee says cross-country skier Bruna Moura will miss the Beijing Games after sustaining multiple fractures in a car crash in Italy.
5 years ago
Olympic Skiing...
The Associated Press

China Skis: Olympics Brings On Boom In Winter Sports

The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing and other winter sports.
5 years ago
Shaun White...
Eddie Pells, AP

Dissed: Olympic Snowboarders Still Irked By Secondary Status

More than 20 years after their sport was brought into the Olympics to give the Games a more vibrant feel, snowboarders still feel like second-class citizens.
5 years ago
Beijing 2022...
KSL Sports

Olympic Village Officially Opens For Beijing 2022

The Olympic Village officially opened ahead of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
5 years ago
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Associated Press

Entering Beijing’s Olympics Bubble Is A Surreal Experience

For the thousands of athletes, journalists and others descending on Beijing for the Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and at times anxious experience.
5 years ago
maren lundby ski jumping...
Larry Lage

Olympic Champion Lundby Laments Ski Jumping’s Weight Issues

Maren Lundby was the world’s best female ski jumper for three years, starting in 2018 when she won Olympic gold.
5 years ago
CALGARY, AB - MARCH 4: Artem Anisimov #51 of the Ottawa Senators in action against the Calgary Flam...
Associated Press

Russian Hockey Player Anisimov Out Of Isolation For Olympics

Russian forward Artem Anisimov is out of isolation after testing negative for the coronavirus and has rejoined the team ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago
Heidi Weng - Cross Country Ski...
Associated Press

Norwegian Skiers, Other Olympic Hopefuls Positive For Virus

Two members of Norway's women's cross-country team and a U.S. bobsledder have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago
2002 Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City...
KSL Sports

Your Guide To The 20th Anniversary Celebration Of The 2002 SLC Olympics

It's been nearly 20 years since the Winter Olympic Games came to Salt Lake City and the state is putting together lots of events to celebrate the milestone anniversary.
5 years ago
US snowboarding team...
Eddie Pells

Tough Trip To China Ahead, Anderson Sees Gift Of World Stage

There is part of Jamie Anderson that wishes these upcoming Olympics weren’t in China.
5 years ago
Linus Strasser - Slalom...
Associated Press

Germany’s Strasser Wins Last Slalom Before Bejing Olympics

Six World Cup races. Six different winners. It's anyone's guess who will win the men's slalom at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
5 years ago
Eric Staal - Montreal Canadiens...
Associated Press

Staal, Power And Levi Headline Canada’s Olympic Roster

Longtime NHL forward Eric Staal, 2021 top draft pick Owen Power and Northeastern goaltender Devon Levi are among the players named to Canada's roster for the Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago
Sara Hector - Giant Slalom...
Associated Press

Hector Wins Final World Cup Giant Slalom Before Olympics

Sara Hector won the final World Cup giant slalom before the Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago
HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 13: Jorien Ter Mors of Netherlands competes in the 1000m Ladies ...
Associated Press

Dutch Speedskater Jorien Ter Mors Retires From The Sport

Dutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors has retired from the sport. Ter Mors was the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games.
5 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: A general view of the skyline of the buildings during sunset on Sept...
FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI

Olympic Dreams Come True For Kosovo Skier Kiana Kryeziu

Competing in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics will be a giant step for 17-year-old Kiana Kryeziu and her country of Kosovo.
5 years ago
RUHPOLDING, GERMANY - JANUARY 16: Benedikt Doll of Germany competes during the Men's 12.5 km Pursui...
Martha Bellisle

Finding The ‘Happy Bubble’: Mental Health Key For Olympians

The U.S. biathlon team has a full-time embedded sports psychologist who travels with the team.
5 years ago
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY - JANUARY 21: Breezy Johnson of Team United States in action during the FI...
Associated Press

US Olympic Downhill Contender Johnson Crashes Again

Olympic medal contender Breezy Johnson will miss a second straight World Cup downhill after her second crash in two weeks.
5 years ago
Matty Beniers - USA Hockey...
Associated Press

Beijing Olympics Will Showcase Hockey’s Next Generation

Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Nathan MacKinnon will not get to play at the Olympics for the first time since the NHL is not sending players to Beijing.
5 years ago
Beijing Olympics...
Associated Press

100%: Chief Medical Officer Says All US Olympians Vaccinated

The U.S. Olympic top doctor says all of the 200-plus athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympics next month are fully vaccinated, and not a single one asked for a medical exemption.
5 years ago