All of Jacobellis’ SBX runs at her fifth Olympics
Lindsey Jacobellis secures her first snowboard cross gold at her fifth Olympics. The win is also the United States’ first gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Krejci focused on Olympics, not potential return to NHL
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — David Krejci is one of the most accomplished players at the Olympics without NHL participation. He’s only in the tournament with the Czech Republic because he wanted to play one more season at home in front of friends and family. The longtime Boston Bruins center says
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Men’s skeleton preview: Latvia’s Martins Dukurs aims for first gold in five Olympics
Latvia’s Martins Dukurs, often considered the world’s greatest skeleton slider, could finally win his first gold in his fifth Winter Games.
Continue ReadingFigure skating medal ceremony delayed after positive drug test, reports say
By Nathan Hodge, Mitch McCluskey, AnneClaire Stapleton and Gawon Bae, CNN Figure skaters have not yet received their medals in the figure skating team event at Beijing 2022 after one athlete on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) tested positive for a prohibited substance, Russian newspaper RBC and CNN Sports analyst Christine Brennan reported Wednesday. The
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Jacobellis captures elusive gold, USA’s first of 2022 Games
Sixteen years after a fall in Torino resulted in silver, 36-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis won the snowboard cross big final to finally seize Olympic gold, at the same time earning USA its first title of the 2022 Games.
Continue ReadingJefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is returning to America. That’s after it was on display at Dubai’s Expo 2020. Its return Wednesday is a sign that the pandemic-affected world’s fair is beginning to wind down. The Quran, along with
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Three American men qualify for the snowboard halfpipe final
Americans Shaun White, Taylor Gold and Chase Josey all put down runs to the qualify for the men’s snowboard halfpipe final.
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after Wall Street tech rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors try to gauge U.S. inflation, tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic. Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong and Shanghai were lower. Japan extended measures in Tokyo and some other places to curb
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after Wall Street tech rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors try to gauge U.S. inflation, tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic. Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong and Shanghai were lower. Japan extended measures in Tokyo and some other places to curb
Continue ReadingGerman exports rise again in December, strong gains in 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports increased for the third consecutive month in December. That capped a year in which they rose 14% compared with 2020. The Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday that exports from Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, were up 0.9% in December compared with the previous month. That followed gains
Continue ReadingGerman exports rise again in December, strong gains in 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports increased for the third consecutive month in December. That capped a year in which they rose 14% compared with 2020. The Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday that exports from Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, were up 0.9% in December compared with the previous month. That followed gains
Continue ReadingBelarusian skier flees to Poland after she was barred from Winter Olympics
By Hannah Ritchie and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Skier Darya Dolidovich has fled Belarus after being barred from competing in the Winter Olympics over accusations regarding her involvement with the country’s opposition movement. The 17-year-old cross-country skier’s International Ski Federation (FIS) code — which is required for athletes to compete in events run by the governing
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Alpine skier misses gate, climbs back up hill to finish run
Chinese Taipei skier Lee Wen-Yi would not be denied her chance to finish the Winter Olympics slalom race, even after missing a gate.
Continue ReadingJacobellis earns 1st US gold at Olympics in snowboardcross
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The 36-year-old rode hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title. Jacobellis had been best known for taking
Continue ReadingSweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has ended wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of a coronavirus infection. The move on Wednesday puts the Scandinavian nation at odds with most of Europe. But some experts say it could become the norm as costs for testing yield fewer benefits as
Continue ReadingSweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has ended wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of a coronavirus infection. The move on Wednesday puts the Scandinavian nation at odds with most of Europe. But some experts say it could become the norm as costs for testing yield fewer benefits as
Continue ReadingUS shots aren’t turning into goals in Olympic women’s hockey
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight and the U.S. women’s hockey team aren’t lacking for shots at the Beijing Olympics. The shots just simply aren’t translating into goals for the Americans, who open the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic on Friday. The U.S. finished second after preliminary round play following
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USA’s Lindsey Jacobellis brings home gold in snowboard cross
In the women’s snowboard cross final, American representative Lindsey Jacobellis races for the gold medal.
Continue ReadingIran unveils new missile with reported region-wide range
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has unveiled a new missile with a reported range that would allow it to reach both U.S. bases in the region and targets inside its archfoe Israel. State TV reported on Wednesday that the missile uses solid fuel and has a range of 1,450 kilometers, or 900 miles. It is
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Snowboarders shred men’s halfpipe qualification
Hirano Ayumu and Hirano Ruka of Japan and
Scotty James of Australia leave their marks as the top three scorers on the men’s halfpipe qualification.