Joey Mantia frustrated after finishing fourth in mass start: ‘I felt like I was cheated’
Joey Mantia of the United States finished fourth in the men’s mass start speed skating final by 0.002 seconds during the 2022 Winter…
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Thomas Krol accepts first career gold medal for men’s 1000m
Speed skater Thomas Krol of the Netherlands received his first career gold medal after winning the men’s 1000m competition at the 2022 Winter Olympic…
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Schouten passes Blondin on intense final lap for gold medal
Irene Schouten of the Netherlands passed Canada’s Ivanie Blondin in the final seconds of the women’s mass start final. Schouten won three gold medals…
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Bart Swings wins first winter gold for Belgium since 1948
Speed skater Bart Swings of Belgium won the men’s mass start at the 2022 Winter Olympics. His gold medal is the first won by a Belgian athlete at the…
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Irene Schouten wins mass start, third gold medal of Olympics
Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won the mass start final for her third gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics. She previously won the women’s 3000m…
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BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Reporting, inside and outside the bubble
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalists who spent weeks of reporting on the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed…
Continue Reading Epic Olympic battle highlights biathlon at Beijing Games
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Frenchman fared better in the first week. The Norwegian nailed it in the second.…
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Cross country legend Klaebo pulls out of 50km mass start
In his last event of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo walks off in the middle of the…
Continue Reading US men’s hockey team gets noise complaint after Olympic loss
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it spoke to the men’s hockey team after…
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How Swede it is: At long last, Sweden finally wins Olympic men’s curling gold
Sweden’s veteran men’s curling team finally got to the top of the Olympic podium with a win over Great Britain in the gold medal game…
Continue Reading Samaranch voted back on IOC executive board at Beijing Games
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The International Olympic Committee member who oversaw preparations for the Beijing Games has been…
Continue Reading Wind creates a full-blown mess on Olympics’ penultimate day
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Wind created a full-blown mess in the mountains around Beijing on the Olympics’ penultimate…
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Best of Day 15: Wise, Ferreira win halfpipe medals for U.S.
Relive all the top action from Day 15 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where David Wise and Alex Ferreira won silver and bronze in the men’s freeski…
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Sweden wins gold in extra end against Great Britain
Sweden men’s curling team won Olympic gold for the first time with an extra ends win over Great Britain…
Continue Reading Edin skips Sweden to Olympic curling gold, Britain 2nd
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Niklas Edin of Sweden claimed the only major title missing from a career in which he’s established…
Continue Reading Schouten wins 3rd gold on final day of Olympic speedskating
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Irene Schouten of the Netherlands has captured her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. She…
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Irene Schouten wins women’s mass start for third gold medal of Olympics
Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won the women’s mass start final to earn her fourth medal of the 2022 Winter…
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Bolshunov wins third Olympic gold in men’s mass start for ninth career medal
ROC’s Alexander Bolshunov won his ninth career Olympic medal, adding another layer to his legacy as the first male cross-country skier to win five…
Continue Reading Finland hockey player goes from isolation to Olympic gold
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Finland men’s hockey player Marko Anttila spent his first six days at the Beijing Olympics…
Continue Reading Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals
By EDDIE PELLS and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have…
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