Women’s curling semifinals: Great Britain, Japan advance to gold medal games with upset wins
Japan and Great Britain both had upset wins over higher seeds to win Thursday’s women’s curling semifinals and advance to the gold medal…
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Meyers Taylor’s two-woman heats good for third at midpoint
Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor and pusher Sylvia Hoffman blazed through two ‘tremendous’ two-woman heats for third standing. Said Meyers Taylor:…
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Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping
LONDON (AP) — Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has received a 10-year ban for being part of what’s been described as an “organized…
Continue Reading Britain, Japan to play for Olympic women’s curling gold
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead scored four points in the second-to-last end of regulation and Britain beat defending…
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Kaillie Humphries in fifth after Heats 1 and 2 in two-woman
Kaillie Humphries and Kaysha Love rank fifth after Heats 1 and 2 in the two-woman bobsled…
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Recap: Nolte leads first two-woman heats, Meyers Taylor third
Germany’s Laura Nolte leads two-woman bobsled at the midpoint, with defending gold medalist Mariama Jamanka in second and American Elana Meyers…
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Two-woman: Germany one-two, Meyers Taylor third at midpoint
After the first heats of the two-woman race, Germany stood first and second with Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka. The United States’ Elana Meyers…
Continue Reading LeDuc skates as 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Olympian
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. pairs skater Timothy LeDuc became the country’s first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian when…
Continue Reading Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas sets Ivy record in 200-yard freestyle at Ivy championships
By Eric Levenson, CNN Lia Thomas, a transgender woman swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, won the 200-yard freestyle race at the Ivy League…
Continue Reading Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas wins 100-yard freestyle for third title at Ivy women’s championships
CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record of 47.63 seconds on Saturday at…
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Tarasova, Morozov in second, lead ROC into free skate
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov finish second in the short program. The pair are in second and lead the ROC’s pairs going into the free…
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Austria wins gold, USA fourth in Alpine skiing mixed team event
High winds have forced the postponement of the mixed team parallel slalom event by one day to 8 p.m. ET Saturday…
Continue Reading Germany leads in women’s Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Germans remain right at home on China’s Olympic sliding track. Winners of gold medals in…
Continue Reading China’s Sui, Han top pairs short program record at Olympics
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are in a most familiar place atop the pairs competition at the Olympics.…
Continue Reading Denmark withdraws from Algarve Cup after COVID-19 outbreak
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Danish women’s national soccer team has pulled out of the Algarve Cup in Portugal because of an outbreak of COVID-19…
Continue Reading Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has dominated the conversation at the Winter Olympics in…
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Athletes prepare for strong winds in mass start; Niskanen off Finnish lineup
Finland’s Iivo Niskanen savors his gold medal from the 15km classic event more than his 2014 and 2018…
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China’s Sui and Han lead after dazzling short program
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong dazzle with their routine in the pairs short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The pair is in first place going…
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In The Village: Shumate, Fletcher join Elizabeth Beisel
The designated old man of the team and his protégé join In The VIllage to discuss how they use KT tape to brave the cold and their efforts to find…
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ROC’s Mishina and Galliamov perform solid short program
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov perform a solid routine during the pairs short program to land them in third place going into the free…
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