Month: February 2022

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Some Olympics signs in Beijing talk of staying “together for a shared future.” Others warn: “Don’t cross the line.” This might seem ironic, but it isn’t. For the Chinese capital, it’s natural. Visitors may find this ironic — hypocritical, even. It’s not. For Beijing, it’s the

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The alternate on a curling team doesn’t usually have many responsibilities. But when the U.S. men fell behind Canada early, American skip John Shuster took advantage of the opportunity to sub Colin Hufman into the game. Hufman is a first-timer at the Winter Games who can

BEIJING (AP) — The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace. Heraskevych held up a sign with a Ukrainian flag and the message “No War in Ukraine” after completing a run in the skeleton competition on Friday at the Beijing Games. The message came against the

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — those are the words and phrases that allow folks from various places to communicate in a shared language. This helps Olympic ski racers better understand the conditions they are competing

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Marte Olsbu Roeiseland earned her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning the women’s biathlon 10-kilometer pursuit race. The Norwegian started the race with a lead because of her win in the sprint race and hit 19 of her 20 targets. Roeiseland held her

By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — American ski racing standout Mikaela Shiffrin and boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway are two elite athletes in the same sport who prop each other up and help each other out. They attend each other’s races. They offer each other tips. As it

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her setlist on the eve of the 56th spanned the whole history of the big game and then some. Cyrus mashed up songs on Saturday night from the 60s, 80s

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Russian team opened a lead on the first leg of the men’s cross-country skiing relay and then held on for the Olympic gold medal. Sergey Ustiugov maintained more than a minute lead on the last lap over the two-man chasing group of Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Michelle Karvinen of Finland led a group of teammates across the ice to console Japan captain Chiho Osawa in a touching moment at the Olympic women’s hockey tournament. It happened immediately following Finland’s 7-1 win in the quarterfinals that eliminated Japan. Karvinen is one of several

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Being confined to the bubble in Beijing may be new for some Olympians. It’s a familiar feeling for the dozen hockey players and two coaches who were in one of the NHL’s playoff bubbles in 2020. Canada captain Eric Staal even says Beijing’s bubble is better

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A love for snow that started when he was a young orphan who had just arrived in France saw Richardson Viano become Haiti’s first Winter Olympian. Silvia Viano adopted the Alpine skier when he was 3. She was on hand Sunday in Beijing to see her son

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Marco Odermatt has owned the giant slalom this season and now he owns an Olympic gold medal in the event. The 24-year-old Swiss skier plowed through snow and poor visibility to win the men’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games. It was the first time snow

BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Former U.S. Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green has won the Vic Open by six shots after closing with a 1-under 71. Green returned from a three-month layoff to win her first title in Australia with a 13-under par total of 276 at the 13th Beach Golf Links. Karis Davidson and

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon and will miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin. Vlhova’s coach Mauro Pini says that having “reached her goal