Month: February 2022

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early and won the first men’s cross-country skiing gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov grabbed a Russian Olympic Committee flag in the final stretch and waved it in the air as he

BEIJING (AP) — Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov has won gold in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov is the World Cup points leader in distance races. He grabbed a Russian Olympic Committee flag in the final stretch and waved it in the air as he crossed the finish line. Bolshunov and Iivo Niskanen of Finland led the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hate is not too strong of a word for former United States Olympian Cammi Granato to describe the tensions which have developed between the American and Canadian women’s hockey teams. One of the world’s fiercest rivalries are set to resume with the defending Olympic champion U.S.

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’re addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus. They say they are working to ensure they have clean rooms, better food and access to training equipment and the internet. Organizers say athletes who test positive will now be able to order food from

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese teenager Su Yiming had the surprise top score in the men’s Olympic slopestyle qualifying round. Su finished with a score of 86.80 after throwing a triple cork. It topped Mark McMorris of Canada and defending Olympic champion Red Gerard. They also advanced to Monday’s final. The 17-year-old Su won a big

By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics are usually an opportunity for the host country to showcase its culture. That’s a challenge when the athletes, coaches and others traveling to this year’s Winter Games are entirely sequestered in a bubble so complete it even has its own intercity trains. This is all

BEIJING (AP) — Alpine skiing’s power couple will have a busy day Monday on the Olympic slopes. Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are now both supposed to race that day after the men’s downhill was pushed back because of too-strong gusts at the scheduled start Sunday. Shiffrin and Kilde are dating. Kilde is considered

By ANDREW DAMPF and DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — The first event of the Alpine skiing schedule at the Beijing Olympics has been postponed a day because of strong wind that made it too dangerous to race. The men’s downhill was eventually called off after the start was delayed three times. The

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Zoi Sadowski Synnott captured New Zealand’s first gold medal in Winter Olympic history by winning the title in women’s slopestyle. The 20-year-old was one of the few to put down a clean run on a supersized course where hardpacked snow and bone-cold wind chills made

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State set off a wild late-night court storming, getting 24 points from Marreon Jackson and 16 from Jalen Graham to outlast No. 3 UCLA 87-84 in triple overtime. The Sun Devils built a 10-point lead with a 21-4 run spanning halftime, but couldn’t shake

BEIJING (AP) — The Australian mixed doubles curling team has received a late reprieve and returned to competition at the Beijing Olympics. That comes after an earlier announcement that it would head home after Tahli Gill returned a series of positive COVID-19 tests. The Australian Olympic Committee said Gill and Dean Hewitt could continue under

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva stood at the edge of the rink to get some last-second advice from her coach, Eteri Tutberidze, then took one deep breath and glided swiftly to the middle of the ice inside cavernous Capital Indoor Stadium. And proceeded to leave everyone else breathless. In

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’re addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus. They say they’re working to ensure they have clean rooms, better food and access to training equipment. The comments came after multiple complaints about the isolation conditions. The German team called the situation for its