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Brita Sigourney - Ski Halfpipe...
Trevor Allen

Brita Sigourney, Carly Margulies Qualify For Women’s Slopestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final

Brita Sigourney and Carly Margulies both qualified for the Women's Slopestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Team United States reacts after losing to team Slovakia in a penalty-...
Stephen Whyno

Slovakia Stuns US, Americans And Canadians Out Of Olympics

The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Silver medalists Team United States celebrate during the Team Event f...
Eddie Pells

AP Sources: US Skaters To Get Olympic Torches As Medals Wait

IOC president Thomas Bach offered U.S. figure skaters Olympic torches as holdover gifts while they await a resolution of the Russian doping case preventing them from receiving their silver medals.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: A chef wears a protective face mask with a shield as he prepares brea...
Associated Press

Olympic Athletes On the Best Things They’ve Eaten In The Bubble

Avocado ice cream and boiling hot pots are some of the best foods athletes say they’ve eaten at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Bronze medallist Ilia Burov of Team ROC (L) and Silver medallist ...
Associated Press

Ukrainian And Russian Celebrate With Hug At Beijing Olympics

Defending champion Oleksandr Abramenko won Ukraine’s first medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday and celebrated by getting a hug from Russian skier Ilia Burov at a time of rising tensions between the countries.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Gold medallist Alexander Hall of Team United States (C), Silver m...
Bernie Wilson

Epic Tricks Lift US Freestyle Skiers To 1-2 Olympic Finish

Innovative American freestyle skiers Alex Hall and Nick Goepper landed jaw-dropping tricks on the Secret Garden slopestyle course and won the gold and silver medals in slopestyle at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva - Figure Skating...
Eddie Pells

Valieva Listed 2 Legal Oxygen Boosters On Olympic Forms

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Vincent Zhou of Team United States skates during the Men Single Skati...
Dave Skretta

US Skater Vincent Zhou Out Of Weeklong COVID-19 Quarantine

American figure skater Vincent Zhou is out of quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Beijing Games.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Silver medallist Nicholas Goepper of Team United States poses wit...
Pat Graham & Eddie Pells

For Goepper, Another Olympic Medal And Clear Outlook On Life

American freestyle skier Nick Goepper has another Olympic medal and a great outlook to go with it.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: Young You of Team South Korea skates during the Women Single Skating ...
Associated Press

Despite Loosening Rules, Few Women Figure Skaters Pick Pants

Just one figure skater in the Beijing Olympics' marquee women's event wore pants for her short program performance at Capital Indoor Stadium.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva - Figure Skating...
James Ellingworth

Valieva Case Boosts Drive To Raise Age Limit At Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate at the Olympics in the short program partly because her age gives her extra rights as a “protected person” in a doping case.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Team United States Coach Ryan Shimabukuro gives instructions to Britt...
Paul Newberry

US Olympic Speedskating Coach Back On Ice After Heart Attack

Ryan Shimabukuro still has that deep passion for speedskating.
2 years ago
Kristen Santos of Team United States competes in the Women's 1000m Heats on day five of the Beijing...
Tom Hackett

Speedskating Portion Concludes With Canada, South Korea Collecting Gold

Minjeong Choi of South Korea and Team Canada collected medals to conclude the speedskating portion of the winter Olympics.
2 years ago
Qi Guangpu of Team China reacts after completing a run during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Aerials Fi...
Associated Press

China’s Qi Flips His Way To Gold In Aerials, USA Crushed

China wins gold in the men's and women's aerials for the first time at the Winter Olympics.
2 years ago
YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Asa Miller of Team Philippines crashes during the Men's Slalom Run 1 ...
ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer

French Skier Noel Wins Olympic Slalom, Asa Miller Fails To Advance

BEIJING (AP) — French skier Clement Noel put down a blistering second run to win the slalom at the Beijing Olympics by a large margin. Noel moved up from sixth after the first leg to beat first-run leader Johannes Strolz of Austria by 0.61 seconds after posting the fastest second run. Clement Noel of France […]
2 years ago
YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14: Silver medallist Elana Meyers Taylor of Team United States poses duri...
TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

Bobsledding’s Meyers Taylor May Retire After Olympics

She has raced on at least 15 different bobsled tracks in 11 countries. She's had no fewer than 41 different teammates in her sleds.
2 years ago
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14: Team United States celebrates a goal by forward Abby Roque #11 of Tea...
JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer

US Faces Canada Again In Women’s Hockey For Olympic Gold

One of sports' fiercest and longest-running grudge-matches will resume Thursday when the American and Canadian women's hockey teams faceoff at the Beijing Games with an Olympic gold medal on the line.
2 years ago
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: Gold medallist Alexander Hall of Team United States (C), Silver m...
PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer

Hall Leads 1-2 US Finish In Olympic Ski Slopestyle Event

Freestyler skier Alex Hall led a 1-2 American finish in the men's Olympic slopestyle competition with a trick on his first run where he stopped his rotation midair and turned in the other direction before softly landing.
2 years ago
Alexander Hall of United States performs a trick during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Big Air ...
Sam Farnsworth, KSL Sports

Salt Lake City Freestyle Skier Goes For Gold In Beijing

Salt Lake City's Alex Hall is already taking the sport of freestyle skiing to places we've never seen before. Although he finished just off the podium in the Big Air event in Beijing, he has one more chance to earn a medal in the Men's Freeski Slopestyle.
2 years ago
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Alex Cabrero, KSL TV

Utah Man Goes From Olympian To Advocate For Country Of Colombia

Dozens of Utah athletes are representing Team USA in Beijing, but we also have a lot of International athletes competing as well. KSL's Alex Cabrero spoke with a Utah man who is helping his home country produce even more Olympians.
2 years ago
Alysa Liu - Figure Skating...
Sally Ho

US Figure Skaters Struggle At Women’s Olympic Short Program

The U.S. figure skaters are advancing to the free skate but struggled to break through in the short program on Tuesday night at the Beijing Olympics.
2 years ago
Kamila Valieva - Figure Skating...
Dave Skretta

Valieva Skates Into First Place After Olympic Short Program

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva overcame an early mistake to lead after the women's short program at the Beijing Games on Tuesday night.
2 years ago
Monaco Bobsled...
Tim Reynolds

Monaco Gets Its Best Olympic Sport Finish, 6th In Bobsled

Monaco just got its best finish ever in an Olympics. The best that didn't involve architectural design anyway.
2 years ago
Germany Bobsled...
Tim Reynolds

Historic Sweep For Germany, Taking 3 Medals In Olympic 2-Man

Germany just made a whole lot of bobsled history at the Beijing Olympics. Francesco Friedrich drove to a gold medal in the two-man event.
2 years ago