Dave Ryding knows the expectations on a British skier will be high for the first time in decades when he gets to the start gate of the men’s slalom at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
Hilary Knight had a goal and assist, Alex Cavallini stopped 25 shots and the defending Olympic champion United States defeated Finland 4-1 in the women’s hockey semifinals at the Beijing Games to set up the sixth gold-medal showdown between the Americans and Canada.
Xu Mengtao of China landed a jump with three somersaults to win Olympic gold in women’s aerials. Megan Nick, former Utah Ute, captured bronze for the United States.
Teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.
BEIJING (AP) — Kaillie Humphries has captured a third Olympic gold medal in bobsledding and her first for the United States. The former Canadian bobsledder was an easy winner of the inaugural women’s monobob event. It was the first gold by any country other than Germany in seven events so far at the Beijing Games. […]
U.S. skater & Utahn Erin Jackson's 37.04 was enough to break the country's 28 year gold medal drought in the women's long track 500 meter speed skating.