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Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates settle for silver in surprise ice dance finish
MILAN — A single tear rolled down Madison Chock's face. A silver medal hung around her neck. It was a bittersweet prize.
Chock and Evan Bates, the three-time world ice dance champions, settled for second place in their fourth Olympics together, falling 1.43 points behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on Wednesday at...Read more
Chloe Kim goes for record 3rd Winter Olympics halfpipe gold medal
MILAN — On a morning when a ray of sun squeezed through the clouds above the Italian Alps as if to provide her a spotlight, Chloe Kim once reminded us that the biggest difference between her and those of us who have never dared to fly is not in the enormous physical gap but in our wildest dreams.
In the most anticipated qualifying round in ...Read more
Olympic snowboarder Cam Bolton breaks neck in training accident
Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton suffered a broken neck in an accident while training at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
The 35-year-old snowboard cross specialist crashed on Monday and reported worsening neck pain after waking up on Tuesday, the Australian Olympic Committee said.
A CT scan at an Olympic clinic identified two stable neck ...Read more
Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates settle for silver in surprise ice dance finish
MILAN — After injuries and stumbles, Madison Chock and Evan Bates earned their first Olympic medal Friday, but it wasn’t expected to be this color.
The three-time world champions settled for silver in their fourth Olympics together, falling 1.43 points behind France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. Cizeron has won back-...Read more
LA28 Olympics Committee backs embattled Casey Wasserman over Epstein files
LOS ANGELES — As Casey Wasserman faces growing fallout over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics announced Wednesday that they had reviewed the sports mogul’s past conduct and determined that, based on the facts and his “strong leadership” of the Games, he should continue to...Read more
Picabo Street gave Lindsey Vonn her gloves, but still 'cried all night' before fateful race
MILAN — There's a lot of love in those gloves.
Before her fateful downhill run Sunday — one that ended with a violent crash after 13 seconds — Lindsey Vonn pulled on a pair of out-of-production gloves from her childhood skiing idol, Picabo Street.
The gloves are weathered and white, their brightness dulled by the decades, with the brand ...Read more
How Casey Wasserman entered Epstein's orbit and why it might affect his role with the LA28 Olympics
LOS ANGELES — When Casey Wasserman boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet for a two-week tour of Africa in 2002, he had little inkling he was embarking on a journey that could imperil his fortune.
The 28-year-old scion of Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman was already the heir of a multimillion-dollar philanthropic foundation, the owner of a ...Read more
US women's hockey team routs Canada, continues dominant Olympic tournament play
MILAN — The hockey group-play game between the U.S. and Canada at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Tuesday was both meaningless and vitally important.
For the record, the U.S. breezed to a 5-0 win behind two goals from Hannah Bilka, a goal and two assists from Carolina Harvey and three assists from Abbey Murphy. It was another complete, ...Read more
Maxim Naumov shines in Olympics spotlight on strength of parents
MILAN — Maxim Naumov typically trembles as he waits in his opening position before the music begins. But on Tuesday, the 24-year-old U.S. figure skater stood firm at center ice with the Olympic rings beneath his feet and his right fist raised. A white gold ring with a single diamond on his ring finger glittered in the light.
It belonged to ...Read more
US takes silver in mixed doubles curling, falling to Sweden in dramatic finish
MILAN — Curler Korey Dropkin had been hoping to mount an Olympic victory podium since before he started grade school. On Tuesday, he finally made the final steps of that climb alongside mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse, but the medal he got wasn't the color he'd dreamed it would be with the Swedish brother-sister combo of Isabella and ...Read more
Austria wins women's Alpine combined after Mikaela Shiffrin struggles in slalom
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria's Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won gold in the women's Alpine team combined Tuesday at the Milan-Cortina Olympics after Mikaela Shiffrin finished 15th in the slalom portion of the event.
Shiffrin's teammate, Breezy Johnson, finished first in the downhill portion, but Shiffrin's performance in the ...Read more
Amid heated global tensions, Italy hosts a relatively peaceful Olympics
MILAN — The world is experiencing more conflict and turmoil than at any point since the Berlin Wall came down nearly four decades ago.
There are hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza, cold wars on the Korean peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait, and budding wars in Iran and parts of Africa. The Global Peace Index is at its lowest level ever.
But four ...Read more
Chloe Kim must beat her protégés if she wants to make Olympic snowboarding history
MILAN — The Pyeongchang Olympics sparked two Olympic dreams.
There, Chloe Kim reached superstar status, winning at 17 to become the youngest woman to claim an Olympic snowboarding gold medal. At 11 years old, Bea Kim watched in awe.
"To see somebody who looked like me, who's from the same area as me do something that incredible, I was like,...Read more
US women's hockey team rolls to Olympic quarterfinals after rout of Canada
MILAN — The U.S. won its group and will advance to the quarterfinals of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as the top seed after routing Canada, 5-0, on Tuesday at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Two of the goals came from Hannah Bilka with Carolina Harvey, Kirsten Simms and Laila Edwards scoring one apiece.
The win was the seventh in a...Read more
Avalanche's Joel Kiviranta thrilled for Olympic opportunity to play for Finland
There are seven players on the Colorado Avalanche who were pretty easy selections to represent their country at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Sure, there was some initial backlash about Brock Nelson with the United States team, but a lot of that was people wrongly lumping him in with a couple of other guys who probably should have been left off the...Read more
La Velle E. Neal III: 'Best rivalry in sports' resumes as US, Canada chase Olympic gold in women's hockey
Kelly Pannek was introduced to the USA-Canada rivalry on April 7, 2017, in Plymouth, Mich., in the gold medal game of the IIHF Women’s World Championship. Just 21 years old then, she looked over at the Canada bench and felt a surge of determination.
She knew the Canadian players. She had played with some of them in the past. But this time, ...Read more
Lindsey Vonn says she has no regrets. Experts agree torn ACL didn't cause her crash.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn’s downhill run lasted 13 seconds. The question of whether she should have been racing at all with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will be debated for years.
The legendary 41-year-old ski racer, whose violent crash resulted in her being airlifted off the course and in surgery hours later Sunday ...Read more
The 'Quad Maker': Meet the 'genius' architect behind Ilia Malinin's quad axel
MILAN — He raised up the Quad King. He refined the jump that defined the Quad God.
From a sprawling ice facility in Irvine, Rafael Arutyunyan could just be the "Quad Maker."
The 68-year-old figure skating coach is renowned as one of the best technicians in the world. He trained Olympic champion Nathan Chen starting when the "Quad King" was ...Read more
Did torn ACL cause Lindsey Vonn's crash? Ski experts say no.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn's downhill run lasted 13 seconds. The question of whether she should have been racing at all with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will be debated for years.
What was going on in the mind of the legendary 41-year-old ski racer, whose violent crash resulted in her being airlifted off the course and...Read more
Chloe Kim ready to defend Olympic snowboard title with just one healthy shoulder
MILAN — Chloe Kim is prepared to defend her Olympic title, even with one healthy shoulder.
When the halfpipe superstar tore her labrum in her left shoulder in training a month ago, her hopes of becoming the first person to win three consecutive Olympic snowboarding gold medals were in jeopardy. But she said during a news conference in ...Read more
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- LA28 Olympics Committee backs embattled Casey Wasserman over Epstein files
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