Olympics
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Medal favorite Joey Mantia secures spot in mass start
Jan 07, 2018 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - All Joey Mantia needed to do to qualify for the mass start in the Olympics was to finish at the U.S. Speedskating trials. He took it a little easy to be...
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Husband-wife pair Chris, Alexa Knierim take national title
Jan 06, 2018 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - U.S. champions again after all the terrifying health challenges of recent years, the husband-wife Knierims celebrated with those kid-sized, singl...
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Off bike and back on oval, Mia Manganello makes Olympic team
Jan 06, 2018 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Mia Manganello had tears as she approached the starting line Saturday night. She couldn't stop smiling once she finished. A return to speedskating paid ...
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Nagasu, Tennell, Chen earn US Olympic figure skating spots
Jan 06, 2018 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu and Karen Chen, the top three finishers at the national championships, were selected Saturday to the U.S. team for t...
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Reports: North Korea says likely to join Olympics in South
Jan 06, 2018 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - North Korea's IOC representative on Saturday said his country is likely to compete in figure skating in next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, accordi...
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Inline to ice: Jackson is surprise Olympian at US trials
Jan 06, 2018 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Erin Jackson surprised herself and almost everyone else at the U.S. speedskating trials, becoming a first-time Olympian after just four months on ice. C...
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Carpentersville figure skater Bradie Tennell named to Olympic teamJan 06, 2018 12:00 am - A day after Carpentersville's Bradie Tennell won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships women's title and a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, folks at the suburban rink wher...
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IOC member resigns amid claim he assaulted former girlfriend
Jan 05, 2018 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Under pressure in the Netherlands amid allegations he assaulted a former girlfriend in 2015, Camiel Eurlings resigned as an International Olympic Committee...
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Court ruling due on $500K in Israeli-US figure skating flap
Jan 05, 2018 6:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey woman who skated in the Olympics for Israel before winning the right to skate for the U.S. is awaiting a court decision to see how much ...
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Foot broken but not his dreams, Adam Rippon chases Olympics
Jan 05, 2018 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A few feet off the ice from where he had been gearing up for last year's U.S. championships, Adam Rippon glanced down at his broken left foot tha...