Olympics
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Edin skips Sweden to Olympic curling gold, Britain 2nd
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Five-time world champion. Olympic bronze medalist. Olympic silver medalist. And now, finally, Niklas Edin of Sweden has claimed the only major title missing fr...
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Sui, Han earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skating
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago, edging Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova an...
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Schouten wins 3rd gold on final day of Olympic speedskating
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Irene Schouten grew up dreaming of an Olympic gold medal. She'll head home from the Beijing Games with three of 'em. The Dutch speedskater established herself ...
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U.S. skaters file appeal to get Olympic medals
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - The U.S. figure skaters whose Olympic silver medals are being withheld have filed an appeal to have them awarded before the end of the Beijing Games...
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Epic Olympic battle highlights biathlon at Beijing Games
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China - The Frenchman fared better in the first week. The Norwegian nailed it in the second. The biathlon competition at this year's Olympi...
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Lincicome: Beijing could be remembered as the Olympics of GriefFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - It is hard to take seriously any sport that has a section called "Kiss and Cry," which seems more an instruction than a description, though honest emotion can occur. So...
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How local Olympians fared: Addison pairs skater advances to finalsFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - Figure skating In the pairs short program, Addison native Alexa Knierim and partner Brandon Frazier advanced to the finals after scoring 74.23. The second of 18 pai...
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Canada beats US behind Gushue to win Olympic curling bronze
Feb 18, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - John Shuster began his fifth Olympics as a U.S. flag bearer, leading the defending men's curling champions and the rest of Team USA into the Beijing Games' ope...
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China's Sui, Han top pairs short program record at Olympics
Feb 18, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are in a most familiar place atop the pairs competition at the Olympics. They plan to hold onto the spot this time. Four years after a...
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Germany leads in women's Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd
Feb 18, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - The Germans remain right at home on China's Olympic sliding track. Winners of gold medals in seven of the eight sliding events so far at the Beijing Games, Ger...