Olympics
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Nathan Chen rockets to long-sought Olympic gold medalFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Nathan Chen completed his four-year journey toward an elusive Olympic gold medal Thursday, following his record short program at the Beijing Games with a near-...
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Russian figure skating star practices despite report of positive drug test
Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - AP Sports Writers BEIJING - Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian superstar who was expected to deliver her nation its third straight Olympic gold medal in women's fig...
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Shiffrin seeks Olympic reset; enters super-G after training
Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - The on-the-slopes portion of what Mikaela Shiffrin hopes will be a "reset" at the Beijing Olympics - moving on from early mistakes that eliminated her from two...
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Decker still helping U.S. women's hockey team off Olympic ice
Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - With the interview over, Brianna Decker nestled her immobilized left leg on the seat of her scooter, gripped the handlebars and sped out of the room under...
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Jacobellis earns 1st US gold at Olympics in snowboardcross
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States' first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, riding hard to the line in her snowboardcross ...
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Olympic medals in team figure skating delayed by legal issue
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The winners in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics still have not received their medals two days later because of what the IOC sai...
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Vinzenz Geiger rallies, wins Olympic gold in Nordic combined
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) - Vinzenz Geiger of Germany won Olympic gold in Nordic combined Wednesday, rallying from a 1-minute, 26-second deficit to cross the finish line f...
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Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - They said he should play soccer. They said figure skating was for girls. They said winter sports made no sense in temperate Guadalajara. But none of those...
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At 40, Baumgartner still contender in Olympic snowboardcross
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner remembers the exact time he started feeling old. It was noon on Dec. 17, 2017 - his 36th birthday. He was raci...
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EXPLAINER: How does curling scoring work?
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Amid the clattering of the rocks and the shouting and sweeping and chess-like strategy, curling has a simple goal: position as many stones as possible clo...