Olympics
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: Lessons from Hitler's Olympics apparently mean nothing to the profits of NBCFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - THE PARALLELS ARE imprecise at this point in time but nonetheless discomforting. How much greater imaging loft would Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich have gotten out of ...
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A 'huge' change helped Petra Vlhova to Olympic gold
Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) - Smiling. Laughing. Enjoying herself. Petra Vlhova is like a different person following "something huge" that changed in her approach to ...
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Several factors contribute to NBC's low Olympic ratings
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - NBC's Mike Tirico began Friday's opening ceremony by saying, "just over six months ago in Tokyo, we said we were about to embark on an Olympics unlike any other. Now we'...
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Nuis, Krol give Dutch 1-2 finish in men's 1,500 speedskating
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands became the first speedskater since 1994 to successfully defend his Olympic title in the men's 1,500 meters, edging teammate Thoma...
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Snowboarders Kummer, Kosir out of Olympics after isolation
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Snowboarders Patrizia Kummer and Zan Kosir had something in common Tuesday in the Olympic parallel giant slalom race - an early exit. Something else...