Olympics
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How local Olympians fared Monday and Tuesday in BeijingFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Men's speed skating In Tuesday's 1,500 meters final, Oak Park's Emery Lehman finished 11th with a time of 1:45.78. Earlier in the Winter Games, Lehman placed 16th i...
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Austrian skier Mayer makes it 3 golds in 3 straight Olympics
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - AP Sports Writers BEIJING - Matthias Mayer stuck his poles into the snow, pushed off with his massive legs and attempted to head down the mountain. At least that's where...
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Tuesday's Olympic Medalists
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - By The Associated Press ALPINE SKIING Men's Super-G GOLD-Matthias Mayer, Austria SILVER-Ryan Cochran-Siegle, United States BRONZE-Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Norway --- BIA...
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Eliminated early again: Shiffrin loses control in slalomFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin's second race at the Beijing Games was over even more quickly than her first. The 26-year-old American skidded out o...
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US-born freeskier Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Eileen Gu amassed an army of cynics when she spurned Team USA to represent China at the Beijing Games. Moments after the biggest run of her life, the 18-year-o...
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Chen delivers record short program to begin Olympic pursuit
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a defiant fist in a rare display of emotion, when he was...
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Snowboarder Vic Wild's ride leads to another Olympic medal
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Once upon a time, Vic Wild left his life in America and moved to Russia for love - and for snowboarding. Love faded. Olympic medals - those last for...
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Sweden beats Britain 9-3, wins Olympic mixed curling bronze
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Sweden won the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday, bouncing back from a semifinal blowout to dominate Britain 9-3 in six ends in the third-place ...
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Olympic roundup: Chen flips, spins way to world-record score at Olympics
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men's figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics. Next up for th...
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Jones free to post Olympics after 3rd-party error resolved
Feb 07, 2022 10:00 pm - Leslie Jones is free to take to social media to give her commentary about the Olympics after a misunderstanding with some of her posts. NBC spokesman Greg Hughes said Mo...