Olympics
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Salt Lake City aiming for bid for 2030 Winter Olympics
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah officials studying the possibility of Salt Lake City making a bid to host another Winter Olympics said Monday they would rather host the games...
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AP Exclusive: Climate change hits Winter Olympic preparation
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - SAAS-FEE, Switzerland (AP) - The athletes' half-hour commute in the Swiss Alps - up two gondolas, then through a tunnel in the world's highest underground train to a gla...
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IOC gives Olympic life ban to Russian lawmaker in Sochi case
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says it has banned Russian lawmaker Alexei Voevoda from the Olympics for life for taking part in the 2014 Sochi Olympic doping progr...
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Hong, Pivirotto, Kooreman claim final Olympic spots
Dec 17, 2017 6:00 am - KEARNS, Utah (AP) - Four years ago, Jessica Kooreman qualified for the Olympics on the first day of the team trials. This time, she went into her last race with everythi...
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Biney is 1st black woman to make Olympic speedskating team
Dec 16, 2017 6:00 am - KEARNS, Utah (AP) - Maame Biney became the first black woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team with a pair of victories in the 500 meters. The 17-year-old ...
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Canada beats US 3-1 in women's hockey Olympic tune-up
Dec 16, 2017 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Haley Irwin and Sarah Nurse scored in the second period, sending Canada to a 3-1 victory over the United States on Friday night in the latest Oly...
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Krueger, Gehring earn Olympic spots at US short track trials
Dec 15, 2017 6:00 am - KEARNS, Utah (AP) - John-Henry Krueger qualified for his first Olympic team and Lana Gehring made her second nearly eight years apart at the U.S. short track speedskatin...
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Pates gets leg up on Olympic berth; Chloe Kim seals spot
Dec 15, 2017 6:00 am - BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - The most surprised guy on the halfpipe Friday: Jake Pates. He also happened to be the winner of the Dew Tour and might have to clear his sched...
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Putin accuses US agencies of manipulating doping testimony
Dec 14, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. agencies of manipulating evidence from the main whistleblower on doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Putin sai...
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As Olympics near, South Korea agonizes over post-Games costs
Dec 14, 2017 6:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - South Korean officials have ruled out turning a state-of-the-art Olympic skating arena into a giant seafood freezer. Other than that, not m...