Tag: Pyeongchang
Former world junior skating champion Alexandrovskaya dies
SYDNEY (AP) - The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed the death of former world junior pairs figure skating champion Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in Moscow.The cause...
IIHF encouraged by NHL’s potential return to Olympics in ’22
International Ice Hockey Federation chief Rene’ Fasel is encouraged after learning the NHL's pending labor deal opens the possibility of the world's best players...
Olympic champions in hard-hit Bergamo surrounded by death
ROME (AP) - Standing together before nearly 100 members of the International Olympic Committee, Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli felt like they were on...
Column: Russian doping would have made El Chapo envious
Russia cranked up a state-sponsored, industrial-scale doping operation ahead of the 2014 Sochi Games that would have turned El Chapo green with envy.It swept...
The Latest: Pinturault wins Alpine combined
ARE, Sweden (AP) - The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):___4:50 p.m.Alexis Pinturault earned his first major individual gold medal by...
Danger Warning! Extreme cold can affect even elite skiers
Alexandra Coletti, a veteran of more than 200 World Cup races, once came dangerously close to losing the big toe on her right foot...
Higher learning: Boarder Chloe Kim aims to soar at Princeton
DENVER (AP) - Snowboarder Chloe Kim has long been in a class by her herself in the lofty subjects of double corks and front-side...
More sexual abuse claims rock South Korean skating
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - More South Korean female skaters are accusing their coaches of sexually abusing them, a group representing the athletes disclosed...
After hip replacement, Mancuso encourages Vonn and Murray
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Julia Mancuso knows what Lindsey Vonn is going through. She understands Andy Murray's pain, too.It was exactly a year...
Skier-snowboarder Ledecka upset with worlds schedules
SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) - Skier-snowboarder Ester Ledecka will not be able to follow up her dual sport gold-medal performances at the...