Nordic combined: Germany continue dominance with team gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Germany delivered a superb display of cross-country skiing to glide to victory in the men’s Olympic team event on Thursday and complete a clean sweep of gold medals in the Nordic Combined events at the Games.
Schulting wins gold in women’s 1000 meters short track
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands won the 1,000 meter final in women’s Olympic short track speed skating on Thursday and Canada’s Kim Boutin took silver to capture her third medal of the Pyeongchang Games.
Paris metro expansion plan delayed before 2024 Olympics
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris on Thursday admitted construction delays to its 38.5-billion-euro ($47 billion) metro expansion plan, despite having promised easy to access public transport to 100 percent of venues for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Alpine skiing: British ‘Rocket’ Ryding ready to race on to Beijing
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Dave Ryding said he was just warming up in his Alpine skiing career and planned to race on until the 2022 Beijing Games after finishing ninth in the men’s slalom in his third Olympics on Thursday.
Ice hockey: U.S. women claim gold to end Canada’s reign
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – She’s practiced the ‘Oops, I did it again’ thousands of times in training, and on Thursday her signature trick was worth its weight in Olympic gold as American Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson’s shootout winner broke a Can…
Pyeongchang figure skating boosted music streaming, requests on Amazon
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – In a sport where music can play a big role in drawing in the audience, figure skating has introduced songs with lyrics at the Olympics, a move that has boosted several songs on at least one streaming service.
China’s Wu sets world record in 500m qualifier
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – China’s Wu Dajing set a world record of 39.800 seconds in qualifying for the men’s Olympic 500 meters short track speed skating final on Thursday.
Freestyle skiing: Double sweet 16 ends Kiwi drought
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – After waiting 26 years for a second Winter Olympics medal, New Zealand secured two bronzes in snowboarding and freestyle skiing within a few hours on Thursday.
IOC edges closer to bringing Russia in from the cold – sources
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is edging closer to allowing Russia to march behind their national flag at the Winter Games closing ceremony, sources said, in a move Moscow hopes will mark the end of its o…
Alpine skiing: American Shiffrin ends ‘rollercoaster’ Games on high note
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Surprise successes, shocking failures and a dizzying number of scheduling changes made for a turbulent three weeks in Pyeongchang for Mikaela Shiffrin, but the American said she is walking away happy after taking si…
