Swiss Gisin beats Shiffrin to combined gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin won the women’s combined at the Pyeongchang Games on Thursday with American Mikaela Shiffrin taking silver while another Swiss Wendy Holdener won bronze.
Playing medal yo-yo is no fun for Games athletes
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – In four years U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has ridden an emotional roller coaster as intense as her sport, which involves hurtling down a steep, twisting tongue of ice, head first.
North Korea’s closing Olympics delegation includes man blamed for deadly ship sinking
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will send another high-level delegation to South Korea for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closing ceremony, officials said on Thursday, including the man blamed for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean navy ship that killed…
Alpine skiing: Myhrer triumphs in slalom after Hirscher bombs out
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Sweden’s Andre Myhrer won the men’s Olympic slalom on Thursday at the age of 35, keeping his head while others were losing theirs after both of the pre-race favorites destroyed their chances with uncharacteristic mi…
Freestyle skiing: Wise overcomes broken bindings to retain halfpipe gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – David Wise of the United States overcame broken bindings and produced a scintillating final run to retain his ski halfpipe Olympic title on Thursday.
Sock, Isner and Raonic bundled out of Delray Beach Open
(Reuters) – Top seed Jack Sock was “served off the court” while John Isner and Milos Raonic also exited on a day of upsets at the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Wednesday.
Cross-country skiing: Norway golden boy Klaebo to skip 50km
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Norwegian cross-country skiier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has decided three gold medals is enough at the Pyeongchang Games and is skipping Saturday’s 50km race and heading home instead, his team has said.
North Korea to send delegation to Olympics closing ceremony, meet South Korea’s Moon
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will send another high-level delegation to South Korea in time for the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the South’s Ministry of Unification said on Thursday.
Snowboarding: Gutsy Gasser goes for glory, bags big air gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Anna Gasser stood at the top of the big air ramp on Thursday, caught in two minds ahead of her crucial final run. In the end, the Austrian snowboarder changed her planned trick and was rewarded with the first Olympi…
Freestyle skiing: Wise leaves it late to retain halfpipe gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – David Wise of the United States retained his ski halfpipe Olympic title with a scintillating final run on Thursday.
