Vonn gone? Don’t bank on it just yet
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn’s bronze medal run in Wednesday’s downhill was billed as her final bid for Olympic gold in the sport’s marquee event but those who know her best say they wouldn’t rule out a fifth attempt in Beijing in …
Freestyle skiing: Canada’s Delbosco suffers broken pelvis after crash
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s Christopher Delbosco suffered a broken pelvis and Terence Tchiknavorian of France was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured shin after a crash-ridden round of the men’s ski cross heats on Wednesday.
Freestyle skiing: Canada’s Leman wins ski cross gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s Brady Leman edged Switzerland’s Marc Bischofberger to claim victory in the men’s ski cross final on Wednesday.
Alpine skiing: Shrewd RagMow watches and waits before pouncing for medal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ragnhild Mowinckel had a long time to wait before starting 19th in Wednesday’s women’s Olympic downhill race, but she was not letting a moment go to waste.
Moir hits back at allegations of biased ice dance judging
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s multiple gold medal winner Scott Moir on Wednesday hit back at allegations by a French sports official that judging in the Olympic ice dance event could have been skewed in Canada’s favor.
Figure skating: Zagitova in first with new world record, Medvedeva close behind
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Alina Zagitova took the lead in women’s singles figure skating on Wednesday with a brilliant free skate that set a world record, giving her nation a strong shot at its first gold of the Pyeongchang Games.
Medvedeva sets world record in short program
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Evgenia Medvedeva set a world record in figure skating’s women’s singles short program on Wednesday, breaking the previous record she had set almost two weeks ago.
‘Samurai’ Goggia denies Vonn to win downhill gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Sofia Goggia carved up the Jeongseon slope “like a Samurai” to win the women’s downhill on Wednesday and leave American Lindsey Vonn with a bronze medal in her final run in the marquee event of Olympic Alpine skiing…
Figure skating: Japan’s Sakamoto in surprise lead, Olympic Athletes from Russia yet to come
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, in her Olympic debut, skated a clean, lyrical program to take a surprise lead in the women’s figure skating contest on Wednesday, although a number of medal favorites had yet to skate.
Snowboarding: NZ’s Garcia Knight best of big air qualifiers
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Carlos Garcia Knight topped qualifying for the men’s snowboarding big air competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Wednesday, while Olympic slopestyle champion Redmond Gerard also scraped into th…
