Bobsleigh: Feel the rhythm – Jamaican women make debut
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Jamaican women’s bobsleigh team made their Winter Olympic debut on Tuesday, thirty years after the country’s first appearance at the Games in Calgary.
Snowboarding: American survivor Muss keen to make his mark on snow
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Four years after suffering a life-threatening condition, American snowboarder Aaron “AJ” Muss says he wants to be recognized as one of the best in his sport and “not because I overcame something.”
Russian curler’s second sample tests positive for meldonium
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky’s second sample has tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, the Russian Olympic delegation said in a statement on Tuesday.
Brilliant Fourcade claims mixed relay gold for France
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – France’s Martin Fourcade gave another brilliant display of skiing and shooting to erase a big German lead and claim the Olympic gold for his team in the Olympic biathlon mixed relay on Tuesday.
Short track: South Korea continue relay dominance
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea powered to gold in the Olympic women’s short track speed skating 3,000 meters relay on Tuesday, defending the title they won in Sochi.
Ice Hockey: Norway beat Slovenia in first win since Lillehammer
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Norway reached the men’s Olympic ice hockey quarter-finals for the first time after Alexander Bonsaksen’s wrist shot secured their 2-1 overtime win against Slovenia on Tuesday.
Christie’s nightmare Games ends in disqualification
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Elise Christie’s disastrous Winter Olympics ended in a third ignominious failure when the British short track skater was disqualified in her women’s 1,000 meters heat and had to be carried off the track on Tuesday.
Nordic Combined: Japan’s Watabe leads after ski jump
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Japan’s Akito Watabe took a lead of just one second into the cross-country portion of Tuesday’s Olympic Nordic Combined after outscoring his rivals in the ski jump.
Ice hockey: Donato scores twice to help U.S. beat Slovakia 5-1
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ryan Donato scored twice to help the United States ease to a 5-1 win over Slovakia on Tuesday and book a spot in the men’s Olympic ice hockey quarter-finals.
Ice hockey: Donato scores twice to help United States beat Slovakia 5-1
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ryan Donato scored twice to help the United States ease to a 5-1 win over Slovakia on Tuesday and book a spot in the men’s Olympic ice hockey quarter-finals.
