Curling: Canada sweeps past Swiss for first mixed-doubles gold
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada were crowned the first Olympics mixed-doubles curling champions on Tuesday claiming gold with a 10-3 blowout win over world champions Switzerland.
Cross-country skiing: Stina takes sprint gold for Sweden
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Stina Nilsson swept aside the field in the Olympic women’s sprint classic final on Tuesday, powering to victory in a time of 3:03.8 to secure Sweden’s second cross-country gold of the Games.
Biathlon: Fourcade can become France’s greatest Olympian
PARIS (Reuters) – Martin Fourcade joined a select club of triple champions by winning the Olympic biathlon pursuit on Monday and is on course to become the most successful French Olympian.
Ice Hockey: Statue of Liberty image cleared for U.S. helmets
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Two U.S. goaltenders are free to take to the ice on Tuesday with images of the Statue of Liberty on their helmets after a misunderstanding about whether they violated an Olympic ban on political symbols.
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin won’t give up slalom gold easily
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – American Mikaela Shiffrin will enter the record books if she can win Wednesday’s Olympic women’s slalom event at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre.
No final, but huge pride for Iran’s Baher
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Iran’s Samaneh Beyrami Baher may have come dead last in Olympic sprint qualifying, but she crossed the line bursting with pride at being the only female in her country’s cross-country skiing team.
Breaks, lighter schedules can help players improve, says Federer
(Reuters) – Swiss ace Roger Federer believes he has benefited from a lighter schedule and says players should not be afraid of taking breaks from tennis to improve their game.
Alpine skiing: Brilliant Hirscher claims elusive first gold medal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Marcel Hirscher, the greatest skier of his generation, ended his long wait for an Olympic gold medal when the Austrian claimed top spot in the men’s combined event after a blistering slalom run on Tuesday.
North Korean pair eye points not prizes, coach says
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korean pair figure skaters Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik will chase the modest goal of recording a personal best score when they compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics, a coach who works with them said on Tuesday.
Snowboarding: Big boys through top-quality halfpipe qualifying
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pre-Olympics favorites including two-time gold medalist Shaun White qualified for the men’s snowboard halfpipe final in a high-scoring, high-flying contest on Tuesday.
