Quotes from the Pyeongchang Winter Games on day three
(Reuters) – Following are some memorable quotes from the Pyeongchang Olympics on Monday:
Horse racing: Teams and jockeys to compete in new F1-style series
(Reuters) – British horse racing is hoping to be on to a winner after unveiling a new Formula One-style championship for teams and jockeys with prize money of more than 100,000 pounds ($138,200) per race.
Snowboarding: Kingsbury battles nerves to seal the deal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Mikael Kingsbury, described by rival Matt Graham as the greatest mogul skier in history, had achieved almost everything in his illustrious career.
Ice Hockey: Korea fall to Sweden amid more unity displays
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Korea’s unified women’s Olympic hockey team suffered their second lop-sided defeat on Monday, as seven different players scored to lift Sweden to an 8-0 win on another night of jubilant displays of goodwill between th…
Messi cried after Champions League exit to Chelsea: Sanchez
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Lionel Messi was so distraught at Barcelona missing out on reaching the 2012 Champions League final that he was reduced to tears after his side’s semi-final elimination to Chelsea, his former Barca team mate Alexis Sanchez has rev…
Ski jumping: Norway’s Lundby flies through blizzard to take gold
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Maren Lundby of Norway outsoared her rivals on a night of snow, wind and biting cold to win the women’s Olympic ski jumping competition on Monday.
Freestyle skiing: Kingsbury seals long-awaited moguls crown
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury demolished the field to win Olympic gold in the men’s moguls at Phoenix Snow Park on Monday four years after finishing as runner-up in Sochi.
Speed skating: Wust powers to 1,500m gold for record 10th medal
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust secured her place in history by claiming a record 10th Olympic speed skating medal when she surged to gold in the women’s 1,500 meters at the Gangneung Oval on Monday.
Luge: Geisenberger sets gold medal pace as Germany hit back
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – A day after Felix Loch’s shock meltdown, Germany’s peerless luge team got back on track as reigning champion Natalie Geisenberger emerged in the gold medal position after Monday’s opening runs of the women’s singles…
Curling: Steady Swiss sneak past jittery OAR to reach final
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – World champions Switzerland slipped past a jittery Olympic Athletes from Russia team on Monday to join Canada in the final of the mixed doubles curling in the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
