Organizers get creative as winds threaten day three
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Alpine skiing organizers are trying to be creative to get the Olympic program up and running after the first two days of competition were postponed because of high winds.
Exclusive: IOC boss to visit North Korea after winter Games – source
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of an agreement between the IOC and North and South Korea, a source within the Olympic…
Snowboarding: Kim dominant in halfpipe qualifying, Japanese disappoint
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – American teenager Chloe Kim lived up to expectations with a dominant performance during qualifying for the ladies snowboard halfpipe on Monday.
Figure skating: Triumph after tears as Nagasu makes skating history
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Four years ago, American figure skater Mirai Nagasu was heartbroken after being left off the U.S. team for the Sochi Olympics in favor of a woman who ranked lower than she had at a key qualifying event.
Ill-wind blows no good for Pyeongchang games
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Icy winds tore through the mountains at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Monday, wreaking havoc at a snowboard final, forcing the postponement of the Alpine skiing for a second successive day, and raising questions about…
Golf: Day on the beach shows Pebble aptly named
(Reuters) – Jason Day showed that Pebble Beach is aptly named when he played a shot off the stones at the final hole of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday.
Snowboarding: Anderson retains snowboard slopestyle gold in challenging wind
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Sochi champion Jamie Anderson of the United States battled challenging cross winds that had delayed the start of the final to win her second successive Olympic gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Games on…
North Korea heads for diplomacy gold medal at Olympics: analysts
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea has emerged as the early favorite to grab one of the Winter Olympics’ most important medals: the diplomatic gold.
Canada win gold in team event after Chan, Daleman shine
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada took gold in the team figure skating event on Monday after stellar performances by Gabrielle Daleman and Patrick Chan, who landed two quads early in his free skate on his way to finally earn an Olympic gold.
Snowboarding: Anderson retains slopestyle gold in challenging winds
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Sochi champion Jamie Anderson of the United States battled challenging cross winds that had delayed the start of the final to win her second successive Olympic gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Games on…
