Figure Skating: Korean skaters skip a line to avoid stepping on Japanese toes
SEOUL/GANGNEUNG (Reuters) – A South Korean figure skating pair competing in the Winter Olympics will perform to a popular Korean folk ballad with a couple of words cut to avoid offending Japan over a reference to disputed islands, South Korean official…
Unified Korea hockey team is not just window dressing: Bach
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – A unified women’s ice hockey team from North and South Korea at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is not just political window-dressing, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
Athletes, organizers locked in Pyeongchang cold war
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Even for cold weather warriors hardened by years of winter sports training, the icy chill of South Korea’s frigid February has come as a shock to the system in the leadup to this month’s Pyeongchang Olympics.
Ice Hockey: U.S. women battle scoring drought as Olympics loom
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – U.S. women’s ice hockey coach Robb Stauber knows he has a problem to solve in the days ahead as the Winter Olympic tournament gets underway – getting the puck in the net.
Virtue and Moir eager for Olympic ice time at final Games
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have arrived in Pyeongchang for their third and final Winter Olympics more prepared than ever, having fine-tuned their programs after a stinging loss to arguably their …
British sprinter Levine suspended after failing drugs test
(Reuters) – British Olympic sprinter Nigel Levine has been provisionally suspended after for failing a drugs test, UK Athletics said on Wednesday.
Alpine skiing: Gold medal wouldn’t change my life – Hirscher
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – He has dominated men’s Alpine skiing for the past seven years and lacks only an Olympic gold to cap the perfect career, but Austria’s Marcel Hirscher is keen to play down the importance of that missing medal.
Tokyo 2020 hoping to learn from Pyeongchang: spokesman
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Pyeongchang 2018 may not have started yet, but organizers of the next landmark Olympic Games are already learning the rigors of hosting a major sporting event.
Pope praises joint Korean Olympic teams, Vatican willing to back peace initiatives
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday the participation of North Korean athletes in the Olympics raised hopes for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula and that the Vatican was ready to back any peace initiative.
Freestyle skiing: Australia’s Morris ‘mans up’ to nail trick
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Olympic silver medalist David Morris had to “man up” at the age of 33 to nail one of the hardest tricks in freestyle skiing, a breakthrough he hopes will deliver the aerials gold at the Pyeongchang Games.
