Luge: Taiwan’s Lien takes hard road to Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Stories of sacrifice abound among Olympians but Taiwanese luger Lien Te-an has quite literally taken the hard road to get to the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Cold weather turning skis to garbage in Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Brutally cold conditions in Pyeongchang are warping skis and forcing some athletes to toss them out after training runs, an Alpine skiing course worker told Reuters on Wednesday.
Olympic joy warms Colombian skaters in chilly Gangneung
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – For the two Colombian speed skaters competing in South Korea, the bitter cold is “horrible” but their joy at being selected for the Winter Olympics has filled them both with a warm, fuzzy glow.
‘Extraordinary’ Tokyo sponsorship deals near $3 billion: IOC
PYEONGCHANG, Reuters (Reuters) – Record revenues from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsorship program have edged closer to $3.0 billion with more partners expected, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.
North Korea’s cheer squad, sports officials arrive in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – A group of 280 North Koreans arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, one of the largest peacetime crossings of the inter-Korean border, to spur on athletes from the two Koreas at the Winter Olympics starting Friday.
Chan ‘fell in love’ with figure skating after Canada return
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Patrick Chan’s new coach has said that the Canadian figure skater had fallen in love with his sport again after relocating to his homeland to train for his third and final Olympic Games.
Soccer, cricket and golf handicapped by UK climate change: study
OSLO (Reuters) – Golf, cricket and soccer are suffering from wetter weather linked to climate change in Britain, the nation which laid down the modern rules for the games, a study said on Wednesday.
Preserving skiing’s origins in China’s remote west
KHOM, China (Reuters) – On the western edge of China, Sulita straps on his skis and heads out into a winter morning. The temperature is -30 degrees Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit).
Former USA gymnastics coach under investigation: Michigan sheriff
(Reuters) – A former coach of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, John Geddert, was under investigation, a sheriff in Michigan said on Tuesday, coming on the heels of a sexual abuse scandal surrounding a team doctor with whom the coach had worked.
CAS decision to clear 28 Russians setback for clean sport: WADA committee
ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Athlete Committee has expressed disappointment over the decision by sport’s highest court CAS to reinstate the medals and results of 28 Russians at the 2014 Winter Games, calling it “a massive setback f…
