Curling: Team USA’s Hamiltons keep sibling rivalry on ice
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Ask brother-sister team mates Matt and Becca Hamilton which one is the alpha personality on their U.S. mixed doubles Olympic curling team and they are both likely to raise their hands.
Alpine skiing: Ligety pleased to see North Koreans compete in Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – American ski racer Ted Ligety is all in favor of North Korean athletes competing at this month’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang and says one of the key goals of the Olympics is to help countries overcome their differences through s…
Evergreen Kostner thrives on resilience in podium quest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – When Carolina Kostner competed in her first European championships in 2003, the current champion Alina Zagitova was only eight months old.
Teen training partner threatens Medvedeva coronation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva’s seemingly smooth path to Olympic glory has run into an unexpected roadblock in the shape of her 15-year-old training partner Alina Zagitova.
Olympics: Pyeongchang ready to battle cold snap, norovirus – Lee
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are on track though organizers are battling the spread of a virus among staff and preparing to deal with the cold snap at Friday’s opening ceremony, Games chief Lee Hee-beom said on Tuesday.
I’ll ski team event if Shiffrin does: Ligety
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – American Ted Ligety said on Tuesday he would take part in the Alpine skiing team event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if Mikaela Shiffrin did – a dream team that would hugely enhance the appeal of the event on i…
Freestyle: Kingsbury beatable, says Australia’s Graham
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Skiing against Mikael Kingsbury has proved a fruitless “cat and mouse game” for his rivals in recent years but the Canadian moguls sensation will be “beatable” at the Winter Olympics, according to Australia’s Matt Graham.
Olympics: PETA brings anti-fur protest to Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Animal rights activist Ashley Fruno braved bone-numbing temperatures in Pyeongchang, host of this month’s Winter Games, to call for an end to the fur trade on Tuesday and said she wanted to send a message that fur has no place a…
Bobsled: U.S. pilot Olsen hopes to compete despite appendectomy
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – American pilot Justin Olsen is still hoping to compete in the two-man bobsled at the Winter Olympics despite undergoing an emergency appendectomy in South Korea on Monday, the United States Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Olympics: More Russians appeal Pyeongchang exclusion to CAS
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Thirty-two Russian athletes appealed their Pyeongchang Olympics exclusion by the International Olympic Committee over a doping scandal in their country, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday.
