Yuzuru Hanyu successfully defended his gold medal in PyeongChang, tallying 317.85 total points. Shoma Uno, also from Japan, took the silver …
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Two-sport athlete Ester Ledecka surprise gold medalist in her second-best sport
Gold: Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic)Silver: Anna Veith (Austria)Bronze: Tina Weirather (Liechtenstein) Ester Ledecka, a two-sport athlete fr…
Lindsey Vonn finishes off the podium in her first race at 2018 Olympics
Gold: Anna Veith (Austria)Silver: Tina Weirather (Liechtenstein)Bronze: Lara Gut (Switzerland) Austria’s Anna Veith became the first Florida man t…
Women’s Curling Night 4: Slick sweeping helps USA defeat OAR in extra ends
The U.S. and Team OAR battled through four lead changes and two ties in 10 ends of regulation Thursday. In the end, it was the extreme sweep…
Previewing Mac Bohonnon, Jon Lillis and men’s aerials
Former World Cup champion Mac Bohonnon and reigning world champion Jon Lillis are Team USA’s top medal contenders. Bohonnon has a special pl…
Redemption for Nathan Chen as he lands five clean quads in his free skate
Nathan Chen is the first skater in history to cleanly execute five quadruple jumps in a free skate. His scored a personal best 215.08 points…
Russian fans proudly flying flags, but athletes can’t
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Ilya Kovalchuk has a rule for any fans wanting an Olympic selfie — put the Russian flag away. The forward for …
Lone Puerto Rican competing in PyeongChang hopes to give back
Charles Flaherty couldn’t help but smile at the double takes when he told friends in Puerto Rico that he would be representing the island as…
Humble, kind and fair: Can curling cure our troubled world?
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — The world, some fret, is falling apart. Politicians spar viciously on social media. Leaders lie. Former heroes…
Experience luge with virtual reality
You don’t need an airline ticket to PyeongChang to experience the Winter Olympics ‘in person’. Virtual reality sponsored by Intel True VR br…