David Wise considers himself a dad and husband first, a freestyle skier second. That might be why he also became an Olympic champion. Soaring through sloppy snow and sleet, Wise won the first gold medal in the young sport of halfpipe skiing Tuesday, outclassing a field ...
This was a high five Anton Kushnir will never forget. Five spins into the frosty night air followed by a near-perfect landing gave Kushnir the gold medal Monday and wrapped up a sweep of aerials gold at the Sochi Olympics for Belarus. He won it three ...
Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova of Russia underwent a 6½-hour operation on her fractured spine following a training accident Saturday. Russian freestyle ski federation spokesman Mikhail Verzeba said Komissarova fractured the 12th dorsal vertebrae in her lower-middle back and was taken to a hospital near ...
Lydia Lassila already has a gold medal sitting back home in Australia. At these Olympics, she was looking for something better. So, she raised her hand and took off down the biggest ramp on the aerials course Friday night for a jump that would cement her ...
Don't worry, Team USA. The shredder kids have your back. Americans Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper swept the podium in men's slopestyle skiing Thursday, putting on a spectacular show to boost America's lagging medal count and provide the U.S. team with a jolt ...
Alex Bilodeau carried the Canadian flag along with the prodigy who pushed him to history. Moments later, the greatest moguls skier of his time bearhugged his inspiration, pulling him over the fence in the process. The first two-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle skiing will ...
Olympic breakthrough eludes Uemura again in bittersweet finale
When freestyle skier Aiko Uemura banged out the fastest time on her third and last run in the women's moguls final, the tears that welled up behind her goggles told a story of what she had hoped would be her crowning glory. What four years ...
Freestyle skier Aiko Uemura suffered more heartbreak on Saturday as she finished fourth for the second Olympics in a row in the women's moguls at the Sochi Games. The 34-year-old, who finished fourth in Vancouver four years ago after placing seventh, sixth and fifth in ...
The Dufour-Lapointe family of Canada will have a few things to share and compare when they get home from Russia. Try Olympic gold and silver medals. Youngest sister Justine took the gold in women's moguls Saturday night and middle sister Chloe got the second-place prize. Oldest sister ...
U.S. freestyle skier Maggie Voisin is out of the Olympics due to an ankle injury. The 15-year-old from Whitefish, Montana, is the youngest member of Team USA. She injured her right ankle during training for ski slopestyle on Friday and doctors deemed she couldn't recover ...
Uemura reflects on Olympic career
Freestyle skier Aiko Uemura, who advanced through the qualifying round in moguls on Thursday to make Saturday's finals, is cherishing what will likely be her final shot at Olympic glory. The 34-year-old Uemura, who is competing in her fifth consecutive Olympics, finished seventh in the ...
Ito withdraws from women's moguls competition due to knee injury
Miki Ito has withdrawn from Saturday's second round of qualifying for the women's moguls at the Sochi Olympics after aggravating a right knee injury, the Japanese Olympic Committee said Friday. "We had to make a comprehensive decision while considering her intentions," the JOC said in ...
