The International Olympic Committee dashed Russian athletes' hopes of marching behind their national flag at the Pyeongchang Games on Sunday, deciding against immediately lifting Russia's Olympic suspension after fresh doping violations. Russians have been competing as Olympic Athletes from Russia, with the nation's Olympic ...
South Korea's 'Garlic Girls' fall short in bid for gold as Sweden claims curling title
The South Korean women's curling team ended their fairy tale campaign at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a silver medal, falling to heavyweight Sweden 8-3 in Sunday's final. Riding a wave of popularity that swelled as the games progressed, the "Garlic Girls," as they are ...
Nana Takagi emerges from sister's shadow with gold medal in mass start
Miho Takagi arrived in South Korea amid much media hype about her chances for gold in women’s speedskating at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. But it was her elder sister Nana who stole the headlines on Saturday night when she won the inaugural women's mass start ...
It was a day of big firsts. Finland picked up its first gold of the games, and Nana Takagi become the only woman to get two speedskating golds at Pyeonchang, but perhaps the most historic first was Czech snow star Ester Ledecka taking golds ...
Japan women's curling squad triumphs over Great Britain in bronze-medal match
Japan's incredible run in women's curling culminated in a 5-3 win Saturday over Great Britain in the Pyeongchang Olympics bronze-medal match. With this win, Japanese skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her squad capped a tournament that saw them beat Sweden — the gold medalist in 2010 ...
Nana Takagi zooms to gold in women's mass start final
Japan's Nana Takagi won the gold medal in the women's mass start final at Gangneung Oval on Saturday night. The gold was the second here for Takagi, who also picked up one in Japan's victory in the team pursuit on Wednesday night. She is the only ...
American skip John Shuster produced a masterstroke to earn a rare five-pointer as the United States beat Sweden 10-7 to win its first ever Olympic men's curling title on Saturday. With U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka among the crowd, Shuster all but wrapped up ...
Canadian ski cross athlete David Duncan has been charged with stealing a car in the early hours of Saturday morning, South Korean police said. A police official in charge of international crime at Gangwon Provincial Police Agency said the athlete, his wife and manager had ...
A second Russian athlete failed a doping test at the Pyeongchang Games, a day before the IOC's executive board is to decide whether to reinstate the country for Sunday's closing ceremony. Russian Bobsled Federation president Alexander Zubkov told The Associated Press on Friday that a ...
Markus Schairer mulls return to competition after undergoing neck surgery
The Austrian snowboarder who broke his neck in a crash at the Olympics last week is considering a return to the sport. "It's the easiest way to get healthy again," Markus Schairer said on Friday about a possible comeback. "But it's way too early to ...
Smile Japan must build on progress
The women's national ice hockey team, Smile Japan, ended its Olympic tournament with a 2-3 record on Tuesday night following a 1-0 loss to Switzerland in the fifth-place game. Though Japan was eliminated from medal contention in the Group B preliminary round with a 1-2 ...
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 15: The sweet smell of success
It wasn't the sunniest day for fans of Japan at the Olympics. South Korea's seemingly unstoppable "Garlic Girls" beat the Japanese team as they continue their run as overnight stars. Skating fans also had their hearts broken when both Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto were bumped ...
