
Winter Olympics / Alpine skiing
Momoka Muraoka's five-medal Beijing dream dashed at final hurdle
The alpine sit-skier missed out on winning her fifth medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Saturday when she finished fifth in the women's slalom.
Momoka Muraoka's five-medal Beijing dream dashed at final hurdle
The alpine sit-skier missed out on winning her fifth medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Saturday when she finished fifth in the women's slalom.
Mikaela Shiffrin uses spotlight to spread message of hope and resilience
"You just need to get up. It's the most important takeaway from these last couple of weeks for me and it has nothing to do with the Olympics.
Austria wins mixed team gold as Mikaela Shiffrin's U.S. misses out
The team event, in only its second edition after being introduced at Pyeongchang in 2018, had been rescheduled from Saturday after heavy winds forced a postponement.
France's Clement Noel conquers 'Ice River' to win men's slalom gold
The 24-year-old, who finished just off the podium four years ago in Pyeongchang, became the third French skier in history to win slalom gold at the Games.
Akito Watabe takes bronze behind Joergen Graabak's gold in Nordic combined
Just as he did last week, Graabak sat back in the field and timed his charge perfectly to edge compatriot Jens Oftebro, who also came from deep to take silver.
Iran's Hossein Saveh Shemshaki tests positive for anabolic steroid at Beijing Olympics
Iranian alpine skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki has been suspended from the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said, the first publicly announced doping case at the Games. The 36-year-old, who has never competed on the World Cup ...
Mikaela Shiffrin under same spotlight Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles faced at Tokyo Games
"It's been an OK couple of days but still tough because you feel like this moment is building and building and building and you feel a bit weighed down by it but I'm OK to feel that way."
Mikaela Shiffrin wipes out early in bid to defend giant slalom title at Olympics
"There's a huge disappointment, not even counting medals," she said. "The day was finished basically before it even started."
In subtropical Taiwan, two women vie for spots at Beijing Winter Games
Taiwan, where snow brushes only the highest mountaintops during the coldest winters, has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn is the downhill favorite, says rival Sofia Goggia
The form book suggests there is little to choose between the world's top two women downhill skiers ahead of Wednesday's Olympic race at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre. But Italian Sofia Goggia believes her rival, 2010 gold-medal winner Lindsey Vonn, starts as the woman to beat. "Maybe ...
Austria's Matthias Mayer breaks Norway's super-G stranglehold
Austria's Matthias Mayer made up for the disappointment of his injury-hampered downhill title defense at the Pyeongchang Olympics by skiing an error-free run to win the men's super-G on Friday, ending 16 years of Norwegian dominance of the event. A day after Aksel Lund Svindal ...
Austria's Matthias Mayer aims for historic defense of downhill title
Austria's Matthias Mayer will attempt to go where no man has gone before on Sunday when he defends his Olympic downhill title in what looks likely to be an open race against a pack of challengers hungry for his crown. No one has won successive ...