CAS announces Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky found guilty of doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. CAS said that the Olympic Athletes from Russia mixed doubles curling team, which won bronze ...
Alina Zagitova leads Evgenia Medvedeva after record-breaking short program
Alina Zagitova of the Olympic Athletes from Russia smashed the world record to take the lead after the women's short program at Gangneung Ice Arena on Wednesday. Moments after training partner and two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva had broken her own world mark, Zagitova took ...
Of all the questions surrounding reports of a Russian curler's alleged doping infraction at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the biggest is why? Why would an athlete in one of the Winter Games' least taxing and least physically demanding sports feel it necessary to use performance-enhancing drugs? Even ...
The Japanese women's curling team beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia 10-5 on Saturday, bouncing back after a 7-6 loss to China, their first defeat of the Pyeongchang Winter Games, earlier in the day. The late win left Japan second in the standings with a ...
Norwegian Marit Bjoergen equals Winter Olympics medals record
Marit Bjoergen skied a triumphant final leg to write her name in the Olympic record books, delivering gold for Norway in the women's 4x5-km relay on Saturday and joining countryman Ole Einar Bjoerndalen as the most successful winter Olympian of all time with 13 ...
