CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin closed her eyes, gave a deep breath and took a big step back onto the top of an Olympic podium. The American skiing standout was a gold medalist at the Winter Games once again — and she couldn't quite believe it. Shiffrin put in two dominant ...
TESERO, Italy — Fresh off ending a 50‑year medal drought in men's cross-country skiing, American Ben Ogden proved Wednesday it was no fluke by winning a second silver. Teaming up with Gus Schumacher, the U.S. men even gave runaway favorites Norway some real competition and held off ...
MILAN — The U.S. men's team pursuit trio of Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran dominated that speedskating event lately. They are the reigning world champions and world record-holders. They won five World Cup titles. They came to the Milan Cortina Olympics in search of just one ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Some might say the seeds of an Olympic-sized surprise in snowboarding were planted a month ago. That's when Chloe Kim went skittering down a halfpipe in Switzerland, smashing her shoulder and turning her run for a third straight gold medal into a less-than-perfect ...
TESERO, Italy — Jessie Diggins of the United States battled through injury to claim bronze Thursday in the women's 10‑kilometer interval start, a race dominated by Sweden's Frida Karlsson as she won her second gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Diggins, racing in her final season, ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone tilted her head up toward the sky and watched the Italian Air Force's acrobatic unit leave behind a trail of the country's colors amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites as the sun finally peeked through the clouds of what had been a gray day at the ...