Articles | Beijing 2022 Winter Games

Who me? Japan's Sena Tomita wins a Winter X Games gold

By Eddie Pells

3 minutes ago

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Japan's Sena Tomita thought it was a mistake when they placed the gold medal around her neck. The 22-year-old halfpipe rider won...

FILE - Cammi Granato stands on center ice after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame before an NHL game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres in Toronto, Nov. 6, 2010. Granato had never forgotten the young girl she lent her stick and gloves to during one of the former U.S. Olympian’s first hockey camps in Chicago in the late 1990s. It was not until years later when Granato discovered that girl just happened to be Hilary Knight. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File)

US women's hockey once again led by a shining Knight

By John Wawrow

7 hrs ago

Haein Lee of South Korea performs in the women free skating program during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Stepanov)

Japan's Mihara wins 2nd Four Continents figure skating title

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FILE - Aaron Blunck, of the United States, makes a run during halfpipe qualifying Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at the U.S. Grand Prix freestyle skiing event at Copper Mountain, Colo. In a crash a year ago, Blunck lacerated his kidney, broke ribs, fractured his pelvis and bruised his heart. He's now a medal contender. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)

Olympian Aaron Blunck finds peace after scary halfpipe crash

By Pat Graham

7 hrs ago

Toni Eggert, right, and Sascha Benecken from Germany are happy about the victory in the team relay competition at the Luge World Cup in Oberhof, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (Martin Schutt/dpa via AP)

Eggert, Benecken win 6th World Cup luge doubles championship

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FILE - Gold medalist Mariya Lasitskene, of Russian Olympic Committee, celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene is among 22 Russians given permission to compete in international track and field events as neutrals this year while Russia remains suspended. The decision by World Athletics comes in time for Lasitskene to defend her world indoor championship title next month. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Lasitskene among 22 Russians given neutral status for 2022

13 hrs ago

FILE - Adam Rippon of the United States reacts following his performance in the men's free figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. Rippon, who came out publicly in October 2015, was the first openly gay athlete to represent the United States in Olympic competition. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Adam Rippon looks back at his role in 2018 Olympics

By Barry Wilner

17 hrs ago

FILE - Scotty James, of Australia, rides during the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Phoenix Snow Park at he Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. James has come a long way since his dad bought him a $10 snowboard from a shop that was using it as a doorstop. He’s won three world championship titles, six World Cup races and six Winter X medals, including three gold. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

3 flips for Hirano but a 4th win for James at Winter X

By Eddie Pells

19 hrs ago

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin looks at the scoreboard after completing an alpine ski women's World Cup slalom, in Schladming, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)

Shiffrin leads US Olympic ski team nominations; Nyman out

Jan. 21, 2022 07:22 PM EST

FILE - Shaun White, of the United States, is shown after his third run in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. Shaun White is likely heading to the Olympics for a fifth time. For the first time, the snowboarding star and three-time gold medalist on the halfpipe won't be the favorite. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)

White 1 of 4 US snowboarders to defend Olympic titles

Jan. 21, 2022 06:44 PM EST

United States' Kai Owens watches scores after competing in the finals of a World Cup freestyle moguls competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Teen Kai Owens makes Olympic moguls team, returning to China

By Pat Graham

Jan. 21, 2022 06:18 PM EST

FILE - Mark Mcmorris, of Canada, jumps during the men's Big Air snowboard qualification competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. McMorris has endured quite a pounding over more than a decade of hard riding that has made him Canada's most-decorated snowboarder. At 28 and heading into his third Olympics, he is missing one thing from an already awe-inspiring resume. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

McMorris in search of one more win: Olympic snowboard gold

By Eddie Pells

Jan. 21, 2022 03:42 PM EST

United States' Travis Ganong gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

With Olympics looming, US downhiller Ganong gains speed

By Eric Willemsen

Jan. 21, 2022 03:12 PM EST

From left, Team Shuster's John Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, coach Sean Beighton, Chris Plys and John Shuster pose with their gold medals after winning their match against Team Dropkin during the third night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Team Shuster won the match and will represent Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Keeping curling cool goal for sport's chief in US after gold

By Eric Olson

Jan. 21, 2022 02:12 PM EST

Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer works out in her hotel room in Beijing on Jan. 19, 2022 where is undergoing a 21 day quarantine. Three weeks alone in a hotel room is hardly an ideal setting for a snowboarder preparing for the Olympics. Kummer, a Swiss competitor who won a gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is unvaccinated against the coronavirus by choice, so she is spending 21 days in isolation in China before the Winter Games begin in Beijing on Feb. 4. (Patrizia Kummer via AP)

In 3-week isolation, unvaccinated athlete waits for Olympics

By James Ellingworth

Jan. 21, 2022 01:23 PM EST

Germany's Andreas Wellinger soars through the air during the third stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Olympic ski jump champion Wellinger positive for virus

Jan. 21, 2022 11:46 AM EST

CAS judges 'lacked anti-doping expertise' at Tokyo Olympics

By Graham Dunbar

Jan. 21, 2022 11:41 AM EST

FILE- Czech Republic's David Krejci, back, and teammates celebrate a goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match between the United States and Czech Republic at the Jyske Bank Boxen arena in Herning, Denmark, Thursday, May 17, 2018. On Friday Jan. 21, 2022, the Czech Republic's ice hockey team's coach Filip Pesan told reporters six of the 12 players who came from Russia's based KHL tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

6 Czech players test positive ahead of Olympic training camp

Jan. 21, 2022 09:32 AM EST

A student poses for a photo with the Olympic flame and torch during an event to display the Olympic torch and flame at the Beijing University of Posts and Communications in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. China is limiting the torch relay for the Winter Olympic Games to just three days amid coronavirus worries, organizers said Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The flame will be displayed only in enclosed venues that are deemed "safe and controllable," according to officials speaking at a news conference. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China mandates 3-day Olympic torch relay amid virus concerns

Jan. 21, 2022 05:11 AM EST

FILE - A worker labors to assemble the Olympic Rings onto of a tower on the outskirts of Beijing, China on Jan. 5, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've paid to the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Column: 'Games must go on' spiel grows weaker by the day

By Jim Litke

Jan. 21, 2022 02:25 AM EST