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Russian skater Kolyada out of Olympics with coronavirus
Jan. 25, 2022 11:07 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian figure skater Mikhail Kolyada has been ruled out of next month's Beijing Olympics after testing positive for the coronavirus. The...
German hockey players call for league stoppage for Olympics
Jan. 25, 2022 08:52 AM EST
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Players called on the German hockey league to consider suspending its operations Tuesday because of coronavirus outbreaks, just as its 2018...
Norwegian cross-country skiers isolating ahead of Olympics
Jan. 25, 2022 08:36 AM EST
OSLO (AP) — Every member of Norway’s men’s cross-country skiing team is isolating ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics because a coach has contracted the...
FILE - Women's snowboardcross gold medalist Michela Moioli, of Italy, celebrates during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Moioli replaces Goggia as Italy's flag bearer at Olympics
Jan. 25, 2022 07:42 AM EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin backs China over 'politicization' of Beijing Olympics
Jan. 25, 2022 07:14 AM EST
United States' Breezy Johnson speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill training, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
US downhill racer Johnson forced out of Beijing Olympics
Jan. 25, 2022 04:52 AM EST
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)
Rippon boosts Bell's Olympic chase with advice and support
By Barry Wilner
Jan. 25, 2022 12:54 AM EST
Shaun White durante la prueba de halfpipe en el Dew Tour de Cooper Mountain (Colorado), el 19 de diciembre del 2021. El tricampeón olímpico estadounidense está prácticamente clasificado a sus quintos juegos olímpicos, pero por primera vez no arrancará como el favorito en las competencias de snowboard.(AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)
US names 223 to Olympic team; 4 athletes are 5-timers
Jan. 24, 2022 11:58 PM EST
FILE - Chicago Red Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher dives for the ball during a win in penalty kicks against the OL Reign in an NWSL Challenge Cup soccer match at Zions Bank Stadium, July 18, 2020, in Herriman, Utah. After a heartbreaking exit from the Tokyo Olympics, Naeher is back with the U.S. women's national team. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Naeher back with US team after recovering from injury
By Anne M. Peterson
Jan. 24, 2022 05:36 PM EST
FILE - Boston University hockey head coach David Quinn, right, hands the Beanpot trophy to Matt Grzelcyk (5) and Evan Rodrigues, left, after their overtime win against Northeastern in Boston, Feb. 23, 2015. More than three decades since he was supposed to play for the U.S. at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Quinn is getting a second Olympic opportunity as the Americans' coach in Beijing. It's also a chance for Quinn to get back into coaching in the NHL after being fired last summer by the New York Rangers following three seasons dedicated to a rebuild.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
U.S. coach David Quinn gets second chance to go to Olympics
By Stephen Whyno
Jan. 24, 2022 02:00 PM EST
Former Olympic gymnastic champion dies after COVID infection
Jan. 24, 2022 01:44 PM EST
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany died Monday at the age of 51 after spending weeks hospitalized with COVID-19,...
FILE - Ayumu Hirano, of Japan, makes a qualifying run on the halfpipe Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, during a U.S. Grand Prix snowboarding event at Copper Mountain, Colo. Long filled with potential, but only Ayumu Hirano's two silver medals to show for it over the past decade, a crew of Japanese riders appears poised to take over the halfpipe in Beijing with four bona fide gold-medal contender. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)
Chairmen of the boards: Japanese team powerful in halfpipe
By Pat Graham
Jan. 24, 2022 01:26 PM EST
Volunteers help women enter information on their smartphones as others gather in line for mass coronavirus testing in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Chinese authorities have lifted a monthlong lockdown of Xi'an and its 13 million residents as infections subside ahead of the Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, the 2 million residents of one Beijing district are being tested following a series of cases in the capital. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China tests 2M in Beijing, lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an
By Ken Moritsugu
Jan. 24, 2022 12:17 PM EST
Sean McCann stares through a spotting scope at the targets 50 meters away during a Biathlon event at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center biathlon shooting range, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Midway, Utah. McCann is a clinical psychologist who works for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee — one of seven assigned to various sports teams. At certain times of the year, he's “embedded” with the U.S. biathlon team to help them perform at their best. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Finding the 'happy bubble': Mental health key for Olympians
By Martha Bellisle
Jan. 24, 2022 11:12 AM EST
FILE - Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at finish area after winning an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy, on Dec. 20, 2021. Looking for the Next Big Thing in Alpine skiing? Look no further than Marco Odermatt. The 24-year-old from Switzerland is a potential superstar who won five gold medals at the junior world championships in 2018 and is currently leading the overall World Cup standings. He’s a legitimate medal threat in three events at the upcoming Beijing Olympics with strong results in giant slalom, super-G and downhill this season. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)
The new guy: Marco Odermatt is the Next Big Thing in skiing
By Andrew Dampf
Jan. 24, 2022 07:42 AM EST
Kiana Kryeziu trains at the Arxhena Ski center in Dragas, Kosovo on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. The 17-year-old Kryeziu is the first female athlete from Kosovo at the Olympic Winter Games after she met the required standards, with the last races held in Italy. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Olympic dreams come true for Kosovo skier Kiana Kryeziu
By Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini
Jan. 24, 2022 04:49 AM EST
FILE - The Netherlands' Jorien Ter Mors competes during the women's 1500 meters race of the speed skating World Cup at the Minsk ice arena in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Mors has retired from the sport. Ter Mors was the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games. The 32-year-old speedskater won three long track gold medals and one short track bronze medal while competing at the 2014 and 2018 Olympics. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
Dutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors retires from the sport
Jan. 24, 2022 04:47 AM EST
Members of the "1979" hockey club stand on the ice during a break between periods in a hockey match at a rink in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Spurred by enthusiasm after China was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, the members of a 1970s-era youth hockey team, now around 60 years old, have reunited decades later to once again take to the ice. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
AP PHOTOS: Olympics get Chinese hockey veterans back on ice
Jan. 23, 2022 10:14 PM EST
FILE - Gold medalist Australia's Scotty James jumps in the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe for the FIS Snowboard World Cup held in Chongli county near Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei province on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Tucked away on a private halfpipe in Switzerland, Scotty James has been charting the future. He envisions the best tricks at this year’s biggest halfpipe contests as the kind that only he can perform. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
44 Australians heading to Beijing for Winter Olympics
Jan. 23, 2022 09:24 PM EST
FILE - Russia's Vyacheslav Voynov (27) celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Former Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov and the Russians are favored once again at the Olympics without NHL players. Voynov was part of the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” team that won gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Defending Olympic gold medal-winning Russians unveil roster
By Stephen Whyno
Jan. 23, 2022 04:42 PM EST