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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou holds his award for Best Director at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan. Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Games with a bold and unprecedented way of lighting the Olympic flame. (AP Photo/Billy Dai, File)

Filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns for Olympics opening ceremony

Jan. 07, 2022 10:54 PM EST

Brittany Bowe, of the United States, skates to victory in the women's 1500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speedskating event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

Speedskater Jackson slips, misses US Olympic team in 500

Jan. 07, 2022 08:47 PM EST

The third placed team from the USA (Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Christopher Mazdzer, Jayson Terdiman) stand on the podium during the award ceremony after the mixed relay competition of the Luge World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)

Mazdzer-Terdiman sled crashes, Olympic luge hopes slip away

By Tim Reynolds

Jan. 07, 2022 03:26 PM EST

FILE - North Korea's Hwang Chung Gum and South Korea's Won Yun-jong carry the unification flag during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea said Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 it would skip next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic and "hostile forces' moves," a largely redundant statement since the country has already been banned from the Games by the IOC. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Banned from the Olympics by IOC, NKorea puts blame elsewhere

By Hyung-Jin Kim

Jan. 07, 2022 04:49 AM EST

Bowe, teen Stolz win 1,000 races at US speedskating trials

Jan. 06, 2022 11:13 PM EST

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brittany Bowe won the women’s 1,000 meters and teenager Jordan Stolz beat Joey Mantia in the men's 1,000 at the U.S. speedskating trials Thursday. ...

Mariah Bell competes in the women's short program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

Mariah Bell dazzles to win women's short at nationals

By Dave Skretta

Jan. 06, 2022 11:09 PM EST

FILE - Dani Loeb practices in the World Cup women's freestyle aerials skiing event Feb. 6, 2021, in Deer Valley, Utah. Olympic hopeful Loeb says she is optimistic that police are able to recover her custom skis, helmet, jackets and other gear stolen in Atlanta now that two suspects are in custody. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Her skis stolen, US Olympic hopeful Dani Loeb stays upbeat

By Jeff Martin

Jan. 06, 2022 04:54 PM EST

Snowboard star White recovering from COVID as Beijing looms

Jan. 06, 2022 04:22 PM EST

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) — Snowboarding star Shaun White has another obstacle to deal with as he eyes a bid for a fourth Olympic gold medal on the halfpipe: COVID...

FILE - Poland's Sports Minister Witold Banka speaks during an interview in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 18, 2019. The U.S. government paid its remaining $1.3 million in dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency but delivered a brusque message along with the check. A government official called its absence from the regulator’s decision-making boards a “sorry state of affairs.” WADA president Witold Banka called the release of the funds a sign of support from the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

US check to WADA comes with memo: 'Sorry state of affairs'

By Eddie Pells

Jan. 06, 2022 02:30 PM EST

French ice dancers to skip Europeans because of virus risk

Jan. 06, 2022 11:06 AM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron will not skate for a sixth European Championship title next week because they...

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier react after receiving the top score in the pairs free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Jan. 16, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Top US pairs skaters withdraw from nations due to COVID-19

By Barry Wilner

Jan. 05, 2022 11:54 PM EST

Cepuran, Manganello Kilburg earn Olympic speedskating berths

Jan. 05, 2022 07:40 PM EST

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ethan Cepuran rallied on the last lap to win the men’s 5,000 meters and Mia Manganello Kilburg took the women’s 3,000 on Wednesday on opening night...

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping tours the National Speed Skating Oval, a competition venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Competition for the Winter Olympics is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

IOC assures teams Winter Olympics in Beijing will go ahead

By Graham Dunbar

Jan. 05, 2022 02:16 PM EST

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard dribbles past Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Jazz won 120-105. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Blazers' Lillard out next 3 games with abdominal injury

Jan. 05, 2022 01:38 PM EST

FILE- United States' Evan Lysacek performs his short program during the men's figure skating competition at the Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2010. Nathan Chen, who goes for his sixth consecutive national championship this week at what amounts to the Olympic trials for next month's Beijing Games, has spoken with 2010 gold medalist Lysacek about the path to the top of the podium. Lysacek won in Vancouver with an unmatched artistic program even though he never had the jumps Chen has. Nowadays, every elite male skater has those jumps, led by Chen and his mastery of the quad. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Chen talked challenge of Olympic gold pursuit with Lysacek

By Barry Wilner

Jan. 05, 2022 12:34 PM EST

Staff members hold up medals as they rehearse a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan. 3, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics open in 30 days, and Norway is expected to head the medal table for the second straight time, even topping its record haul of 39 medals in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This is the prediction of U.S.-based Gracenote Sports, which released its outlook on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 with the Olympics opening on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Look for Norway to top medal table again at Winter Olympics

By Stephen Wade

Jan. 05, 2022 04:28 AM EST

FILE - Alysa Liu performs during the women's free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Las Vegas. Alysa Liu just might be the best hope America has to knock one of the Russian women off the figure skating podium at the Beijing Olympics. But first, the 16-year-old from California has to navigate the U.S. championships in Nashville, where she won the first of her two titles at the sprightly age of 13 but finished a disappointing fourth a year ago. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Alysa Liu eyes 3rd US figure skating title, 1st Olympic spot

By Dave Skretta

Jan. 04, 2022 04:28 PM EST

Four-time U.S. Olympic hammer thrower Jud Logan dead at 62

Jan. 03, 2022 08:42 PM EST

ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — Jud Logan, a four-time U.S. Olympic hammer thrower who was also a successful college track coach at Ashland University, has died. He was 62. ...

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin prepares to start of the alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race in Courchevel, France, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)

Shiffrin returns to World Cup after recovering from virus

Jan. 03, 2022 02:39 PM EST

Erin Jackson, of the United States, skates during the women's 500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speed skating event in Calgary, Alberta, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

No fans: US Olympic speedskating trials set for empty arena

Jan. 03, 2022 01:26 PM EST