Biathlon

FILE - Nils van der Poel of Sweden reacts after breaking his own world record in the men's speedskating 10,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. For an ailing search for a 2030 Olympics host now to have Sweden emerge as frontrunner is a surprise in Stockholm as elsewhere. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Sweden emerges as sudden front-runner to host 2030 Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 15, 2023 01:30 PM EST

Norway's Egner Granerud waves after winning the ski jumping, men's World Cup large hill event, in Willingen, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa/dpa via AP)

World Cup ski jumping returns to Lake Placid after a drought

By Larry Lage Feb. 10, 2023 06:00 AM EST

Dmytro Pidruchnyi of Ukraine shoots during zeroing in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Ukrainian athletes join military after Russian invasion

By James Ellingworth Mar. 02, 2022 06:47 AM EST

A soldier's helmet with a bullet hole near debris of burning military trucks, in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Poland, Sweden refuse to play Russia in World Cup playoffs

Feb. 26, 2022 11:43 AM EST

Franziska Preuss of Germany skis during the women's 4x6-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Epic Olympic battle highlights biathlon at Beijing Games

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 19, 2022 06:07 AM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 19 1928 — Canada wins the gold medal in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada, represented by the 1926 Toronto...

Tiril Eckhoff of Norway (6) and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway (2) arrive at the shooting range during the women's 12.5-kilometer mass start biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Boe, Braisaz-Bouchet handle conditions, win Olympic golds

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 18, 2022 03:15 AM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Feb. 17, 2022 08:39 PM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...