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FILE - Jamie Anderson, of the United States, celebrates winning gold after the women's slopestyle final at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Still bothering many of the riders was the way the slopestyle contests went down at the Pyeongchang Games four years ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
Dissed: Olympic snowboarders still irked by secondary status

By Eddie Pells 8 hrs ago

FILE - Human right groups gather on the United Nations international Human Rights Day, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 in front of the Bank of China building in Taipei, Taiwan. Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the "genocide games." (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

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FILE - Kunlun Red Star's Brandon Yip is shown during a Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey match against Russia club Amur Khabarovsk in Mytishchi, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Host China has finalized its roster for the men's hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics. The team includes a dozen players from North America. Some like forward Brandon Yip have Chinese ancestry. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
China finalizes men's hockey roster for Beijing Olympics

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2022 12:36 PM EST

Russia's Kamila Valieva performs during the women's free skating competition of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Raul Mee)
The age-old question in figure skating: How old is too old?

By Dave Skretta Jan. 27, 2022 12:29 PM EST

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. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)
China spends billions on Olympics with longer-term goal

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 27, 2022 04:14 AM EST

FILE - Norway's Maren Lundby competes in the mixed team ski jumping World Cup event in Rasnov, Romania, on Feb. 20, 2021. Lundby has emerged as an advocate for change in a sport that has historically had athletes develop eating disorders in a quest to be as light as possible to fly farther. (AP Photo/Raed Krishan, File)
Olympic champion Lundby laments ski jumping's weight issues

By Larry Lage Jan. 27, 2022 02:25 AM EST

FILE - A Ukrainian skier heads out on the course to test skis for wax and snow conditions prior to the relay competition at the World Cup Biathlon, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, in Presque Isle, Maine. The on-again, off-again ban on high-end waxes that help cross country skis glide smoothly over the snow, but are toxic to your health and the environment, is on in some places, but not the cross country ski World Cup circuit or 2022 Beijing Olympics because the tester isn't ready. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
No instant testing for toxic ski waxes at the Olympics

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 26, 2022 10:41 AM EST

FILE - Norway's Heidi Weng celebrates on the podium after winning the women's Mass Start Free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, on Jan. 4, 2022. Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country team, Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvaa, have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics. They contracted COVID-19 at a training camp in the Italian Alpine resort of Seiser Alm and are now isolating. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)
Norwegian skiers, other Olympic hopefuls positive for virus

Jan. 26, 2022 06:06 AM EST

FILE - Jamie Anderson stands at the bottom of the big air course after winning her second gold medal during the Winter X Games on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Aspen, Colo. Even in a sport filled with nonconformists, Anderson stands out. The 31-year-old from South Lake Tahoe, California, is one of the most thoughtful people in her business. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
Tough trip to China ahead, Anderson sees gift of world stage

By Eddie Pells Jan. 26, 2022 02:40 AM EST

FILE -David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili killed during a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, stands at the grave of his son Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 in Bakuriani, Georgia. Saba Kumaritashvili will compete in luge next month at the Beijing Olympics, 12 years after his cousin Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a training accident at the Vancouver Games. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)
For Nodar: Georgian luge family makes a return to Olympics

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 26, 2022 02:29 AM EST

Canada's Mason McTavish (23) and Czech Republic's Jiri Kulich (27) battle for the puck during third-period IIHF world junior hockey championship game action in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Staal, Power and Levi headline Canada's Olympic roster

By Stephen Whyno Jan. 25, 2022 11:40 AM EST

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan performs during the men's free skating competition of the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Chen vs Hanyu the latest in Olympic figure skating rivalries

By Dave Skretta Jan. 25, 2022 11:35 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 04:51 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 12:53 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 07:02 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 01:59 PM EST

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 01:24 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 11:08 AM EST

Natalie Geisenberger of Germany smiles after her second run of the Luge World Cup women race in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
Geisenberger gets 52nd career win in luge season finale

Jan. 23, 2022 09:05 AM EST

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 Jan. 22, 2022 01:14 PM EST