Women's biathlon
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...

A medical worker walks into a COVID testing booth after disinfecting the window in the parking lot of the Shangri-La Hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Olympics Live: Kamila Valieva's falls leave her in 4th place

Feb. 16, 2022 10:02 PM EST

Choi Min-jeong of South Korea, races in the women's 1500-meters final during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Epic tricks lift US freestyle skiers to 1-2 Olympic finish

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 16, 2022 06:21 AM EST

Franziska Preuss of Germany, right, tags Denise Herrmann during the women's 4x6-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sweden takes Olympic gold in 4-woman biathlon relay

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 16, 2022 04:35 AM EST

Vincent Zhou, of the United States, competes in the men's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Olympics Live: US, Canada both out of men's hockey

Feb. 15, 2022 10:16 PM EST

Stefan Kraft, of Austria, celebrates with teammate Daniel Huber after they won gold in the men's team ski jumping eventat the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Olympics Live: US wins to set up gold-medal game with Canada

Feb. 13, 2022 09:29 PM EST

Biathletes shoot on the target range during the men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Roeiseland, Fillon Maillet win Olympic gold in pursuit races

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 13, 2022 05:02 AM EST

Ren Ziwei of China displays his gold medal during a medal ceremony for the men's 1,000-meter short track speedskating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US clinches men's hockey tournament top seed

Feb. 12, 2022 08:28 PM EST

Elvira Oeberg of Sweden raises her fist after crossing the finish line during the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Norway's Roeiseland shoots her way to Olympic sprint gold

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 11, 2022 05:42 AM EST

Japan's Masae Tsuchiya competes during the women's 7.5km + 7.5km skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Cold front in mountain Olympic venues tough for athletes

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 10, 2022 01:30 AM EST

Donovan Carrillo, of Mexico, competes during the men's short program figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Olympics Live: Germany's Geisenberger is 3-time luge champ

Feb. 07, 2022 08:30 PM EST

FILE - Stina Nilsson of Sweden reacts after crossing the finish line in the women's 7.5 kilometer sprint competition during the IBU World Cup biathlon event in Ostersund, Sweden, on March 19, 2021. Nilsson was at the top of her game after winning four medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics and two World Championship titles in 2019. But Nilsson shocked the Nordic community when she announced in 2020 that she was leaving one of the strongest cross country teams in the world to try her hand at biathlon. (Anders Wiklund/TT via AP, File)
Swedish XC skier switches to biathlon, makes Olympic team

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 05, 2022 10:33 PM EST

FILE - United States' gold medalist Shaun White reacts during the men's halfpipe medal ceremony at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. The Beijing Olympics will be the fifth Olympics for the three-time gold medalist. And the last Olympics for the 35-year-old — get this — elder-statesman who is now more than double the age of some of the riders he goes against. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Olympic Updates: China's first gold draws cheers downtown

Feb. 04, 2022 08:11 PM EST

Lowell Bailey speaks during an interview at the Biathlon World Cup Team Trials in Soldier Hollow on Oct. 25, 2021, in Midway, Utah. Bailey, a retired four-time U.S. Olympic biathlete and the team’s high-performance coach, said the combination of fast skiing and high-pressure shooting makes biathlon is an “exceptionally good spectator sport.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
EXPLAINER: Biathlon combines physical demands, mental calm

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 04, 2022 01:09 AM EST

FILE - The Olympic rings are displayed at the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Olympic quiz

By Noah Trister Jan. 30, 2022 09:53 PM EST

A group of cross country skiers glide along the freshly groomed trails at Cabin Creek Sno Park near Easton, Wash., on Dec. 19, 2021. When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting the ski trails and Nordic skis quickly became the new toilet paper – they were hard to find and sold out in stores. The ski boom has continued as the pandemic makes winter outdoor recreation appealing, but climate change means its future is uncertain. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertain

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 18, 2022 01:05 PM EST