Odermatt draws Federer comparison after downhill gold
February 12, 2023 GMTCOURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Competing with an elegance that makes the sport look easy. Technically brilliant. Highly successful. Humble. And Swiss.
Marco Odermatt has plenty in common with Roger Federer.
World Cup ski jumping returns to Lake Placid after a drought
February 10, 2023 GMTLake Placid, New York, hosted its second Winter Olympics in 1980 with world-class venues that slowly became outdated over the years.
Instead of allowing the investments to decay and become deserted, as happens in many Olympic cities, the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority spent $550 million to make Lake Placid relevant again on the world's stage.
Pinturault’s gold adds to his family’s legacy in Courchevel
February 7, 2023 GMTCOURCHEVEL, France (AP) — The family legacy in Courchevel began nearly half a century ago when Andre and Christiane Pinturault opened the high-altitude Hotel Annapurna.
On Tuesday, Alexis Pinturault won a gold medal on home snow just down the road at the world championships to enrich the family imprint on the posh French resort where his grandparents laid their foundations in 1974.
Goggia stuns with downhill win despite broken fingers
December 17, 2022 GMTST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Italian skier Sofia Goggia gave a thumbs-up with her right hand after dominating the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season on Saturday.
Friday Sports in Brief
June 25, 2022 GMTNHL
DENVER (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight Stanley Cup title, beating the Avalanche 3-2 on Friday night in Game 5.
Ondrej Palat scored with 6:22 remaining and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots in front of a raucous crowd hoping to celebrate the Avalanche’s first championship in 21 years.
IOC keeps women’s Nordic Combined out of 2026 Olympics
June 24, 2022 GMTGENEVA (AP) — Nordic Combined will remain the only Olympic event without women at the 2026 Winter Games.
The International Olympic Committee decided on Friday not to add a women’s event on the skiing program at the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Games in four years' time.
Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time
June 15, 2022 GMTNordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. Its time might be up.
Riiber-less Norway wins gold in Nordic combined team event
February 17, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Norway won Olympic gold in the Nordic combined team competition on Thursday, overcoming the COVID-related loss of Jarl Magnus Riiber.
Olympics Live: Kamila Valieva’s falls leave her in 4th place
February 17, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games on Thursday night, while teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the top three after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.
Olympics Live: US, Canada both out of men’s hockey
February 16, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead.
Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Tuesday, Feb. 15
February 15, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Beijing Games:
Riiber’s mistake helps Graabak of Norway win Nordic combined
February 15, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) —
Norwegian favorite Jarl Magnus Riiber took the wrong turn early in the 10K cross-country race at the Olympics, a little more than 24 hours after coming out of isolation, and two teammates took advantage.
Olympics Live: US wins to set up gold-medal game with Canada
February 14, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Hilary Knight had a goal and assist, Alex Cavallini stopped 25 shots and the defending Olympic champion United States defeated Finland 4-1 in a women’s hockey semifinal at the Beijing Games on Monday to set up the sixth gold-medal showdown between the Americans and Canada.
AP Sportlight
February 13, 2022 GMTFeb. 14
1934 — The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the NHL All-Stars 7-3. The game is played as a benefit for fomer Toronto player Ace Bailey. Bailey suffers a skull fracture earlier in the season from a hit by Boston’s Eddie Shore.
Olympics Live: Germany’s Neise captures skeleton gold
February 12, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
Some US Olympians enlist in order to make it to the Games
February 11, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Nordic combined is a niche sport, even athletes in the discipline acknowledge, leaving Olympians who participate in the mix of ski jumping and cross-country skiing searching for options to fund their dreams.
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
February 10, 2022 GMTFeb. 11
1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed.
1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer in the history of the 126-pound class to regain a lost championship with a 15-round unanimous decision over Sandy Saddler at Madison Square Garden.
Olympics Live: Iran skier 1st confirmed doping case of Games
February 9, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Iran’s only male athlete at the Beijing Olympics has tested positive for an anabolic steroid in the first confirmed doping case at the Games.
Vinzenz Geiger rallies, wins Olympic gold in Nordic combined
February 9, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Vinzenz Geiger of Germany won Olympic gold in Nordic combined Wednesday, rallying from a 1-minute, 26-second deficit to cross the finish line first in a 10K cross-country race after ranking 11th in ski jumping.
Fletcher embracing last shot at Olympics in Nordic combined
February 8, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Taylor Fletcher almost ended his Nordic combined career shortly after his third trip to the Olympics in 2018.
Fletcher's father died of Lou Gehrig’s disease, his stepfather had a near-death experience in a bike accident and he broke up with a longtime girlfriend.
Olympic ski jumpers fearlessly fly with mental fortitude
February 5, 2022 GMTZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Anna Hoffmann sat on a metal bar perched about as high as a 40-story building, rolled her shoulders back, took a deep breath and exhaled.
The American ski jumper left the safe place, went down the in-run and took flight the length of an football field with her bib flapping in the wind before landing smoothly in the machine-made snow.
It’s men only in Nordic combined at the Olympics for now
January 23, 2022 GMTLAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Like her brother, Annika Malacinski dreams of going to the Olympics in Nordic combined.
As wintry weather settled in at the Olympic Jumping Complex and Mount Van Hoevenberg last fall, she and Niklas trained together in this tiny town that hosted the 1980 and 1932 Winter Olympics.
Norway’s Riiber dominant soaring, skiing into 2022 Olympics
January 13, 2022 GMTNorway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber has been so dominant in World Cup competitions that other Nordic combined athletes are studying how he soars past the competition in ski jumping to often take a huge lead into the cross-country skiing leg of the events.
World Cup events off to protect Olympic athletes from virus
January 10, 2022 GMTOBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — The last scheduled World Cup meeting in cross-country skiing before the Beijing Olympics was canceled on Monday to protect athletes from the risk of COVID-19 infection in Slovenia.
The Latest: Luge win keeps Germany atop gold medal standings
February 13, 2018 GMTPYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
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Chloe Kim's win in the women's halfpipe final was the early highlight before attention moved to Alpine skiing and Marcel Hirscher's victory in the men's combined.
WCup ski jumps in Czech in February cancelled
December 11, 2014 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — Two World Cup ski jumps and two Nordic combined events planned for February in the Czech Republic have been cancelled.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) says the events, scheduled in the northern city of Liberec on Feb.