Olympics

11:22 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Four years after a disappointing Olympics debut, Nathan Chen avenged himself — and then some — during the men’s short program on Friday in the first event of a dominant day for the Americans at the figure skating team competition. Chen, 22, got his 2022 Olympic Games underway with a
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6:04 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus and other athletes are also in doubt, Russian officials said Monday. “Yesterday it became clear that there was no longer a chance of making it,” Tregubov
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2:19 PM ET Associated Press MILAN — With the Beijing Olympics looming, Sofia Goggia’s recovery is on track but the Italian likely will have to wait until the end of the week to know whether she’ll be able to defend her downhill title. The Italian ski federation said a check-up on Sunday showed signs of
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12:27 PM ET Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland — Jeremy Colliton has been elevated to head coach of Canada’s men’s hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after Claude Julien was sidelined by an injury. Hockey Canada said Julien slipped on ice and fractured his ribs during training camp in Switzerland, and medical staff
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Elle Purrier St. Pierre successfully defended her Wanamaker Mile title Saturday in the 114th Millrose Games, finishing in 4 minutes, 19.30 seconds. Purrier St. Pierre, also the 2020 winner, joined Mary Decker (1982-83), Doina Melinte (1990-91), Regina Jacobs (1999-2002), Carmen Douma-Hussar (2004-06), Kara Goucher 2008-09), and Shannon
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9:49 PM ET Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal said Friday he was very close to becoming paralyzed after an accident with a bus on Monday. The crash took place as the 25-year-old Bernal trained on the road in his native Colombia. The 2019 Tour winner is under intensive
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7:52 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — A snowboarder from Slovenia has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Beijing for the Olympics, the country’s national Olympic committee said Friday. Zan Kosir, who had been chosen as one of Slovenia’s flag bearers for next Friday’s opening ceremony, took a second test to confirm the
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2:42 PM ET Associated Press OSLO, Norway — A coronavirus outbreak is spreading inside the powerful Norwegian cross-country skiing team, with double Olympic champion Simen Hegstad Kruger becoming the third skier in two days to test positive ahead of the Beijing Games. Norway’s team doctor, Øystein Andersen, told a news conference Thursday that Hegstad Kruger
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4:50 PM ET Associated Press U.S. Olympic bobsledder Josh Williamson has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not fly with his teammates to China on Thursday, though he remains hopeful of getting there in time for the Beijing Games. Williamson — expected to be part of the USA-1 four-man team in Beijing — tested positive
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6:49 AM ET Associated Press OSLO — Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country ski squad have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics, the team said Wednesday. Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvå contracted COVID-19 at a training camp in the Italian Alpine resort of Seiser Alm and are now isolating.
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4:58 PM ET Associated Press SCHLADMING, Austria — Six World Cup races. Six different winners. It’s anyone’s guess who will win the men’s slalom at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Germany’s Linus Strasser won the final slalom before the Beijing Games on Tuesday, moving up from fifth after the opening leg to finish a slim 0.03
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