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American skier Hess uses ‘loser’ label from Trump as motivation
LIVIGNO, Italy -- American freestyle skier Hunter Hess nailed his first halfpipe run at the Olympics on Friday and took a moment to embrace the "loser" label bestowed on him by President Donald Trump.,The 27-year-old Hess looked into a nearby TV camera, shaped an "L" with his fingers and held them t...
China’s Eileen Gu bounces back to land into halfpipe final
LIVIGNO, Italy -- China's Eileen Gu bounced back from a mistake to qualify on Thursday for the Winter Olympics freestyle skiing halfpipe final, giving the defending champion a chance to pick up yet another medal.,Gu crashed on her first run, after clipping the edge of the U-shaped ramp that defines ...
Freestyle skiing halfpipe, aerial events postponed at Olympics
Freestyle skiing halfpipe and aerial events were postponed at the Winter Olympics on Thursday because of heavy snow in Livigno, Italy.,The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday morning, with the men's halfpipe qualification beginning about an hour after the aerials conclude....
Frostad scores 195.5 to win men’s big air gold; American Forehand takes silver
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Norway's Tormod Frostad won gold in the men's freestyle skiing big air final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday, unseating compatriot and defending champion Birk Ruud. who only managed eighth place in an exceptionally high-scoring nail-biter.,American Mac Forehand took silver...
Lindsey Vonn back in US, grateful for Italian help in recovery
Although she's still bed-ridden and immobile, Lindsey Vonn is back in the United States after spending a week in an Italian hospital.,The American skier announced the news on her X account Sunday evening as she continues her recovery from a fractured tibia sustained while competing in the downhill r...
Mikaela Shiffrin gets final medal chance at Milan Cortina Games in slalom
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated slalom all season and Wednesday's final race of the Alpine ski schedule will be the U.S. great's last chance of a medal at the Milan Cortina Games.,On paper, the most successful Alpine skier in World Cup history is the overwhelming favorite ...
Canada’s Oldham edges China’s Gu to take gold in women’s big air
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Canada's Megan Oldham won the women's freestyle big air final at the Winter Olympics ahead of China's Eileen Gu on Monday, recovering in the best way from an injury that had hobbled her just three months ago.,Gu, the defending champion and one of Milan Cortina's highest-profile ath...
Lindsey Vonn hopes to return to US after 4th leg surgery Saturday
American skier Lindsey Vonn is set to have a fourth surgery Saturday on the fractured tibia she sustained in her downhill run at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 8.,Vonn shared the update on her Instagram account Friday, sharing that she may be able to return to the United States after this surger...
US’ Jessie Diggins wins 4th career Olympic cross-country skiing medal
TESERO, Italy -- Sweden dominated the women's 10km cross-country freestyle ski race on Thursday, with Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson taking their second gold-silver finish of the Milan Cortina Olympics.,U.S. skier Jessie Diggins won the bronze, her first medal of these Games and fourth career Oly...
Franjo von Allmen wins 3rd gold of Games in Super-G, American claims silver
BORMIO, Italy -- Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen joined a very exclusive club of Alpine skiers as he powered to his third gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a super-G masterclass down the Stelvio on Wednesday.,The 24-year-old followed his gold in the downhill and team combined with anothe...
US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Austria's Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women's team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favorites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.,Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher took the silver, 0...
Ben Ogden (silver) wins 1st US men's cross-country skiing medal in 50 years in sprint
TESERO, Italy -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's classic cross-country ski sprint with ease on Tuesday for his seventh career Olympic gold medal, while Linn Svahn led a Swedish podium sweep in the women's race at the Milan Cortina Games.,Ben Ogden took silver in the men's race to give the U.S...
Cortina smiles on US skier Breezy Johnson after previous pain
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Cortina d'Ampezzo's Olimpia della Tofane piste wrecked Breezy Johnson's Olympic downhill hopes four years ago but made amends on Sunday, even if the gold medal came apart minutes after being hung round her neck.,Johnson held up the separated components - the chunky medal,...
Lindsey Vonn situation sparks debate in Olympic skiing community
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor is fit to compete and what message that ...
Lindsey Vonn says she's already won whatever happens in Sunday's downhill
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Lindsey Vonn has declared herself a winner come what may in the last Olympic downhill of her stellar career.,The 41-year-old U.S. great will try and beat the odds of age and injury on her favourite Olimpia della Tofane piste on Sunday, hoping to become the oldest Alpine s...
US cross-country skiing poised for podiums at Milano Cortina
TESERO, Italy -- The U.S. cross-country skiing team may be poised for its strongest Olympic performance at the 2026 Winter Games, with veteran Jessie Diggins leading the women's team and Gus Schumacher pushing the men's efforts against stiff competition from Norway and Italy.,Diggins, the most decor...
At 40, Lindsey Vonn returns to World Cup racing
Lindsey Vonn will continue her comeback on the slopes next weekend in her first World Cup ski race in almost six years.,She announced on social media Friday that she plans to race in two super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Dec. 21 and 22.,"I hear St. Moritz is pretty nice this time of year...
Gus Kenworthy reminisces on <em>Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test </em>experience
While filming FOX’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test last June, three-time Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy was surrounded by several fellow faces familiar to sports fans. Danny Amendola, Dwight Howard, Carli Lloyd, Nastia Liukin and Mike Piazza were also cast on the show. A World Cup winner, a Supe...
Whose personality is more irritating: Current Jimmy Butler or prime Dwight Howard?
Everyone has had that coworker who kind of sucks but is really good at his job so the manager looks the other way when Glen takes 20 minute out of the weekly staff meeting to brag about his weekend jet skiing. Yeah, he’s annoying, but holy shit can he sell the hell out of reasonably priced Kias. Dwi...
Biathlete Yevhen Malyshev killed defending Ukraine
Nineteen-year-old Ukranian biathlete Yevhen Malyshev was killed in action on Tuesday while fighting for the Ukrainian military against the ongoing Russian military invasion. His death was confirmed Wednesday by the International Biathlon Union, who wrote, “Above all, the IBU expresses its deepest co...