Canadian mixed doubles curlers suffer crushing loss to Swedes in Olympic playoff push
The Canadian mixed doubles curling team's playoff chances took another hit Sunday with a 7-6 loss to Sweden at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
Biathlon-Visit to Thai paradise prepared Preuss for final Olympic fling
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 8 : Worn down physically and mentally in 2023, Germany's Franziska Preuss traded the cold and snow of biathlon for the beaches of Thailand where she got the energy she needed to get her to her final Winter Olympics in Italy.
Skeleton-Britain's Weston takes unlikely route to gold medal favourite
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 : A junior taekwondo champion with a broken back from a country that does not boast a single sliding track, Briton Matt Weston is an unlikely star of skeleton, yet he arrives at the Olympics in Cortina as double world champion and hot favourite for gold.
Alpine skiing-Johnson wins downhill after big crash for teammate Vonn
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 : World champion Breezy Johnson won the women's Alpine skiing downhill at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Sunday in a race interrupted and overshadowed by U.S. teammate Lindsey Vonn crashing heavily and being taken to hospital.
Ice hockey-Body checks a hit with players as women's tournament welcomes chippy play
MILAN, Feb 8 : Pushes, shoves and hits have been abundant in the group stages of the Milano Cortina women's ice hockey tournament, where players say they are pleasantly surprised by the physical play referees have allowed on the ice.
Alpine skiing-Vonn flown to hospital after horror downhill crash
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 : U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn was flown to hospital after her audacious bid to win Olympic downhill gold with a ruptured ACL ended in an horrific crash after 13 seconds on Sunday.
Drones enhance viewer experience at Games, no disruption to competitors - IOC
MILAN, Feb 8 : The use of whirring drones to capture the speed, skill and close-up action of Olympic competitions at the Milano Cortina Winter Games has enriched viewer experience without compromising performances, Games organisers said on Sunday, brushing off concerns over their noise level.
Figure skating-Malinin's dominance expected to make men's singles a race for silver
MILAN, Feb 8 : American Ilia Malinin arrived at the Milano Cortina Olympics as such an overwhelming favourite that the focus of the men's figure skating event has all but shifted from the competition for gold to a calculation of the margin by which he will claim it.