SkiMo-Not a city girl: How Harrop's mountain spirit fuels Olympic dream
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 17 : Growing up in a remote village in the French Alps, a yearning for the great outdoors is hard-wired into Emily Harrop.
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SkiMo-Ski mountaineering ready for Olympic debut in Italian Alps rich with sport's history
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 17 : Ski mountaineering is ready for its Olympic debut starting with the men's and women's sprint events on Thursday. It does so in a mountain region rich with the sport's history.
Alpine skiing-Meillard's slalom triumph cements 'golden era' of Swiss skiing
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 16 : Loic Meillard's commanding victory at the Winter Olympics on Monday ended a decades-long drought in Alpine skiing's most technical discipline and reinforced the nation’s status as the sport’s benchmark.
Alpine skiing-Medals are also good for sharing, Norwegian and Swedish rivals agree
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Sweden and Norway are old and great rivals on snow and ice but, as Sara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund showed at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Sunday, sometimes the best things in life are shared.
Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins Olympic giant slalom gold - ESPN
BORMIO, Italy — Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom Saturday and earn South America's first medal at a Winter Games.
Snowboard-Japan's Totsuka takes halfpipe gold as James settles for a second silver
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 13 : Yuto Totsuka of Japan won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics on Friday in a hard-fought battle that ended with Australian Scotty James just missing out on the big prize that has eluded him through five Games.
Snowboard-Australia's James storms into halfpipe final in bid for first gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 11 : Scotty James, the Australian snowboarder bidding to finally win gold in his fifth Olympics, nailed his first halfpipe run in qualifying on Wednesday to lead the field heading into the finals.
Snowboard-Australia's James storms into halfpipe final in fight for first gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 11 : Scotty James, the Australian snowboarder on a quest to finally win gold in his fifth Olympics, nailed his first halfpipe run in qualifying on Wednesday to lead the field heading to the finals.