Luge-Germans win team relay for fourth Games in a row
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Germany maintained their grip on the Olympic luge team relay on Thursday when they took gold for the fourth Games in a row since it was introduced in 2014.
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Alpine skiing-Brignone started as an underdog but the tiger took over
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Federica Brignone said she was an underdog but the tiger took over as the Italian roared to an astonishing super-G gold medal on home snow at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Thursday.
Biathlon-Bakken's mother congratulates Botn after emotional Norway gold
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 12 : When Norway's Johan-Olav Botn crossed the line to win Olympic gold in the men's 20km individual race on Tuesday, he did so with an emotional cry of "Sivert, we did it!" in honour of Sivert Guttorm Bakken, the friend and former teammate he found dead in their hotel weeks before the Games.
Alpine-Brignone's rivals impressed by awesome super-G run
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Federica Brignone's rivals were just as surprised, and almost as delighted, as the Italian after her stunning Olympic super-G success on Thursday.
Speed skating-Italy's Lollobrigida seizes 5,000m title for second gold at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 12 : Francesca Lollobrigida delivered another spectacular performance on home ice, blasting to victory in the women's 5,000 metres on Thursday to secure her second gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics.
Alpine skiing-Johnson misses a medal but gets a ring and a fiance
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson ended up with an engagement ring instead of a medal on Thursday after crashing out of the women's super-G at the Milano Cortina Games and then saying yes to her fiance.
Olympic Ice hockey-Italy's Tutino brings 50‑strong support squad from Canada to Milan
MILAN, Feb 12 : Italy forward Kayla Tutino has rallied one of the largest and loudest fan contingents at the Winter Olympics, with nearly 50 relatives and friends supporting her underdog women's ice hockey team as it secured a berth in the quarter-finals.
Italy's Lollobrigida completes Olympic speed skating double, Weidemann 5th in 5,000m
Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida, the reigning women’s world champion over 5,000 metres, added an Olympic gold medal on Thursday after winning the 3,000 Saturday for her country's first gold medal in Milan on her 35th birthday.