U.S. champ at 13, retired at 16, Olympic champ at 20; Alysa Liu's remarkable journey to top of Olympic podium
Veteran sportswriter Richard Deitsch takes an international view of the Olympics.
Mountaineering Sport News
Biathlon-France's Jeanmonnot tests SkiMo to recharge biathlon batteries
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 19 : With two gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the Milano Cortina Games, French biathlete Lou Jeanmonnot has a novel approach to taking a break from biathlon - by engaging in ski mountaineering, which made its Olympic debut on Thursday.
SkiMo-Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with men's sprint gold, Fatton claims women's title
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 : Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.
SkiMo-Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with gold in men's sprint
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 : Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.
Switzerland's Marianne Fatton wins inaugural Olympic ski mountaineering event
The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milan Cortina Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland.
SkiMo-Switzerland's Fatton wins women's sprint gold
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 : Marianne Fatton of Switzerland won gold in the Olympic ski mountaineering women's sprint on Thursday.
Alpine skiing-Brignone, Shiffrin the golden greats after Vonn's comeback bid ended in agony
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 19 : Lindsey Vonn captured headlines before and during the Winter Games but fellow U.S. great Mikaela Shiffrin and home favourite Federica Brignone turned out to be the true comeback queens of the women's Alpine ski slopes.
Biathlon-Relay pressure relieved as lead-off woes turn to gold for France
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 19 : The relays at the Milano Cortina Games have once again proved some hardy old truths about team races in biathlon - you cannot win one on the first leg, but you can certainly lose it, and in the end the medals go to whoever keeps their cool.