Figure Skating-French ice dance duo strike gold less than year into partnership
MILAN, Feb 12 : France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are the unlikely protagonists of one of the most remarkable reinventions of the Winter Games.
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Ice hockey-Canada uncertain over Poulin's return for quarter-finals
MILAN, Feb 12 : Canada played their last two group games without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin and uncertainty surrounds the return of the five-times Olympian heading into the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament.
Curling-US alternate Ruohonen becomes oldest American Winter Olympian at age 54
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : American curler Rich Ruohonen became his country's oldest Winter Olympian at the age of 54 when he stepped onto the ice during his team's 8-3 defeat by Switzerland on Thursday.
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.
Ice hockey-Canada women cruise to shutout win over Finland to seal group runners-up spot
MILAN, Feb 12 : Defending champions Canada cruised to a 5-0 win over Finland to secure second spot in Group A of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Thursday, as they coped again without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin in their final group game.
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.
Figure skating-Malinin making history with skating's first Olympic backflip in decades
MILAN, Feb 12 : When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his feet with his hands on his head in disbelief.