Alpine skiing-Vonn says she's making progress after third surgery
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 11 : U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn said she was making progress after her third surgery following a downhill crash that ended her Olympic comeback last Sunday.
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Biathlon-Pichler masterminds Bulgarian bronze as Hristova delivers
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : Bulgaria's Lora Hristova pulled off the biggest shock so far at the biathlon competitions of the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday, winning a brilliant bronze medal that virtually no one had expected - except perhaps for the Bulgarian team's legendary German coach, Wolfgang Pichler.
Alpine skiing-Goggia targets super-G gold on a favourite slope
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 11 : Sofia Goggia will be Italy's big hope of a first Alpine skiing gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics when she races on home snow in the super-G on Thursday.
Fearless? Not so, say high-flying freestyle skiers and snowboarders
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 11 : The Olympic freestyle skiers and snowboarders who flip, spin and twist high above the Alps might look fearless, but they say the reality is very different. Fear is part of the job, and they feel it every day.
Alpine skiing-Golden joyride continues for Von Allmen, the Stelvio's smiling assassin
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 11 : Franjo von Allmen sported a smile in the gondola taking him up to the start of Wednesday's Olympic super-G and it got broader as he waited in the leaders' seat in the finish area as skier after skier failed to dislodge him.
Olympics 'look surreal' from Ukraine, artist behind war dead helmet says
KYIV, Feb 11 : Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots watches the Winter Olympics in the rare moments she has power at home, but the creator of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's banned helmet depicting Ukraine's war dead feels detached from the Games.
Olymipcs-Biathlon-Steely Simon strikes again for France with brilliant win in Milano Cortina
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : Described by her coach as the strongest athlete mentally in the sport, French biathlete Julia Simon proved him right again on Wednesday with another superb display of skiing and sang-froid as she hit 19 of 20 shots to claim the Olympic title in the women's 15km individual race.
Italy's RAI journalists escalate revolt after Olympic commentary fiasco
MILAN, Feb 11 : Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI have called a one-day byline strike for Friday, escalating a standoff with management over a gaffe-strewn commentary at the opening of the Winter Olympics.