Freestyle-Frostad takes gold as Ruud loses men's big air crown
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Figure skating-Russian teen Petrosian dazzles in Olympic figure skating debut
MILAN, Feb 17 : Russian teenager Adeliia Petrosian moonwalked her way into the global spotlight on Tuesday, gliding out for her Olympic debut in a red‑and‑black Thriller-inspired costume and delivering a short programme that could potentially put her in medal contention.
Biathlon-Samuelsson puts struggles behind him to secure relay bronze for Sweden
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 17 : Sweden's Sebastian Samuelsson has struggled to find his best form in the biathlon competitions at the Milan Cortina Olympics, but on Wednesday he played it safe to secure a bronze medal in the men's relay, with France winning and Norway taking silver.
Ukraine skeleton racer gets $200K gift after Olympic DQ - ESPN
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian skeleton racer who was disqualified from the Milan Cortina Olympics was given a gift of more than $200,000 on Tuesday to help him keep competing and advocating for his country.
Canada's Sarault has earned $55K for her 3 medals so far. If she were Italian, it would be nearly 7 times that
Courtney Sarault sat at a picnic table in the sun at the Olympic Village, her latest medal — a silver in women's short track 1,000 metres, to join the silver and bronze she’d already won in Milan — gleaming beside her. She had put four years of hard work and hope into Monday morning’s race. Her prize, by the most basic of measures, was a surprisingly heavy chunk of metal on a ribbon.
Skeleton-Shakhtar boss pays Ukrainian racer $200,000 after Games disqualification
MILAN, Feb 17 : The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more than $200,000 to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after the athlete was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games before competing over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, the club said on Tuesday.
Crosscountry-Cold symptoms rule Svahn out of women’s sprint relay
TESERO, Italy, Feb 17 : Sweden’s Linn Svahn will miss Wednesday’s women’s sprint relay at the Winter Olympics after developing mild cold symptoms, the Swedish national team said on Tuesday.
Biathlon-Jacquelin’s fire turns faltering French relay bid to gold
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 17 : After Eric Perrot set off on the final lap of France’s 4x7.5-km relay with only the narrowest of leads over Norway’s Vetle Staastad Kristiansen, Emilien Jacquelin lowered himself into the snow, back against a wall, his eyes fixed on the giant screen.