Alpine skiing-No pressure secret to Brignone's success, she says
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 15 : Italy's Federica Brignone said the secret behind her giant slalom gold medal on Sunday was the absence of pressure and a sense of complete freedom.
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Figure skating-Japan's Sakamoto battles America's 'Blade Angels' in wide open women's singles
MILAN, Feb 15 : Japan's Kaori Sakamoto faces a trio of rising Americans and a little-known but potentially dangerous Russian teenager when the women's Olympic singles figure skating event starts on Tuesday.
Skeleton-Weston and Stoecker claim first mixed team gold for Britain
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Britain became the first Olympic champions in the skeleton mixed team event when individual men's champion Matt Weston produced a superlative performance as he and Tabitha Stoecker set a track record with the final run at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday.
Longer careers open door for athletes to combine sport and motherhood, says Italy’s Lollobrigida
MILAN, Feb 15 : Longer competitive careers in winter sports are giving women more opportunities to become mothers without having to hang up their skates, Italian double Olympic champion Francesca Lollobrigida told Reuters on Sunday.
Alpine skiing-Women's GS sparks 'junior slope' jibe but Shiffrin praises piste's safety
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Speed skating-Dutch delight as Kok asserts her supremacy to take 500m gold at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 15 : World record holder Femke Kok asserted her dominance over 500 metres to win Winter Olympic gold and give the Netherlands their first women's title in the distance on Sunday.
Curling-World body returns to less stringent officiating after talks with NOCs
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : World Curling on Sunday rowed back on its decision to ramp up officiating at the Winter Olympics after allegations of cheating, saying officials would now actively monitor for violations only at the request of teams.
No appeal of ice dance scoring that sent Chock, Bates to silver - ESPN
U.S. Figure Skating did not appeal the French judge's scoring that played a major role in Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates losing the ice dance gold medal to France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.