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.
Podium Sport News
Canada's Will Dandjinou misses short track medal podium for 2nd time at Milano-Cortina Olympics
Speed skater Will Dandjinou of Montreal placed fifth in the men's Olympic short track 1,500 metres on Saturday, two days after finishing fourth in the 1,000 in Milan.
U.S. figure skating star Malinin falls twice, missing out on men’s singles podium
Ilia Malinin of the United States failed to make the Olympic podium after a disastrous free program performance in the men's singles event at the Milano Cortina Games.
Biathlon-No regrets for France's Jacquelin despite podium near miss
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 13 : A heroic final lap by Emilien Jacquelin of France looked to have secured him a bronze medal in Friday's men's sprint at the Milano Cortina Games but an even greater effort from Norway's Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen saw the 30-year-old Frenchman agonisingly edged into fourth place, two-tenths of a second off the podium.
Crosscountry-Svahn leads Swedish podium sweep in women's classic sprint
TESERO, Italy, Feb 10 : Sweden’s Linn Svahn won gold in the women's classic cross-country ski sprint on Tuesday at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
Figure Skating-Milano Cortina organisers apologise for medal podium surface mishap
MILAN, Feb 9 : The organisers of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics apologised on Monday for the surface of the medals podium at Sunday's figure skating team event after some competitors complained that it damaged their skates.
Canada's Bloemen held off 5,000-metre speed skating medal podium at his final Olympics
Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary will end his Olympic speed skating career with one medal over 5,000 metres, a silver in 2018, after placing 13th in the men's event on Sunday in Italy.
Speed skating-Canadian Maltais credits winner Lollobrigida for pushing her to podium
MILAN, Feb 7 : Canada's Valerie Maltais said being pushed by Italian Francesca Lollobrigida helped her stay focused as she skated to the podium in the women's 3,000 metres at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday.