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Crosscountry-Norway's Klaebo dominates historic Games marked by viral moments

TESERO, Italy, Feb 22 : Norway’s Johannes Klaebo stamped his authority on sport while Sweden’s women were nearly unstoppable and a runaway dog somehow stole the biggest headline of all in a historic - and sometimes viral - cross-country programme at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

1,800m of pizza, a ton of Grana Padano cheese fuel Games athletes

MILAN: In the two weeks of the Winter Olympics, athletes consumed about two wheels of Grana Padano a day, roughly a ton of the world‑famous Italian cheese over the 16 days of competition, Andrea Varnier, CEO of the Milano Cortina Games, said on Sunday.

Curling-Sport faces identity crisis as cheating controversy forces rethink of regulations

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 : After being shaken by claims of cheating at the Winter Olympics, curling finds itself between a rock and a hard place as it looks to regulate an increasingly competitive sport while keeping alive the long-standing honour-based system it so cherishes.

SkiMo-France, Spain, Switzerland shine in sport's Games debut

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 22 : Milano Cortina's only new Olympic sport, ski mountaineering, might have debuted in a snowstorm in Bormio, but the races went smoothly with lively crowds, leaving athletes hopeful it will not be the sport's last time on the global stage.