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Scotty James, Valentino Guseli aim to soar in snowboard halfpipe final at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Australian teenage snowboarding star's maturity is on full show as he joins medal hope Scotty James in Friday's halfpipe final.

ABC News

Tom Archdeacon: For Vito, Olympics about representing family, heritage this time

"This is about more than just an Olympic medal" Linzee Vito said. "This is bigger than snowboarding."

Tribune News Service

Scott Fowler: Dan Jansen knows what Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin is going through and is heartbroken about it

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If anyone knows what struggling U.S. Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin is going through right now, it’s former American speed skater Dan Jansen.

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Minnesota's Peterson sisters find Olympics 'the kind of thing you dream about'

BEIJING — Tabitha and Tara Peterson have always been close. The sisters from Eagan, Minn., do lots of things together, like cross-country skiing in the winter, bike rides in the summer and weekend meetups with friends.

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John Shuster rink tops Russian curlers to open gold medal defense

BEIJING — It's been a good ride for Team Shuster. Since the Minnesota-based foursome won an Olympic gold medal in 2018, they've appeared on late-night TV, rung the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and met countless celebrities.

Tribune News Service

Skeleton Veteran and Shirtless Flag Bearer Nathan Crumpton Is a 'Jack of All Trades'

The skeleton veteran representing American Samoa is an author, model, photographer and Princeton alumnus who is vying for one of two open spots on the IOC’s athletes’ commission.

Sports Illustrated

Helene Elliott: U.S. men's hockey decides to go with young players

BEIJING — The U.S. men's hockey team hasn't won Olympic gold since Herb Brooks' young, energetic college kids overcame prohibitive odds — and the mighty Soviets — before becoming champions in 1980. Hoping to end that drought, architects of the U.S. men's roster for the Beijing Games reached back to…

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Simone Biles hits out at Mikaela Shiffrin criticism after catastrophic start to Winter Olympics campaign

Shiffrin, one of the most decorated skiers in history and a hot favourite to win multiple medals in Beijing, crashed out of her first two races within just a few seconds.

Daily Mirror

Ski jump: Flying or falling with style?

If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan could stay aloft for almost one second. While there are many events at the Winter Olympics that feature athletes performing feats of athleticism and strength…

The Conversation

Five Olympic Ski Jumpers Disqualified Due to Concerns Over Jumpsuits

Five women were unable to compete due to jumpsuit specifications passed by the International Ski Federation.

Sports Illustrated

When Winter Vinecki’s Father Died, Her Outlook on Life Was Transformed

The loss at age 10 forever changed the now 23-year-old U.S. aerial skier, whose competing in the Olympics is just another feat on a long list of athletic and personal achievements.

Sports Illustrated

Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’

‘All I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does’

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics controversy as FIVE female skiers disqualified for 'loose suits'

Five competitors were disqualified from the mixed team ski jumping event on Monday after their suits were deemed to be too loose

Daily Mirror

Shaun White's last Olympics hurrah comes in halfpipe final

NBC can breathe a sigh of relief after Shaun White reached the final of the halfpipe

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The wrong trousers? Norway’s plain display disappoints curling fans

The team have ditched the tradition of outlandish trouser designs started at 2010 Winter Olympics

AAP

Chumpy still inspires Aussie snowboarders

Two years after his death, the presence of Alex "Chumpy" Pullin still inspires the Australian Olympic snowboarders, as the men set out in the snowboard cross.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Journalists say Chinese ‘guides’ are following them everywhere

Authorities are intimidating Chinese nationals who come into contact with foreign journalists

Chicago Sun-Times

Lindsey Jacobellis wins first Olympic gold for U.S.

Now 36 and in her fifth Olympics, she became the oldest U.S. woman to win a gold.

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Lindsey Jacobellis erases memories of Torino with snowboard gold

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Go ahead. Keep talking about 2006.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Nordic combined: What it is, and why it’s the only Olympic sport not offered to women

Explaining nordic combined and why it isn't offered to women at the Olympics.

Los Angeles Times

Shaun White qualifies for final, his last appearance at the Olympics

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — U.S. half-piper Lucas Foster couldn't even entertain the idea when a reporter asked him about the possibility that the most famous man in snowboarding wouldn't make an Olympic final.

Los Angeles Times

Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish second straight slalom race at Olympics

BEIJING — On a lonely stretch of snow next to orange safety netting that lines the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, Mikaela Shiffrin searched for the answer.

Wales Online

Lindsey Jacobellis masters snowboarding gold redemption in Beijing

Lindsey Jacobellis won the gold at the Beijing Olympics after dramatic fall in Turin 2006

The Independent UK

Farrell Treacy embraces ‘carnage’ to make first Winter Olympic speed skating final

The 26-year-old claimed an unlikely place in the 1500m Olympic final

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard medal

Farrell Treacy becomes first British man to reach a short-track speed skating final in 16 years.

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