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US women deliver record-setting Olympics

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The U.S. women's hockey team had just won Olympic gold, and veteran forward Kendall Coyne Schofield summed the moment up perfectly. "We did it!" she exclaimed. Plenty of American women — more than ever at a Winter Olympics — had the same sentiment at ...

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Eileen Gu makes it 6 LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Eileen Gu defended her Olympic ski halfpipe title to make it six medals in six events over her Winter Games career. The 22-year-old Gu, American-born but competing for her mother's homeland of China, is already the most decorated freeskier in ...

US secures hockey gold in OT

MILAN (AP) — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed. Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, earning the ...

US-Canada showdown is on

MILAN (AP) — Zach Werenski and his U.S. teammates tried not to look ahead at a potential gold-medal game against Canada at the Olympics. After each went unbeaten in group play, there was no way the North American rivals could meet before the final, but there was work left to do. After ...

Stolz’s Olympic gold streak ends

MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz was rather surprised that his Olympic gold medal streak ended Thursday. So was his coach. And so, too, was Ning Zhongyan of China, the man who beat Stolz in speedskating's 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Games. "I didn't have it today," said Stolz, a ...

US wins 3rd Olympic gold in women’s hockey

MILAN (AP) — A last Olympic goal for Hilary Knight, a gold medal-winning overtime one for Megan Keller, and the Americans cemented their reputation as one of the most dominant women's hockey teams to take the ice. After romping through their first six outings at the Milan Cortina Games, ...