LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — When the powder settled on the Olympic moguls course, Elizabeth Lemley was basking, true to her nickname, in the glow of a gold medal. The 20-year-old American freestyle skier, called "Lizard" by her teammates, had slid and leapt over the slope's icy bumps to land an ...
PREDAZZO, Italy (AP) — Lauren Wilson arrived at the Nordic combined event Wednesday at the Milan Cortina Olympics looking like a star-spangled sports super fan, decked out in red, white and blue USA hat, scarf, mitts, jacket and purse. If her love of country was obvious, her enthusiasm ...
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Ben Ogden snapped a selfie, handed off his Olympic silver medal and the plush mascots of Tina and Milo, and then did what few would dare. He launched into a backflip off the podium. The 25-year-old American lost his hat mid-rotation, amusing the two ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn't add to her Olympic medal haul during the women's super-G on Thursday. The American star left Tofane with something precious anyway: an engagement ring. Johnson's longtime boyfriend, Connor Watkins, proposed to her ...
MILAN (AP) — U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates didn't conceal their disappointment Thursday at the bittersweet Olympic silver medal for what Bates called their "absolute best performance," while Chock said the confusion over the result "does a disservice to our sport." During ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn't won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren't even contenders in many of them. Ah, the comforts of home. A little Italian ice changed everything — and the first women's doubles luge champions ...