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Japan’s Totsuka takes gold in memorable Olympic halfpipe

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The best snowboard contest in history came down to one trick. Half a spin, really. Scotty James built up speed, launched himself above the coping of the halfpipe and took his Olympic hopes and dreams for a twirl through the clear, night sky Friday. He was trying ...

Ukraine’s Heraskevych out of Olympics because of helmet honoring war dead

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 ...

American Jessie Diggins fights injury to take bronze

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Jessie Diggins of the United States battled through injury to claim bronze Thursday in the women's 10‑kilometer interval start, a race dominated by Sweden's Frida Karlsson as she won her second gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Diggins, racing in her final ...

US opens with 5-1 win over Latvia

MILAN (AP) — The U.S. goal song — "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach's challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by ...

Gold medalist Breezy Johnson accepts sapphire engagement ring

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 ...

America’s freestyling ‘Lizard’ leads a gold-silver medal grab

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 ...