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Local Olympians

Meyers Taylor makes history with Olympic bronze in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record, too. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued Saturday, Feb. 19, with Nolte driving to gold and Jamanka winning the ...

Meyers Taylor may retire after Olympics

BEIJING — She has raced on at least 15 different bobsled tracks in 11 countries. She’s had no fewer than 41 different teammates in her sleds. She possesses more Olympic medals than any bobsledder in U.S. history, with a chance at one more this weekend. She has become an advocate, ...

History for Humphries and Meyers Taylor

BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and hoisted an American flag that someone had just handed her into the frosty air. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” she chanted. Four years ago, nobody would have seen that coming. The former Canadian bobsled heroine is an ...

USA Luge concludes Olympics with 7th place in team relay

On the final day of luge racing at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, China, the United States foursome of Ashley Farquharson and Chris Mazdzer in singles and doubles team of Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander capped off their Olympic experiences with a seventh-place ...

Germany’s Hannah Neise wins women’s skeleton

BEIJING — Hannah Neise has never won a World Cup medal. Or a medal at the world championships. Or a medal from the European championships. She’s got an Olympic medal now. And it’s the one that everybody wants. Skeleton has a new champion, and she was a bit of a surprise ...

Farquharson top American in 12th place

Ashley Farquharson returned to the Yanqing National Sliding Center on Tuesday and turned in USA Luge’s top singles performance, concluding her initial Team USA berth with a 12th place finish. She started the day in 18th place after two legs and steadily climbed the leaderboard with ...