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Winter Olympic Sports

Sweeney takes World Cup luge bronze at Winterberg

WINTERBERG, Germany — Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid returned to the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in Winterberg, Germany, taking home the bronze medal in the women’s singles race. Later, Sweeney competed in the women’s singles World Cup sprint ...

Poles pack Lake Placid for ski jumping World Cup

LAKE PLACID — If you just listened to the crowd at the men’s ski jumping World Cup this past weekend, you probably would have thought that Dawid Kubacki was the hometown hero. In fact, the Polish jumper had never even been to Lake Placid before the FIS World Cup, but every time he ...

IOC’s Bach says Olympics on history’s side in Russia issue

COURCHEVEL, France — Insisting sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday, Feb. 12 denied that the organization was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer ...

Biathlete wins second gold medal for US

LAKE PLACID — If someone were to describe Bjorn Westervelt’s performance in the men’s 12.5K biathlon pursuit race on Thursday, they would probably say "clutch." After winning the first-ever FISU Winter World University Games medal in biathlon by a men’s U.S. athlete on Wednesday, ...

Germans take 5 of possible 6 medals in bobsled at Winterberg

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Francesco Friedrich ended a three-race winless drought on Sunday, driving to a four-man World Cup victory to cap a day when Germany won five out a possible six medals. Friedrich and his team of Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer and Alexander Schuller finished their two ...

Humphries keeps monobob series lead in Germany

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. remained in the World Cup monobob season points lead Saturday, after finishing second to Germany’s Laura Nolte in the first race of 2023. Nolte got her second consecutive win, both times with Humphries finishing second. Humphries is ...