The men will hit the mogul hill looking for gold starting at 8:10 a.m. Mogul skiing is judged on style and skill as well as speed. Skiers use the bumps to make sharp turns while keeping to a fall line. Watch for flips, grabs or rotations in their two jumps off the “air bumps” on the slope. […]
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NBC’s Olympic tape delay has the internet pretty riled up
No, events at the Pyeongchang Olympics are not all televised live. And, yes, that means you sometimes will find a result before you see it on TV. Exhibit A: American Red Gerard won the United States’ first medal of the Games in the snowboard slopestyle, but NBC didn’t air it until about a half-hour later. […]
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Chris Mazdzer grabs silver, becomes first US man to win singles luge medal
DAEGWALLYEONG, South Korea — Chris Mazdzer won the silver medal in men’s luge Sunday night, becoming the first American man to win a singles medal in Olympic history. And that wasn’t the only upset at Olympic Sliding Centre. German Felix Loch, a two-time gold medalist in this event and the leader after three runs, finished […]
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Olympic watching guide: Russell Currier won’t race in biathlon sprint
Two weeks of men’s Olympic biathlon competition kicks off Sunday at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre at the PyeongChang Games with a 10-kilometer sprint that will not include Maine’s Russell Currier. A 30-year-old native of Stockholm, Currier is one of five men on a U.S. team allowed four starting berths. Those will go to Lowell Bailey, […]
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Curve 9: Where Olympic sliders’ medal hopes will be lost
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Tucker West was absolutely flying. He was leading the Olympics, at least through the midway point of the opening run. He set a start record. He looked very much like a medal contender. And then came Curve 9. In an instant, West’s medal hopes in the men’s luge competition were […]
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Olympic watching guide: Clare Egan competes in biathlon Saturday
Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan will compete in her first event Saturday morning as a member of the U.S. biathlon team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Egan, 30, will take part in the 7.5-kilometer sprint – which involves five prone shots and five standing, with each missed target requiring a penalty loop – at 6:15 […]
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Americans to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
These American Olympians are expected to bring home gold. Gus Kenworthy Freestyle skiing: Kenworthy was a silver medalist in slopestyle four years ago in Russia, but he made as many headlines for adopting some of Sochi’s stray dogs. And though he worried that it would hurt his sponsorships, he came out, and that boosted his […]
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Winter Olympics updates: South Korean figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim lights Olympic torch
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): Updated 10:15 p.m.: South Korean figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim has ignited the Olympic cauldron for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in a chilly opening ceremony that highlighted Korean unity. A North Korean and South Korean from the countries’ joint hockey team […]
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Olympic watching guide: See the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night
It’s an easy choice when deciding what to watch Friday night. The quandary comes in choosing how to watch the Opening Ceremonies: via live streaming at 6 a.m. or as a prepackaged, prime-time event. Either way, expect cold performers, cold athletes and cold spectators;North and South Korea marching in together under the Unification Flag; and […]
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Bethel’s Troy Murphy qualifies for Olympics moguls final
Troy Murphy of Bethel picked a pretty good time to have his best moguls run of the season. Murphy scored an 80.95 to finish fourth in the qualifying round of the men’s moguls competition at the PyeongChang Olympics. That means Murphy, who entered ranked 12th in the world, will go into Monday’s finals, which will […]