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US speedskater Jordan Stolz wins gold in the 1,000 meters in an Olympic-record time
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (794+ words) MILAN " Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 years old, learning to skate on a frozen pond in his Wisconsin backyard after falling in love with speedskating during the 2010 Winter Olympics " and hoping to…...
Ilia Malinin leads in Olympic men’s figure skating after a near-perfect short program
23+ hour, 20+ min ago (929+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin playfully threw a couple of jabs at a TV camera while skating off the ice Tuesday night, the pressure of his first Olympics having seemingly vanished after a team gold medal and a near-perfect short program to…...
Ilia Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to Surya Bonaly
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (785+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the "Quad God," became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics " although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the move was still forbidden. The 21-year-old…...
Ilia Malinin asombra hasta Novak Djokovic para ganar su primer oro en los Juegos Olímpicos
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (336+ words) Fue ese momento el que hizo que Novak Djokovic se pusiera de pie, con la boca abierta. "He o'do de todos que despu's de que aterric' mi salto mortal hacia atr's, 'l estaba all' de pie, con las manos en…...
Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam wins women’s 1,000 Olympic gold, knocking Americans off the podium
2+ day, 51+ min ago (497+ words) MILAN " There is little question that Jutta Leerdam and her fianc, YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, have brought new eyeballs to speedskating with all of their millions of social media followers. Now, all of those people who have been introduced to her…...
Ilia Malinin won Olympic gold and left Novak Djokovic in awe. Now the US figure skater aims for more.
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (841+ words) MILAN " Leave it to the Quad God to leave one of the greatest tennis players ever standing in amazement at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Ilia Malinin took the ice Sunday night knowing the gold medal in team figure skating rested…...
Ilia Malinin’s stunning free skate secures US figure skating team gold at Milan Cortina Olympics
3+ day ago (703+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday night, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold medal by breaking a deadlock with Japan in the final session of…...
Madison Chock and Evan Bates rock as reigning champ US leads team figure skating event at Olympics
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (800+ words) MILAN " Madison Chock and Evan Bates set the tone for the powerful U.S. Figure Skating team at the'Milan Cortina Olympics'on Friday with a rocking, high-energy rhythm dance set to music by Lenny Kravitz to open the team figure skating competition. Alysa…...
From Montreal to Milan: Christina Carreira’s journey to US citizenship — and skating at the Olympics
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (825+ words) Christina Carreira made the trip across the Blue Water Bridge separating Port Huron in southeast Michigan from the Canadian town of Sarnia so many times that border officials came to know her by name. They would ask how practice went....
Milan Cortina are the most spread-out Olympics ever. Here’s what that means for athletes — and fans.
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (841+ words) MILAN " The Milan Cortina Winter Games are the most spread-out in Olympic history. For the organizers of the Feb. 6-22 Games, it was a choice to use existing infrastructure as much as possible, but this means no central hub and strategic…...