Waxing and filing for Sochi ski gold

2014-02-17 07:25:06

An edge that is too sharp or the wrong kind of wax: that kind of detail can make the difference between gold, a fourth place or a crash in the alpine skiing in Sochi.

Russian skier has spinal surgery

2014-02-17 07:25:06

Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova underwent 6 1/2 hours of spinal surgery on Saturday after breaking her back in a Sochi 2014 training crash.

Nerveless Oshie earns spot among US Olympic greats

2014-02-17 07:25:06

T.J. Oshie added his name to the list of American Olympic heroes with a nerveless shootout performance that lifted the United States men's ice hockey team to a heart-stopping 3-2 win over Russia at the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday.

Angry Russians level their ire at American ref

2014-02-17 07:25:06

Russia blasted American referee Brad Meier on Saturday for disallowing a goal that would have given it a lead late in its Olympic Games hockey clash it eventually lost to the US in a shootout.

Brodka tells Poles to get skates on

2014-02-17 07:25:06

Part-time fireman Zbigniew Brodka demanded an end to the arduous journeys he and other Poles make across Europe looking for speed skating facilities to train on after winning his country's first Olympic gold in the sport.

Canada beats China to reach men's curling semis

2014-02-17 09:31:25

Defending champion Canada edged China 9-8 to make it to the men's curling semifinals at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games here on Sunday.

US beats Russia in clash of ice hockey titans

2014-02-16 08:07:28

The United States subdued Russia in an electrifying 3-2 penalty shoot-out win in the Olympic ice hockey tournament on Saturday.

Zhou Yang wins China's 3rd gold

2014-02-15 20:38:51

China's Zhou Yang won the gold medal in the Olympic women's 1,500 metres short track speed skating at the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday.

China's day in Sochi

2014-02-14 09:54:13

Li Jianrou claimed the country's first Sochi gold from the women's 500 meters short track and two hours later, Zhang Hong beat off a Dutch challenge in the women's 1,500m speed skating for China's first-ever gold in the sport.

Zhang Wins Shock 1000m Gold

2014-02-14 00:16:52

Less fancied Zhang Hong claimed China's first ever Olympic speed skating title on Thursday, winning the women's 1,000m with a large margin.

It's not just luck, short track coach says

2014-02-13 21:06:14

Li Yan, head coach of the Chinese short track speedskating team, told Xinhua that it's not just lucky here on Thursday when Li Jianrou avoided crash to win the women's 500m gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

China's Li wins women's 500m gold

2014-02-13 20:34:59

China's Li Jianrou avoids a three-skater crash in the final of the women's 500m race to easily skate to the gold medal on Thursday.

Zhang wins China's first ever gold in Olympic speed skating

2014-02-14 03:25:24

Less fancied Zhang Hong claimed China's first ever Olympic speed skating title on Thursday, winning the women's 1,000m with a large margin.

Twice world champion Fan ousted of women's 500m semis

2014-02-13 20:23:38

China's job of defending the women's 500m short track speedskating title at the Sochi Winter Games suffered a major blow here on Thursday as twice world champion Fan Kexin lost her semifinals surprisingly to an unforced error.

US sweeps medals in men's slopestyle

2014-02-13 19:53:47

The United States swept a full set of medals in the men's ski slopestyle in the Olympic freestyle skiing competition here on Thursday.