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Canadians first females in World Cup doubles luge
Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless, two 16-year-olds from Whistler, British Columbia, became the first female team to compete in a World Cup doubles race Saturday.
Olympic Sports
Ivanova wins WC luge race; Taubitz keeps lead
Tatiana Ivanova of Russia easily won Friday in a women's World Cup luge race at Whistler, British Columbia, but Julia Taubitz's fourth-place finish was good enough to keep her atop the overall standings.
Luge
Gustafson, Britcher win U.S. luge championships
Jonny Gustafson won the U.S. luge men's title after Chris Mazdzer withdrew with injuries, and Summer Britcher easily defended her women's title at Lake Placid.
Luge
Weather knocks out U.S. luge championships
The opening session of the luge national championships was canceled Friday because of heavy rain, high winds and power outages across large swaths of upstate New York.
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USA Luge keeps World Cup roster largely intact
USA Luge is keeping its World Cup roster largely unchanged for next season.
Olympic Sports
Geisenberger wraps up 7th straight WC luge title
Natalie Geisenberger clinched her seventh consecutive World Cup women's luge overall championship Saturday, winning the final full-length race of the season to secure the points crown.
Luge
Loch wins luge world title for sixth time
Felix Loch is the world men's luge champion for the record-tying sixth time, after the German great edged Reinhard Egger of Austria by one-tenth of a second on Sunday for this year's title.
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Geisenberger wins record ninth world luge title
Natalie Geisenberger won the luge world championship for the fourth time Saturday, giving her nine world titles overall.
Luge
Latvia earns first World Cup luge victory
Latvia won a World Cup luge gold medal for the first time Sunday, prevailing in the team relay.
Olympic Sports
U.S. takes third in luge team relay at World Cup
The United States took third behind Germany and Austria in the World Cup team relay, giving American Summer Britcher four medals for the season and two this weekend.
Luge
US's Mazdzer-Terdiman, Britcher win luge silvers
Chris Mazdzer teamed with Jayson Terdiman for a silver medal in the World Cup luge doubles sprint race Sunday, one of two medals won by the Americans at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
Olympic Sports
Doubles luge Olympian Mortensen retires
Matt Mortensen, a two-time Olympian in doubles luge and a five-time national champion, announced his retirement from sliding Wednesday after a career that spanned 20 years.
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Tavares to coach USA Luge through 2022
Bill Tavares, who has helped the United States win sliding medals in every Winter Olympics since 2002, will stay on as coach through the 2022 Beijing Games.
Olympic Sports
Saturday preview: Red Gerard eyes second Pyeongchang medal, U.S. men in first curling final
Saturday's highlights in Pyeongchang: Red Gerard hopes the big air competition will bring him more hardware, and the U.S. men's curling team plays its first Olympic final.
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Thursday preview: Shiffrin vs. Vonn in Alpine combined, USA-Canada showdown in women's hockey final
Thursday's highlights in Pyeongchang include a Mikaela Shiffrin-Lindsey Vonn showdown in Alpine combined, while the U.S. takes on Canada in the women's ice hockey final.
Olympic Sports
Tuesday preview: Virtue and Moir look for second gold, U.S. men's hockey vies for quarters
Tuesday's highlights in Pyeongchang: Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir look to win their second Olympic gold of the Games, the U.S. men's hockey team plays for a spot in the quarters and Germany's Laura Dahlmeier eyes a fourth biathlon medal.
Olympic Sports
W2W4 in Pyeongchang: Kenworthy eyes first Olympic gold; Hirscher hopes for GS gold
Sunday's highlights in Pyeongchang include Gus Kenworthy's run for his first Olympic gold in men's ski slopestyle and Austrian alpine skier Marcel Hirscher's quest for gold in giant slalom.
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W2W4 at Pyeongchang: Nathan Chen looks to rebound, Lindsey Vonn makes debut
Saturday's highlights in Pyeongchang include Nathan Chen, who hopes to rebound from a disastrous short program, while Lindsey Vonn makes her Pyeongchang debut in super-G.
Olympic Sports
Germany golden again in Olympic luge relay
Germany has capped the luge portion of the Pyeongchang Olympics in style, winning gold in the team relay; it was a history-making win for Natalie Geisenberger, who now has five Olympic medals.
Olympic Sports
W2W4 in Pyeongchang: Shiffrin eyes second slalom gold, Jacobellis hopes for snowboard cross magic
Thursday's highlights in Pyeongchang include USA's Mikaela Shiffrin, who will go for her second straight slalom gold, while the U.S. men's hockey team will look to shake off their rocky start.
Luge
'The Tobys' repeat as doubles luge champions
The German team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, who have been dubbed "the Tobys," won the gold medal on Wednesday in men's doubles luge.
Bobsled
For the sliders in Pyeongchang, they have to work 9 to thrive
It has been a common theme in South Korea that lugers, skeleton racers and bobsledders are concerned about the ninth turn of the Olympic sliding course.
Luge
American luger Sweeney crashes in final run
American luger Emily Sweeney crashed out of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday, losing control of her sled midway through the final run of the competition.
Olympic Sports
W2W4 at Winter Olympics: Mikaela Shiffrin, Shaun White eye Olympic history
Wednesday's highlights in Pyeongchang: America's 22-year-old skiing star will look to win her second Olympic gold, and a snowboarding icon takes to the skies seeking redemption.
Olympic Sports
W2W4: USA takes on Canada in women's hockey; Germany sets sights on mixed team luge gold
Thursday's highlights in Pyeongchang: The U.S. women's hockey team will look to keep its winning streak going against Canada, while Germany will eye a second straight mixed team relay luge gold.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
10 
OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
Olympics News
Skater badly injured after fall in Youth Winter Olympic ceremony rehearsal
A female skater was severely injured after falling to the ice from about 16 feet during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne, police said Wednesday.
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IOC seeks German TV's evidence of weightlifting corruption
The International Olympic Committee said it will ask a German broadcaster to share evidence of allegations of doping cover-ups and financial irregularities linked to weightlifting revenues from the Games.
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Ex-Olympian Michael Barisone pleads not guilty in shooting case
Former Olympic equestrian Michael Barisone pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder.
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International Ski Federation bans three cross-country skiers, coach in doping case
The International Ski Federation banned three cross-country skiers and a coach on Monday in a doping case resulting from police raids at last year's world championships in Austria.
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TV mix-up has Russian fans celebrating wrong juniors result
Because of a confusingly timed TV repeat of the 2011 final, Some Russian fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships.
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Canada stuns Russia late for world juniors title
Akil Thomas scored the winning goal in the final period and Canada rallied from two goals down to beat Russia 4-3 in the final of the world junior hockey championship.
