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La Velle E. Neal III: Superpowers of women’s hockey set for gold medal collision

BEIJING — One by one, the U.S. women's hockey players were asked about the enormity of playing Canada. It was difficult to get a direct answer from them about a team that now stands directly in front of them for an Olympic gold medal.

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Jessie Diggins heads to her gold medal event with fresh changes, challenges

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins has been making the case that the U.S. really isn't defending the Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing she won four years ago. The team sprint at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games was a freestyle, while Wednesday's team sprint at the Beijing Games is in the…

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It’s USA-Canada again, but college players fuel global growth of women’s hockey

BEIJING — With a 7 1/2-month old baby at home, Maura Crowell often finds herself awake at odd hours. That wasn't such a bad thing over the past two weeks, since she planned to be up anyway to watch the women's hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

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Helene Elliott: Kamila Valieva's strong figure skating short program performance deserves an asterisk

Kamila Valieva was a vision in shades of lavender, her bedazzled skirt fluttering as she floated above the ice at Capital Indoor Stadium.

Los Angeles Times

Did trimetazidine help Russia win gold?

Russia is embroiled in yet another doping controversy as they near a lift on sanctions stemming from Sochi 2014

Salon

Simone Biles engaged to NFL star Jonathan Owens as Olympic champion hails "easiest yes"

Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens proposed to his Olympic star partner Simone Biles this week - with the American gymnast taking to social media to reveal the exciting news

Daily Mirror

Lucy Bronze back and eager for first real test of Sarina Wiegman’s England

England host the Olympic champions Canada, then Spain and Germany as Sarina Wiegman prepares her side for this summer’s European Championship

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I helped introduce silver medallist Jaclyn Narracott to the fearsome 130kph skeleton event. Here's how it's done

Australian Jaclyn Narracott admits it took a significant change of mindset to help her claim silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics in the women’s skeleton – the bobsled event in which competitors hurl themselves down a curving track at speeds of 130 kilometres per hour, with mere centimetres between their…

The Conversation

Irish Olympic boxer Emmet Brennan eyeing professional bow on Katie Taylor undercard

Dubliner Brennan represented Team Ireland in the light-heavyweight boxing division at the Tokyo Olympics

Irish Mirror

Here's The Company Winning The Gold Medal For The 2022 Winter Olympics

While there have been several headlines reporting viewership for the 2022 Winter Olympics is dramatically down on NBC in the U.S., the numbers may be misleading and not counting streaming growth.

Benzinga

Mikaela Shiffrin has yet to medal at Winter Olympics but remains upbeat

BEIJING — The 1.7-mile downhill course plunges through barren brown hillsides, past haggard trees and towering gray rock faces, all transformed by a coating of snow from a storm that passed through a few days earlier.

Los Angeles Times

Kamila Valieva camp branded 'dirty cheaters' as integrity of Winter Olympics in question

Kamila Valieva leads the figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics at the half-way point but the 15-year-old and her entourage have come under renewed pressure

Daily Mirror

Women’s Figure Skating Marred by Kamila Valieva’s Controversial Return to the Ice

The 15-year-old skater at the center of an ongoing doping dispute leads the competition, but as a result, the entire event—and the IOC's system—is in pieces.

Sports Illustrated

Kamila Valieva fights back tears after skating under searing Winter Olympics spotlight

The 15-year old Russian – controversially cleared to compete by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday – is used to the attention but this was another level

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The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva leads, Team GB nightmare continues

The 15-year-old was cleared to compete by an ad-hoc committee of the Court of Arbitration for Sport despite a positive drugs test.

The Independent UK

US figure skaters struggle at women's Olympic short program

The U.S. figure skaters are advancing to the free skate but struggled to break through in the short program on Tuesday night at the Beijing Olympics

Chicago Sun-Times

Russian Kamila Valieva leads in Olympic figure skating

Skating despite a positive drug test, Valieva started her pursuit of a second gold medal with a score of 82.16 points on Tuesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texans S Jonathan Owens engaged to Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles

Jonathan Owens, the Texans safety, got engaged to Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

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Daily Mirror

Watching tearful Kamila Valieva was one of the most deplorable moments in Olympic history

The 15-year-old Russian figure skater should not have to go through the ordeal of being watched by the world after a failed drugs test

The Guardian - UK

Kamila Valieva: Russian skater in gold medal position in individual event

With the world’s spotlight on her Kamila Valieva produced a stunning performance but not all her competitors were impressed

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker's sarcastic response to claim Kamila Valieva ingested drug from grandad's glass

Russian skater Kamila Valieva has been allowed to continue competing at the Winter Olympics despite testing the teenager positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva holds back tears after first skate since doping controversy at Winter Olympics

It was announced last week that the 15-year-old tested positive for a banned substance back in December

Los Angeles Times

What you need to know about the controversy involving Russian skater Kamila Valieva

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — A delayed medal ceremony was only the beginning.

The Independent UK

Figure skaters sound off on Valieva's Olympic doping scandal

Figure skaters competing against 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva shared a range of views about the doping scandal that has caused havoc at the Beijing Olympics

The Hindu

Moving up, Mirabai Chanu ready for bigger challenges

Olympic silver medalist is eager to add an elusive Asian Games medal

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