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By Chang-Ran Kim BEIJING (Reuters) - Nathan Chen's world record short programme in the Olympic figure skating was no surprise for his long-standing coach Rafael Arutyunyan but the emotion of the momen...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has answered the question of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after meeting her during the Beijing Olympics, IOC Presid...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for the United States at the Beijing Olympics in women's snowboard cross on Wednesday and finally found redemption after her c...

By Ian Ransom (Reuters) - Over four years ago, Nathan Chen's desire to tap into his Chinese roots and pursue perfection in figure skating brought him to Li Cunxin, whose 2003 memoir 'Mao's Last Dancer...

By Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) - Norwegian freestyle skier Birk Ruud dreamt of winning Olympic gold in Big Air when he was 13 before the discipline was even included at the Games. Eight years later, ...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany's luge gold medallist Natalie Geisenberger, who was sharply critical of China prior to the Beijing Olympics, said she would make comments on China only ...

By Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin was expected to cement her position at the top of her sport at the Beijing Games, but after not being able to finish any of her races so ...

By Chang-Ran Kim BEIJING (Reuters) - Figure skating may not hold a candle to Star Wars when it comes to viewership, but it found a new hope for fandom after a little-known Frenchman worked the iconic ...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - Petra Vlhova was set to clinch Slovakia's first Olympic Alpine skiing gold medal after moving into top spot in the women's slalom on Wednesday after all the t...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Die-hard fans, and scalpers, queued overnight for the chance to order anything in the likeness of the Winter Games mascot, a panda bear named Bing Dwen Dwen, as fac...