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By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - It took 70 years for Norway to win an Olympic gold in men's downhill but the Scandinavian nation are hoping to become only the second to retain the title in S...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - The tears flowed despite the bitter cold after Therese Johaug cruised across the finish line in the skiathlon to claim the one prize she wanted most o...

By Yew Lun Tian and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) - Hours after Beijing's Winter Olympics officially opened on Friday night, shoppers lined up in the bitter pre-dawn cold to get their hands on what for ma...

By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) - Remy Boehler sleeps just four hours a night during the Beijing Olympics to make sure athletes can skate at the Capital Indoor Stadium. The venue that hosted the 'P...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Netherlands' Suzanne Schulting set an Olympic record to ease into the quarter-finals of the short track speed skating 500-metre event at the Beijing Games on Saturday. The 24-year-...

YANQING, China (Reuters) - French Alpine skier Tessa Worley is unfazed by the strong competition in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics and feeling more relaxed than at the 2018 Games in South Ko...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres defended his organisation's support for the Olympic Games on Saturday, saying it was important for nations to ...

By Mitch Phillips ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - A trio of Slovenians were poised to battle for the first ski jumping medals of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday as the women's normal hill competition ...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - U.S. snowboarding veteran Nick Baumgartner said he felt "so prepared" to compete in Beijing, his fourth Olympic Games. Baumgartner said he was confident about the upcomi...

By Philip O'Connor, Karolos Grohmann and Mari Saito BEIJING (Reuters) - Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday as the politics dominating the Beijing Olympics began to make...