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BEIJING (Reuters) - Salt Lake City could be ready to host the Winter Olympics as early as 2030, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons said on Friday. With most of ...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway skiing coach Eirik Myhr Nossum has said that his team will do whatever it takes to get Simen Hegstad Krueger back from a positive COVID-19 test...

By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - Athletes often find ways to fuel themselves - perhaps with their favourite snacks or an uber-healthy diet - but Team GB's first long track speed skating delegati...

By Simon Jennings YANQING, China (Reuters) - Aleksander Aamodt Kilde's rivals at the Beijing Olympics were quick to hail him as the man to beat in the men's downhill after Friday's second practice ses...

By Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) - Chile's Henrik von Appen has one dream: to beat the Europeans and bring home the first Winter Olympics medal to Latin America. The 27-year-old, who repres...

By Steve Keating BEIJING (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) men's ice hockey team arrived in Beijing feeling good about their gold medal defence but without three key players who are back...

By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING (Reuters) - With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olym...

By Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Snowboarding at the Beijing Olympics kicks off on Saturday with reigning twice gold medallist Jamie Anderson of the United States preparing to meet the cha...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China - Austria's Matthias Mayer would enter the record books as the first male skier to win a gold medal in three straight Olympics if he triumphs in Sunday's downhill at the ...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber still hopes to take part in the Beijing Winter Olympics despite a positive test for COVID-19 that saw him placed in isolat...