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Japan return to hero’s welcome after best winter medal haul

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Olympic team returned to a hero’s welcome on Monday after its best-ever showing at a Winter Games, with 13 medals – more than half by women – beating a previous record of 10 two decades ago. Fans came out in large numbers at the airpo... More »

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Short track speed skating: Chaos as usual in the Pyeongchang Games

FILE PHOTO: Short Track Speed Skating Events – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 500 m Competition – Gangneung Ice Arena – Gangneung, South Korea – February 20, 2018. Keita Watanabe of Japan and Thomas Insuk Hong of the U.S in action as Jong Kwang Bom o... More »

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Figure skating: Record-breaking Virtue, Moir dance into first place

Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice Dance short dance competition – Gangneung Ice Arena – Gangneung, South Korea – February 19, 2018 – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ca... More »

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Quotes from the Pyeongchang Winter Games on day seven

Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men Single Skating short program competition – Gangneung Ice Arena – Gangneung, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Vincent Zhou of the U.S. performs. REUTERS/John Sibley (Reuters) – Following are some memorabl... More »

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Speed skating: Visser resumes normal service for dominant Dutch

Speed Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s 5000 m competition finals – Gangneung Oval – Gangneung, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Esmee Visser of the Netherlands gestures a on the podium after winning a gold medal. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson GAN... More »

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Alpine skiing: Swede Hansdotter wins gold, no medal for Shiffrin

Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Frida Hansdotter of Sweden reacts during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Segar PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – ... More »

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How do you like your eggs, Norway? By the thousand..

FILE PHOTO: Volunteers for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games walk in Pyeongchang, South Korea, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Egg sandwiches. Bacon and eggs. Egg salad. Eggs on toast. Scrambled e... More »

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Bowie`s perfect dip snatches 100m gold from Ta Lou

America's Tori Bowie delivered a finish line masterclass when she timed her dip perfectly to win the women's 100 metres world championship gold in spectacular style on Sunday, leaving Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou with a consolation silver. More »

Briton Murray outlasts Del Potro to land gold

By Joshua Schneyer | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Britain’s Andy Murray beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 in a compelling Olympic tennis final on Sunday to become the first player to win two men’s singles gold medals. The world number two... More »