Andrew Blaser, of Meridian, Idaho, is in 21st position after the first two heats of the men’s skeleton competition at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday. It was Blaser’s Olympic debut. “The win is definitely getting here,” Blaser said in a statement. When he woke up ...

USA Luge tandem Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander finished 11th in their Olympic doubles debut. The unexpected qualifiers for the Beijing Winter Games were the lone American entry in the 17-sled event. They recorded a two-heat time of 1 minute, 58.515 seconds on the lengthy and tricky ...

BEIJING — Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have won World Cup races. They’ve each medaled at the world championships. They’ve each won national championships. Their careers have already been, by any measure, a success. And now both are facing the same decision — keep sliding, or ...

Ashley Farquharson returned to the Yanqing National Sliding Center on Tuesday and turned in USA Luge’s top singles performance, concluding her initial Team USA berth with a 12th place finish. She started the day in 18th place after two legs and steadily climbed the leaderboard with ...

After four years of hard work and getting over the pain and misery of her horrific crash at the 2018 Olympics, Emily Sweeney’s Olympic journey took another unfortunate turn on Monday. In her second run of the women’s singles luge competition — after finishing her first run in 10th ...

Things don’t always go according to plan, but occasionally someone can exceed even her wildest expectations. Such was the case for Deedra Irwin of Pulaski, Wisconsin, who on Monday turned in the best Olympic performance ever by an American biathlete, finishing seventh in the women’s ...