BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin threw her head back and laughed at the thought of entering the maximum Alpine skiing events possible at the Beijing Olympics — six — which she confirmed Tuesday she’s intending to do. She jokingly called it “a really bad idea.” After coming in ...

BEIJING — China’s extreme sports youngsters were ready for a big Olympic stage. The host country built one for them, and they delivered. Su Yiming gave China its second gold medal at Big Air Shougang, matching Eileen Gu with a stunning show Tuesday in front of fans at the eerie — ...

BEIJING — Russian teen sensation Kamila Valieva put aside the emotional exhaustion of being at the center of a doping scandal and took the lead in the women’s figure skating competition after the short program at the Beijing Olympics. Skating despite a positive drug test, Valieva ...

BEIJING — There were no tail grabs for this tiger. French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre was a crowd pleaser at Big Air Shougang all the same. The 26-year-old helped Beijing ring in the Year of the Tiger by putting on an orange-and-black big-cat costume during qualifying Monday in ...

BEIJING — There’s never been an instance of one nation sweeping the medals in an Olympic bobsled event. Germany has a chance to change that. The world’s sliding superpower grabbed three of the top four spots at the midpoint of the two-man competition at the Beijing Olympics on ...

BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and hoisted an American flag that someone had just handed her into the frosty air. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” she chanted. Four years ago, nobody would have seen that coming. The former Canadian bobsled heroine is an ...