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Katie Ledecky is sending some love from one similarly-named Olympic gold medalist to another. Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka shocked everyone on Saturday by winning a surprise gold medal in the women’s super-G alpine skiing competition. The …
Hopefully Lindsey Vonn did not look at her Twitter mentions after her disappointing performance in the super-G at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang on Saturday. Vonn was the first skier out of the gate in the super-G and was putting together a …
NBC had some rough luck while airing the Olympic Games on Friday night. NBC primarily showed the women’s super-G alpine skiing event, which featured Lindsey Vonn — the biggest American female athlete at the Olympics. Vonn was first out of …
Lindsey Vonn returned to the slopes at the Olympics for the first time since 2010, and her first event did not go as hoped. Vonn competed in the super-G in South Korea on Saturday and was first to go down the course. She was doing great until the end …
Sometimes just showing up and competing is a victory in itself. That is certainly the case for Pita Taufatofua. Taufatofua has become a famous Olympics figure and internet sensation. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, he served as Tonga’s flag …
In what was supposed to be her best event, U.S. skiier Mikaela Shiffrin finished fourth in the women’s slalom event — a finish that she openly admitted was a huge disappointment. Shiffrin was regarded as a heavy favorite to win gold, but …
In one of the more bizarre, yet heartwarming twists of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Jamaican women’s bobsled team has a new sled courtesy of Red Stripe. If you haven’t been following the story, the coach of the team abruptly quit on the …
Lindsey Vonn is set to compete in her first Olympic race in eight years, and she will be doing so with a somewhat heavy heart. Back in November, Vonn’s grandather Don Kildow died at the age of 88. Kildow, who served in the U.S. Army during the …
German Madrazo finished dead last in the men’s 15km free cross-country skiing event on Thursday, and coming in 115th place was everything the 43-year-old Mexican could have asked for and more. After all, it was only a year ago that Madrazo …
Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy is no fan of vice president Mike Pence. In a tweet sent on Thursday, Kenworthy revealed that he broke his thumb the day before in practice but said that he was still very much planning to compete. He also joked that the …
Mikaela Shiffrin competed in the women’s slalom at the Winter Olympics on Friday, and she may have been fighting some nerves before her first run. NBC reported that right before Shiffrin went down for her first run, the skier vomited. Shiffrin …
Red Stripe is cashing in on a prime marketing opportunity in PyeongChang. Sandra Kiriasis, a retired German bobsledder who had been serving as the head coach of Jamaica’s women’s bobsled team, abruptly announced on Wednesday that she had …
A major accident was just narrowly avoided during Wednesday’s Olympic hockey game between Norway and Sweden, as a player was forced to leave the ice after taking a skate to the face. With several players fighting for the puck near the boards in …
The latest controversy involving some remarks a television broadcaster made during the Olympics appears to have begun with a misunderstanding, and five-time Olympian Jacqui Cooper has tried to explain herself on social media. Cooper, an Australian TV …
The Olympics are never without controversy, and the 2018 edition is no different. The inherent underlying politics of the international competition always lead to some interesting moments, and that’s before one even gets into the competitions …
Here’s at least one good reason to watch the skeleton competition at the PyeongChang Games: the helmets are pretty rad. South Korean racer Yun Sung-Bin competed in Thursday’s event wearing a helmet in the theme of popular comic book and …
