For the second straight Olympics, the emotional health of top athletes has become a focus of discussion.
Olympics
Kim turns in big first run, defends Olympic halfpipe title
Chloe Kim’s opening run featured a variety of different spins and rotations, including a front and backside 1080 (three spins each).
Olympic roundup: Jacobellis gets her gold medal 16 years after winning silver
Lindsey Jacobellis – who helped make snowboardcross famous – captures a gold medal after winning an infamous silver medal in 2006.
Mikaela Shiffrin shaken after another quick exit in Olympic race
The American missed a gate early in her first run in the slalom, just two days after she was DQ’d in the giant slalom.
Olympic luger, Maine native Emily Sweeney ponders future after Beijing games
Emily Sweeney and Summer Britcher have both had successful luge careers and now need to decide whether to commit another four years to their sport.
Olympic roundup: Organizers say 32 athletes in isolation for COVID-19
The chairman of the expert medical panel for the Games says 50 athletes have been discharged from isolation.
Olympic women’s hockey: Canada surges over U.S., but the top seeds expect to meet again
The latest meeting in the rivalry goes to Canada, even with the Americans holding a 53-27 edge in shots on goal, but many expect a rematch for the gold medal.
Figure skater Nathan Chen flips, spins way to Olympic world-record score
Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics.
Canada, Russia women mask up on Olympic ice amid COVID concerns
The teams were required to wear masks because Russian COVID-19 testing results from earlier in the day were not yet available by game time.
Olympics roundup: Eileen Gu wins gold for China in big air
American-born Eileen Gu of China has cranked out the first 1620 of her career to win gold in Beijing.