MILAN (AP) – Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating on Thursday night when the “Blade Angel” attempts to chase down Japanese rivals Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the free skate at the Milan Cortina Games.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Nobody could blame the doctors for telling 13-year-old Jake Canter he should never step on a snowboard again.
MILAN (AP) – Jordan Stolz’s path to multiple speedskating gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics began at age 5 in front of a TV at home in Wisconsin, sitting with his older sister, Hannah, to check out the 2010 Vancouver Games.
TESERO, Italy (AP) – Outside the Olympic cross-country stadium in the Dolomite mountains, Norwegian flags drape over the railings like bunting on a national holiday.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (AP) – Niklas Edin saw it coming.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Tennis player Alexandra Eala was a fan favorite at the Australian Open. Gymnast Carlos Yulo won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
MILAN (AP) – This gallery showcases top photos from Day 12 of the Milan Cortina Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers.
MILAN (AP) – Dutch short track speedskating star Jens van ‘t Wout already has two gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics, but Wednesday’s bronze medal felt like winning the lottery.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – On the climb to Livigno, atop the mountain pass before the road glides down to the village hosting snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, there sits a lonely customs checkpoint. Its guardhouse and gate are the only signs of an internal fiscal border within Italy, one that encircles the snow-blanketed valley and the duty-free status it has enjoyed for centuries.
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