Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at fourth Olympics hardly burdened by ghosts of Beijing

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – The vibes never get old for Mikaela Shiffrin. Even now, four Olympics in.

Israeli bobsled pilot says apartment was robbed at Milan Cortina Winter Games

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – An Israeli bobsled pilot says the apartment that he and some fellow Olympians have been using while finishing their training for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was robbed Saturday, with passports and “thousands of dollars” worth of other items among what was taken.

Langenhan, Mueller, Fischnaller lead way after 1st 2 runs of men's luge race

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – The race for the medals in men’s singles luge might already be down to three sliders.

Canada stumbles, losing mixed doubles curling matches to Great Britain and Estona

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – The desperation played on the faces of Canadian curling couple Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman on Saturday as they watched Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds send red stones pummeling into their carefully set yellows. It grew when they lost 8-6 to Estonia, a team competing at the Olympics for the first time, later in the day.

Capturing the moment the Olympic cauldron was lit in Milan

MILAN (AP) – Bernat Armangue is based in Madrid and has worked for The Associated Press for 20 years, covering news and sports across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Here’s what he had to say about this extraordinary photo.

Finland recovers from stomach virus to play US in Olympic women's hockey

MILAN (AP) – It was game on for Finland and Switzerland in the women’s hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday after both nations had to deal with a stomach virus affecting players.

Cortina's curling darling Stefania Constantini is focus of Italian fans

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (AP) – There are four matches happening at once in Cortina’s curling stadium, yet you’d hardly know it. All attention in the venue seems trained on young, high-ponytailed Stefania Constantini, the defending gold medalist who hails from Cortina and is battling for a spot in the next round of the competition.

Eileen Gu overcomes early fall in slopestyle to keep Olympic dreams intact

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Eileen Gu skied backwards out of the slopestyle starting gate, jumped onto the first rail, did a 270-degree spin and landed on the snow. Then, she fell.

Olympic slopestyler shows some skin, skis down the mountain in a tank top

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Talk about hot-doggin’ it.