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Lueders proving mettle by leading Russia to medals

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Pierre Lueders got to be part of the home team at the Vancouver Games, competing there as the undisputed star of Canadian bobsledding.

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Canada finishes 1-2 in Olympic women's skicross

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Marielle Thompson and Kelsey Serwa got great air even with their ski boots on, kicking back their heels and flailing their arms so wide, they almost dropped the flowers.

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Latin American athletes seek place in Winter Games

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Latin American countries made their debut in the winter edition of the Olympics at the 1928 Games in St. Moritz, where Argentina finished fourth in the five-man bobsled.

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2 golds, but Tina Maze ends Olympics on down note

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Tina Maze ended her fifth race at the Sochi Olympics just like her first - slumped sitting on the snow, right hand to her forehead, masking an anguished expression.

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Olympic women's hockey showed improvement in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - A five-time Olympian, Hayley Wickenheiser has been representing Canada in the Winter Games ever since women's hockey was added to the program.

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SOCHI SCENE: Meyers on Twitter

SOCHI, Russia - American bobsledder Elana Meyers of Douglasville, Georgia, took some time with @AP_Sports on Twitter, answering questions from AP journalists and fans about life as an Olympian under...

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Northug looks for 1st Sochi medal in 50K race

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Petter Northug has one last chance to make sure his Sochi Olympics aren't a total failure.

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Shiffrin, Miller make Sochi skiing 1 for the ages

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - From Mikaela Shiffrin to Bode Miller, from Mario Matt to Henrik Kristoffersen, Alpine skiing at the Sochi Olympics was one for the ages.

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Ski chief Kasper voted head of winter sports body

BELEK, Turkey - International ski federation chief Gian-Franco Kasper has been elected head of the association of Olympic winter sports bodies.

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NHL players set for World Cup of Hockey; Olympics unclear

TORONTO - The World Cup of Hockey is coming back, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman insists that doesn't necessarily mean the league will skip the 2018 Olympics.

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Olympic official confident for Alpine test races in S Korea

WENGEN, Switzerland - Olympic course designer Bernhard Russi has "full confidence" that men's Alpine World Cup racers will go to South Korea next month for a 2018 Pyeongchang Games test event that was...

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With Rio approaching, jockeying begins for doubles teams

MELBOURNE, Australia - When Roger Federer and Martina Hingis decided to team up to play mixed doubles at the 2016 Olympics, a Swiss newspaper boasted the country would bring a "Dream Team" to Rio de...

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Janka wins super-G at 2018 Olympics test by large margin

JEONGSEON, South Korea - Former overall World Cup champion Carlo Janka won the super-G test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics by a large margin Sunday, while several pre-race favorites failed to...

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Lindsey Vonn ends season early because of left knee injury

Lindsey Vonn's season started late after she broke her ankle in a training crash. It wrapped up much earlier than anticipated because of another wipeout.

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US men open vs China after Olympic basketball draw

The U.S. will open the Olympics against China and also will face Venezuela and Australia after being drawn Friday into what appears to be the easier men's basketball group.

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Carpenter scores in OT to get US gold over Canada again

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia - Alex Carpenter put another gold medal around the Americans' necks.

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Eq. Guinea women's soccer team thrown out of Olympics again

ZURICH - FIFA disqualified the Equatorial Guinea women's soccer team from the 2020 Olympics on Monday for fielding a player with "forged or falsified documents," the latest sanction for a country with...

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The Latest: Bomb survivor runs marathon on prosthetic blade

BOSTON - The Latest on Monday's 120th running of the Boston Marathon (all times local):

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