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02/10 10:07 CST Shiffrin out of the medals again at the Winter Olympics as
Klbo closes on record for golds
Shiffrin out of the medals again at the Winter Olympics as Klbo closes on
record for golds
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) --- Make that seven straight races without a
medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics.
The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team
combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on
Tuesday.
Shiffrin was the last racer out in the slalom --- the second leg of the event
--- and was 15th, dropping the U.S. to fourth place and extending her Olympic
slump that stretches back to 2022 when she didn't win a medal in any of her six
races at the Beijing Games.
Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold, while Paula Moltzan and
Jacqueline Wiles took bronze ahead of their more high-profile U.S. teammates.
Olympic redemption will have to wait, then, for Shiffrin, who is the most
successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories. She is set
to compete in her core events of slalom and giant slalom later in the Milan
Cortina Games as she looks to add to her two golds and a silver from her first
two Olympics.
Johnson missed out on a second medal of these Games, having won the downhill on
Sunday.
Klaebo nears gold medal record Don't be surprised if Johannes Hosflot Klbo soon holds the all-time record for gold medals at the Winter Games. The Norwegian cross-country star powered to his second straight Olympic gold --- and seventh of his career --- by winning the men's sprint. He was a comfortable 0.8 seconds ahead of Ben Ogden of the United States. Klbo moved to one gold behind three compatriots: Marit Bjorgen, Bjorn Dhlie and Ole Einar Bjorndalen, all of whom have retired with a record-tying eight. Bjorgen and Dhlie also were cross-country skiers. Klbo can join them by winning the 10 kilometers freestyle on Friday. He already won the skiathlon on Sunday for his sixth gold. In the women's final, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden watched on as the country swept the medals. Linn Svahn edged defending champion Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist was third.
Botn tribute to late teammate after biathlon win Johan-Olav Botn paid tribute to a Norway teammate who died in the lead-up to the Games, after winning the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon. As he crossed the finish line, Botn pointed to the sky in a tribute to Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who was found dead in his hotel room in Lavaz, Italy, in December. The golds for Botn and Klbo took Norway to six --- three more than any other nation so far.
Medal No. 12 for Fontana in short track speedskating Twenty years later, Italian short track speedskater Arianna Fontana is still winning medals at the Winter Olympics. The latest was a gold in the mixed team relay. That took her to three golds and 12 medals overall in an Olympic career that started in 2006 --- when she was age 15 --- at the Winter Games in Turin. Fontana was already the most decorated short track speedskater of all time and there's chances for more medals in the 500 and the 3,000 relay at these Olympics. ___ AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
Klaebo nears gold medal record Don't be surprised if Johannes Hosflot Klbo soon holds the all-time record for gold medals at the Winter Games. The Norwegian cross-country star powered to his second straight Olympic gold --- and seventh of his career --- by winning the men's sprint. He was a comfortable 0.8 seconds ahead of Ben Ogden of the United States. Klbo moved to one gold behind three compatriots: Marit Bjorgen, Bjorn Dhlie and Ole Einar Bjorndalen, all of whom have retired with a record-tying eight. Bjorgen and Dhlie also were cross-country skiers. Klbo can join them by winning the 10 kilometers freestyle on Friday. He already won the skiathlon on Sunday for his sixth gold. In the women's final, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden watched on as the country swept the medals. Linn Svahn edged defending champion Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist was third.
Botn tribute to late teammate after biathlon win Johan-Olav Botn paid tribute to a Norway teammate who died in the lead-up to the Games, after winning the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon. As he crossed the finish line, Botn pointed to the sky in a tribute to Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who was found dead in his hotel room in Lavaz, Italy, in December. The golds for Botn and Klbo took Norway to six --- three more than any other nation so far.
Medal No. 12 for Fontana in short track speedskating Twenty years later, Italian short track speedskater Arianna Fontana is still winning medals at the Winter Olympics. The latest was a gold in the mixed team relay. That took her to three golds and 12 medals overall in an Olympic career that started in 2006 --- when she was age 15 --- at the Winter Games in Turin. Fontana was already the most decorated short track speedskater of all time and there's chances for more medals in the 500 and the 3,000 relay at these Olympics. ___ AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
