Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan will compete in her first event Saturday morning as a member of the U.S. biathlon team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Egan, 30, will take part in the 7.5-kilometer sprint – which involves five prone shots and five standing, with each missed target requiring a penalty loop – at 6:15 […]
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Bates College junior is only Olympian in Cyprus team
There are several Maine athletes participating in the Winter Olympics, but only one carried a nation’s flag into the opening ceremonies. Dinos Lefkaritis, who carried the flag for Cyprus on Friday, is a junior at Bates College in Lewiston. The Sun Journal reports that he’s an engineering and economics major and the 12th Bates College […]
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Community came together to get Troy Murphy from Bethel to the Olympics
BETHEL — On a September evening in 2010, Matt Murphy sat down with Woody Hughes at the bar in the Mill Hill Inn. Hughes had just opened the inn and was enjoying a quiet night with an old friend. At some point, they got to talking about Murphy’s son Troy, who was pursuing a berth […]
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Olympics FAQ: What you need to know about the winter games
?? Q: When do the Games begin? A: Competition gets underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday, but the official start is Friday, with the opening ceremony. In the United States, the first event actually begins at 7:05 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. Q: Who participates? A: More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes […]
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Against a tense backdrop, let the Games begin
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — On the one hand: The world gathers for a scripted, globalized spectacle of competition and unity. North Korean athletes and performers stream into the rival South for a display of cooperation that maybe, just maybe, could ease anxiety about possible nuclear war. The North’s head of state announces plans to […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin is the world’s best female skier; Is that good enough for gold?
The numbers are plain, and they lay out the case that’s as easy to argue as the sky is blue or rock beats scissors. Mikaela Shiffrin is the best female Alpine ski racer in the world. Not yet 23, she is on a pace that could leave her as the most decorated World Cup racer […]