PARK CITY, UTAH — Bethel native Troy Murphy is on the road to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Murphy is a mogul skier, ranked eighth in the world by the International Ski Federation and number one in the US. Mogul skiing is an event that combines racing down a series of small […]
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Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall, Maine skiing legend, dies
Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall, left, the oldest living member of the Chisholm Ski Club, talks as Scott Pitts listens at Black Mountain’s Winter Carnival in February 2017. Pitts asked Broomhall to autograph his newly purchased copy of “A Century on Skis” by Scott Andrews. (Sun Journal file photo) Maine — and the United States — have […]
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Portland physician fulfilling Olympic dream with U.S. women's hockey team
Dr. Allyson Howe of Portland will be the head physician for the US women’s ice hockey team in the upcoming Winter Olympics. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Growing up in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Allyson Howe had an early hankering for ice skates, and not the white ones with toe picks. “I wanted to be […]
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Olympics to allow Russian athletes to compete but without a country
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russians will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutral athletes despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday. The IOC ruled that some Russians will be invited to compete as an “Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR)” without their national flag or […]
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Ride of her life
Gwyneth McPherson gets a playful lip nuzzle from Eskandar at Pineland Farms’ Equestrian Center in New Gloucester. Years after teen glory, Windham woman revives equestrian dream of making the Olympics NEW GLOUCESTER — Gwyneth McPherson won her first national dressage championship at age 12 riding a horse bought off the back of a meat truck […]
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Maine Sports Hall of Fame: Bancroft rode passion, competitive spirit to two Olympics
Leslie Bancroft Krichko skis at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Leslie Bancroft’s emotions finally caught up to the whirlwind that took her from Oxford Hills High School to the 1980 Winter Olympics as she entered the stadium during the opening ceremonies of the Lake Placid games. Just shy of her 21st birthday, […]
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Brazilian police say Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte made up robbery story
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro. The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing […]
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Par for the course: It should be amateur hour at Olympics
For those of us who are old enough to remember when the Olympic Games were held for “amateur” athletes only, the inaugural professional golfers competition in Rio de Janeiro is less than compelling. Sixty men will play four rounds of individual stroke play with no cut at Reserva de Marapendi from Aug. 11 to the […]
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2010 Olympian Julia Clukey retires from luge team
AUGUSTA — Julia Clukey wanted to take one more run at an Olympic team. Instead, she decided that any potential risk to her long-term health was not worth the chance. Clukey retired from luge on Tuesday, ending a 19-year career that saw her compete in the 2010 Vancouver Games, win the U.S. national title two […]
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Olympic Schedule: What to watch Monday
Get in-depth reporting on the 2016 Summer Games and the athletes RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day 3 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, women’s rugby, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local): SWIMMING A day after adding a record 19th gold medal to […]