Two weeks of men’s Olympic biathlon competition kicks off Sunday at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre at the PyeongChang Games with a 10-kilometer sprint that will not include Maine’s Russell Currier. A 30-year-old native of Stockholm, Currier is one of five men on a U.S. team allowed four starting berths. Those will go to Lowell Bailey, […]
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On skiing: A visit to Mt. Abram, and thoughts on the Olympics
Last Saturday I visited Mt. Abram, and found exactly what I expected: The runs were firm but well groomed and eminently skiable. Part of the weekend’s celebration of Ullr Fest was a Telefest, and the heel-free skiers were everywhere. At the top of Dudley, I watched for a few minutes as an instructor gave a […]
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Curve 9: Where Olympic sliders’ medal hopes will be lost
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Tucker West was absolutely flying. He was leading the Olympics, at least through the midway point of the opening run. He set a start record. He looked very much like a medal contender. And then came Curve 9. In an instant, West’s medal hopes in the men’s luge competition were […]
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Olympic watching guide: Clare Egan competes in biathlon Saturday
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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Americans to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
These American Olympians are expected to bring home gold. Gus Kenworthy Freestyle skiing: Kenworthy was a silver medalist in slopestyle four years ago in Russia, but he made as many headlines for adopting some of Sochi’s stray dogs. And though he worried that it would hurt his sponsorships, he came out, and that boosted his […]
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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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Winter Olympics updates: South Korean figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim lights Olympic torch
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): Updated 10:15 p.m.: South Korean figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim has ignited the Olympic cauldron for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in a chilly opening ceremony that highlighted Korean unity. A North Korean and South Korean from the countries’ joint hockey team […]
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Olympic watching guide: See the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night
It’s an easy choice when deciding what to watch Friday night. The quandary comes in choosing how to watch the Opening Ceremonies: via live streaming at 6 a.m. or as a prepackaged, prime-time event. Either way, expect cold performers, cold athletes and cold spectators;North and South Korea marching in together under the Unification Flag; and […]
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Bethel’s Troy Murphy qualifies for Olympics moguls final
Troy Murphy of Bethel picked a pretty good time to have his best moguls run of the season. Murphy scored an 80.95 to finish fourth in the qualifying round of the men’s moguls competition at the PyeongChang Olympics. That means Murphy, who entered ranked 12th in the world, will go into Monday’s finals, which will […]
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Meet the winter Olympians with Maine ties
These athletes with Maine ties will compete in the Winter Olympics. Troy Murphy Hometown: Bethel Event: Moguls skiing Age: 25 Personal: 2014 FIS Rookie of the Year; 2015 national champ; 2017, ranked sixth in the world after six Top 10 finishes; attended Gould Academy (2010); lives in Park City, Utah. Outlook: Murphy entered the season as the top-ranked U.S. moguls […]