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Nordic combined world champions Todd Lodwick and Billy Demong, pioneers in their sport in the United States, are Olympic medalists at last.

Kikkan Randall and Caitlin Compton posted the best U.S. result ever in women's Olympic cross country skiing, placing sixth, as the team sprint lived up to its wild reputation Monday with mishaps, fast times and the occasional bit of vomit.

Imagine Michael Phelps climbing out of the pool after completing the butterfly leg of a medley relay, cheering for a teammate, then hopping on the starting block to go again. That's the team sprint in cross country, where each skier on a two-skier...

Biathlon can be a cruel sport, and U.S. favorite Tim Burke felt that cruelty once again in Sunday's 15k mass start.

Kris Freeman competes in the grueling sport of cross country skiing with Type I diabetes. Most days, he manages it well; some days, he posts results such as his two fourth-place finishes in World Championship competition. In Saturday's men's...

Simon Ammann of Switzerland became the first ski jumper to win four individual Olympic titles with his victory Saturday in the large hill event.

Norway's Marit Bjoergen won her second gold and third medal of the 2010 Olympics on Friday on a day as suitable for sunbathing as it was for skiing at Whistler Olympic Park.

As a toddler, Anders Johnson followed his ski-jumping sister up the hill to try the sport for himself. On Friday, Alissa Johnson stood at the bottom of the large hill at Whistler Olympic Park to see her 20-year-old brother take what might be his...

Kikkan Randall knew she'd have a tough fight in Wednesday's cross country classical sprints. The American finished second at the World Championships last year, but that competition was in freestyle. Randall has never been as strong in classical and...

German biathlon star Magdalena Neuner won her first Olympic gold medal Tuesday, easily overtaking Slovakian sprint winner Anastazia Kuzmina in the women's 10k pursuit.

Switzerland's Dario Cologna won the men's 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country race at the Vancouver Games on Monday in his Olympic debut.

Charlotte Kalla of Sweden won the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race. The U.S. women's best was No. 30 at the Vancouver Games for her first Olympic gold medal.

Johnny Spillane has claimed the first U.S. medal in the sport of Nordic combined, testing an athlete's ski jumping and cross country skiing ability.

Vincent Jay of France has won a gold medal in his Olympic debut, capturing the 10-kilometer sprint at the Vancouver Games.

For the young American team, the event was good experience. All three moved through Friday's qualification round, but none reached the final 30. Nick Alexander and Peter Frenette tied for 41st; Anders Johnson placed 49th.

The best U.S. men's water polo performance in 20 years of Olympic play came to an end somewhere in the third quarter, as two-time defending champion Hungary pulled away with five unanswered goals on the way to a 14-10 win in the gold-medal match.

Sheila Taormina's medal hopes were over by noon Friday. Her fourth Olympics in three different sports were not. Left in a deep hole after a frustrating morning in fencing, the second of five events in the modern pentathlon, Taormina stormed back to...

Eight was a lucky number for the Opening Ceremony (8-08-08) and Michael Phelps (eight gold medals). Would it be a lucky number for venues visited in one day? USA TODAY's Beau Dure decided to find out.

Three-time world champion Emma Snowsill of Australia won the women's triathlon Monday at the picturesque Ming Tombs Reservoir, running away from a lead pack of 20 after the swim and bike phases.

And with Luis Yanez and Shawn Estrada losing Saturday at Workers' Gymnasium, the U.S. boxing team has qualified just two boxers for the quarterfinals welterweight Demetrius Andrade and heavyweight Deontay Wilder.

Olympic boxing has its share of controversy, but Shawn Estrada is one fighter departing the competition with no complaints.

The U.S. women's sabre team, flustered after losing a couple of close decisions in the split-second sport, fell 45-39 in the semifinals to Ukraine. The fencers returned a few hours later to leave on a high note with a resilient 45-38 win against...

Already playing without key midfielders Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley in the group-stage finale against Nigeria due to an accumulation of yellow cards, the USA lost left back Michael Orozco to a red card in the third minute and played 10-on-11 the...

After losing his first-round bout against Hungary's Peter Bacsi by a 1-5, 2-2, 0-3 score, TC Dantzler said he was slow reacting because he had to speed up cutting weight due to a faulty scale.

While Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong were easily handling the South Africans, the Beijing University of Technology gym was rocking. Two courts away, China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng were knocking out Denmark's Jens Dyrloev Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard...

Still, the 22-year-old Californian outlasted any previous U.S. women's single entry none had managed to win a single game. The match had the undivided attention of the nearly full 6,900-capacity Beijing University of Technology gymnasium.