Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Israeli skier Barnabas Szollos was happy to have the No. 1 bib so he could get a chance to sit in the leader’s box after the downhill run of the Alpine combined at the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING — Canada’s men’s hockey team will renew its rivalry with the United States at the Beijing Winter Games Saturday.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Canada's Marion Thenault and Miha Fontaine stood at the bottom of the aerials hill, looking up at their teammate Lewis Irving.

BEIJING (AP) — Irene Schouten of the Netherlands completed a speedskating sweep of the women’s distance events at the Beijing Games, setting another Olympic record Thursday with a victory in the 5,000 meters.

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING MEN'S COMBINED Austrian skier Johannes Strolz won the Olympic gold medal in the Alpine combined race 34 years after his father did the same.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — A trio of Americans won gold in the Olympics’ first mixed team aerials event Thursday, giving the United States its first medals in the freestyle skiing discipline in a dozen years.

BEIJING — Claude Julien will coach Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team after all. Hockey Canada announced the 61-year-old has been cleared to travel and will rejoin the squad in Beijing following Thursday’s tournament opener against Germany.

BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Johannes Strolz was preparing to sit on a stage in a room filled with dozens of journalists to describe his improbable run to the Alpine combined title at the Beijing Olympics when his phone rang. It was his dad.

BEIJING — Canadians were coaching on all four sheets at the Ice Cube on Thursday night. Peter Gallant was serving as South Korea coach against Canada's Jennifer Jones in women's round-robin play.

BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen soared effortlessly and nearly perfectly five times during his “Rocketman” performance. When his skates touched down for the final time in a historic arena in Beijing, he was an Olympic gold medalist .