When Gus Kenworthy competed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 he was afraid that someone would find out that he is gay — fast-forward eight years and he is out and proud as are dozens of other athletes at the Beijing Games. The British-American freestyle skier, who won silver for the United States in Sochi … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — When 19-year old Maggie Lee fell on her first run down the slope and missed one of the early gates, it looked like the abrupt end of her first Olympics. The teenager from Taiwan, who is competing under her Chinese name, Lee Wen-Yi, was already an unlikely candidate for the Winter … Read more
YANQING, China — Chilean Henrik von Appen has a dream: to beat the Europeans and bring the first medal at the Winter Olympics to Latin America. The 27-year-old, who represented Chile in almost every alpine ski discipline at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, is hoping for a top-20 finish in Sunday’s men’s downhill, the … Read more