National and International 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Blizzard conditions that made visibility nearly impossible. Overwhelming expectations. An early error that would have thrown a lesser skier off course.

BEIJING (AP) — Sixty-year-old Chen Jieyu dove into the murky water of Houhai Lake, covered partially in a layer of ice and snow. Snowflakes were falling, and she had on just a regular red swimsuit, her arms and legs exposed.

ZHANGJIAKOU — The weather was a spoilsport at the Genting Snow Park, forcing the postponement of the women's freestyle skiing aerial qualifications. Earlier, the women's slopestyle qualifiers also had to be postponed.

BEIJING (AP) — Winning gold isn't always the goal. Indian skier Arif Khan set his sights on completing both runs of the men's giant slalom at the Olympics on Sunday, and he managed to do just that.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The howling wind blew snow across the Olympic biathlon range and sent bullets veering off target, forcing most athletes to take multiple penalty laps. Unsurprisingly, the gold medalists were the sharpest shooters.

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics : ___ Led by Suzanne Schulting, the Netherlands won Olympic gold in the 3,000-meter relay in short track speedskating. Schulting collected her second gold and third medal overall in Beijing.

BEIJING (AP) — Finland erased a three-goal deficit to beat Sweden 4-3 in overtime Sunday, a result that gets each of the archrivals into the quarterfinals of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympics.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Just like in the women's cross-country ski race, the Russian team opened up a lead on the first leg of the men's relay on Sunday and then held on for the Olympic gold medal.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Just like in the women's cross-country ski race, the Russian team opened up a lead on the first leg of the men's relay on Sunday and then held on for the Olympic gold medal.

BEIJING — Canada's Jennifer Jones didn't lose a game in her first Olympic appearance in 2014. She's having difficulty avoiding defeats in her return to the Winter Games eight years later.