National and International 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

BEIJING — Canada won its first ever Olympic medal in ski jumping on Monday with a surprise bronze in the mixed team competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

BEIJING (AP) — Elsa Desmond knows she’s not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics. She wasn't even expecting to be in the top half of the field. Doesn’t matter. The first women’s luge Olympian from Ireland feels like she's already prevailed.

BEIJING — The odd visual of players wearing white COVID-19 masks under their hockey masks appeared in Beijing's Olympic Games with Canada's 6-1 win over Russia in women's hockey Monday Players on both teams and on-ice officials stepped onto the ice f

BEIJING (AP) — Arianna Fontana burnished her legacy as short track’s most decorated skater with her second Olympic medal in Beijing and 10th of her career. Her victory in the 500 meters on Monday wasn't all good feelings, though.

BEIJING (AP) — Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini clinched Italy's first-ever Olympic curling medal on Monday, and they did it with one of the most dominating performances in Winter Games history.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Slovenia won the first Olympic ski jumping mixed team gold medal on Monday. The team of Ursa Bogataj, Nika Kriznar, Peter Prevc and Timi Zajc had 1,000.5 points, dominating the competition by more than 100 points.

Five-time Olympic medallist Charles Hamelin could add a sixth to his impressive collection, Canada’s men’s curling team will begin its pursuit of a medal and the men’s Olympic hockey tournament will get going at last.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — With a change of sport came a change in medals. An upgrade, really, from bronze to gold. And it took eight years.

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Monday, Feb. 7, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING MEN’S DOWNHILL Beat Feuz of Switzerland captured gold in the Olympic men’s downhill. Johan Clarey of France, who is 41, was 0.

BEIJING (AP) — It was a miserable day on the mountains outside Beijing for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Red Gerard. Shiffrin’s opening race in the Beijing Olympics ended quickly with a rare mistake and a rare DNF — Did Not Finish.