Tribune Olympic Bureau – Page 54

That other American — Julia Mancuso — adds to her silver collection

August 22, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — The most accomplished American skier in Olympic history — the girl with gold already tucked in her pocket — won another medal Thursday. Her name: Julia...

Chemisty isn’t set

August 22, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Their record in the Olympic hockey tournament is perfect but their performance has yet to be more than adequate, and members of Team USA know it. They foundered...

U.S. women roll into hockey semifinals with close win for them — 6-0

August 22, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

VANCOUVER — In its inexorable march toward a showdown with Canada for the gold medal and supremacy in women's hockey, the United States has traveled a path of little resistance....

Food for thought: Watching what I eat at the Vancouver Olympics

August 22, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

VANCOUVER — I'm watching what I eat up here. First I watch it, then I eat it. Total elapsed time, about 4 seconds — a new North American record. What's...

Let the Vonn-Couver Olympics begin!

August 22, 2021 at 8:28 p.m.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — Welcome to the Vonn-couver Olympics. She owns them now, bought them Wednesday with nearly two miles of hard mountain, painted them in red, white, blond and...

For Lysacek, Plushenko and Takahashi, they’ll meet at the quad

August 22, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

VANCOUVER — It is customary to watch figure skating practices for omens, even though the exercise serves mainly to see if one skater runs into another or suffers a non-contact...

Jonathan Toews just a face in Canada’s crowded hockey lockerroom

August 22, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Playing on star-studded Team Canada has given Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews a bit of anonymity he can't find in Chicago. With international journalists surrounding Canadian stars Sidney Crosby,...

For a moment, Katherine Reutter has record — and medal hopes — in her grasp

August 22, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Katherine Reutter was an Olympic record-holder for all of about three minutes. The Champaign native will have to settle for that. In the first quarterfinal of the women's...

Where the Games aren’t in Vancouver

August 22, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

VANCOUVER — The streets of this city are teeming with people from around the globe, proudly displaying their country's colors. At almost any time, chants of "Go (insert name of...

After bumpy starts, U.S., Canadian men working out kinks on the rink

August 22, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

VANCOUVER — For Team USA and host Canada, the first game of the Olympic hockey tournament was about shaking their jitters. Each was a little disjointed, with Canada blanked by...

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