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Dukurs, Hermann win world titles in skeleton
Martins Dukurs won his sixth world championship in skeleton, while Tina Hermann led a German sweep of the medals in the women's championship Friday.
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Nikitina, implicated in Sochi, wins skeleton title
Elena Nikitina, one of the athletes who was implicated in the doping scandal that overshadowed the 2014 Sochi Olympics, has become the first Russian to win the World Cup women's skeleton overall points championship.
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Nikitina wins WCup women's skeleton opener
Elena Nikitina of Russia built a sizable lead after the first run and went on to win the season's first World Cup women's skeleton race on Sunday.
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Nigeria's Simi Adeagbo sets her sights on Beijing 2022
Simidele Adeagbo, who made Nigeria's Winter Olympic debut this year in PyeongChang, is back on the ice for a new Skeleton season, with an eye to the 2022 edition in Beijing.
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Yarnold wins second straight skeleton gold
Lizzy Yarnold picked the perfect time to end a three-year winless streak and extended Great Britain's dominance in women's skeleton in the process.
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Simi does indeed Sleigh despite last-place finish
Nigeria's Simidele Adeagbo may have finished last in the women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, but her efforts on Friday and Saturday were nothing to be ashamed of for someone who took up the sport mere months ago.
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Adeagbo has bumpy ride into Olympic history
Africa's long-awaited first Winter Olympics appearance in the women's skeleton event has come to pass, with Nigeria's Simidele Adeagbo sliding in heats one and two on Friday evening in PyeongChang, ending in 20th position.
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S. Korea's Yun wins Olympic gold in skeleton
Yun Sungbin of South Korea won men's skeleton Olympic gold in commanding fashion on Friday, his four-run time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds easily coming in 1.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist Nikita Tregubov of Russia.
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Olympic dreams are made in next-to-last and last place, too
Jamaican Anthony Watson and Ghanaian Akwasi Frimpong finished at the bottom of the skeleton standings, but that doesn't make their journey any less noteworthy.
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Team GB defend legality of skeleton suits
American rival Katie Uhlaender claims athletes and coaches are questioning the legality of the hi-tech suits being used by Team GB.
Bobsled
For the sliders in Pyeongchang, they have to work 9 to thrive
It has been a common theme in South Korea that lugers, skeleton racers and bobsledders are concerned about the ninth turn of the Olympic sliding course.
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Tonga's Pita Taufatofua steals the show, again
What was the biggest question leading into the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang? Everyone wanted to know if Tongan Pita Taufatofua would show up shirtless and oiled up. He did not disappoint.
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Who and what to watch for in Pyeongchang
So many athletes and events to follow in the Olympics ... Where to start? We've got you covered. Here are the biggest names and biggest storylines playing out in South Korea -- and when you can catch them.
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The Skeleton in Ghana's bare winter cupboard
A place in PyeongChang is the fulfillment of a life-long dream for Skeleton driver Akwasi Frimpong, who is heading to the Olympics just six years after he thought his hopes had been crushed for good.
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Yun clinches skeleton World Cup title
South Korea's Yun Sung-bin clinched the skeleton World Cup title despite not racing on Friday as Axel Jungk claimed his first World Cup victory.
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Uhlaender on U.S. skeleton team for 4th time
Katie Uhlaender was nominated Monday to the U.S. Olympic skeleton team for the Pyeongchang Games, making her the first American to be a four-timer in that sport.
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Skeleton federation suspends 4 Russians
The two Russians who had their medals from the Sochi Games stripped because of doping have been barred from competing in World Cup races, at least temporarily.
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'Sometimes the good guy wins,' says U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender
The announcement that the IOC has sanctioned four Russian athletes could change a few things for Katie Uhlaender. Narrowly missing the podium at the Sochi Games to a Russian athlete, she may get the bronze medal after all.
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U.S. tops Sochi medals as 2 Russians stripped
Two more Russian athletes were stripped of their Olympic medals from the 2014 Sochi Games on Wednesday, leaving the United States as the country with the most medals.
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Dukurs opens WC skeleton slate with 49th win
Latvia's Martins Dukurs finished ahead of Yun Sungbin to earn his 49th World Cup gold medal of his career Friday, winning the season-opening race at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
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Austria's Flock wins World Cup skeleton opener
Janine Flock broke her own Mount Van Hoevenberg track record Thursday on the way to winning the first World Cup women's skeleton race of the Olympic season.
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Daly, Antoine on Cup skeleton team for U.S.
John Daly, who saw a chance at an Olympic medal go awry in his final run of the Sochi Games in 2014, is closer to getting a chance to compete at the Pyeongchang Games this winter.
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USOC greenlights made-for-TV scouting camp
The USOC has greenlighted an Olympic scouting camp that will ultimately be packaged as a one-episode reality show.
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4 Russians suspended after alleged Sochi doping
Four unnamed Russian skeleton athletes have been provisionally suspended by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation for alleged doping rule violations at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
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German track replaces Sochi for bobsled worlds
The German venue of Koenigssee has been chosen to replace Sochi as host of the 2017 world championships in bobsled and skeleton.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
10 
OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
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The Big Short - 'Small' Amit Panghal rules a big world
Amit Panghal didn't win gold, but in becoming the first Indian male to win silver at the Worlds, he demonstrated how he has turned a height disadvantage into an advantage.
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Ravi Kumar's passion bears fruit in impressive Worlds debut
Using his impressive speed, stamina and reach, Ravi Kumar secured an Olympic quota as well as a bronze medal in his World Championship debut in the 57kg category.
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'What I left in Rio, I will take in Tokyo' - Vinesh on track for Olympics success after Worlds medal
Though Vinesh Phogat didn't seem good enough to step on the very top of the podium yet, her performance at the World Championships showed she can beat most other wrestlers in her weight division.
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South African sprinter Horn handed doping ban
South Africa's fastest female sprinter Carina Horn has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
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Kamworor breaks world half-marathon record
Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor broke the world half-marathon record by 17 seconds in Copenhagen on Sunday when he won the IAAF Gold Label road race.
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Semenya will not collect 2011 World Champ gold
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will be officially awarded her gold medal from the 2011 world athletics championships at this year's edition in Doha, but will not be there to receive it.
