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US figure skaters seek Olympic berths this week at trials

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Imagine working for years, targeting one of the most elusive goals in sports.

Near collision marks start of 73rd Sydney to Hobart race

SYDNEY (AP) A near collision between two of the race favorites marked a dramatic start to the 73rd edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday.

Light winds might favor smaller boats in Sydney-Hobart race

SYDNEY (AP) The four super maxis entered in this year’s Sydney to Hobart race might not have it all their own way – favorable wind conditions could produce a record for medium-sized boats but might slow down the 100-foot yachts as they chase line honors.

Germany's Geisenberger wins World Cup luge in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) World Cup points leader Natalie Geisenberger of Germany fought through snowy conditions Saturday to get her fourth luge victory this season.

Schneider takes European bobsled title, leads German sweep

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) Stephanie Schneider won her second consecutive bobsled World Cup race Saturday, leading a German sweep of the European Championship podium.

US Olympic 10-person luge team set for men and women

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) The U.S. Olympic luge team is now set.

Fennell sees Olympic hopes with USA Luge end in an instant

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) John Fennell didn’t crack under pressure. His sled did.

Aussie skipper wins Down Under leg of global Clipper race

SYDNEY (AP) Wendy Tuck has skippered her boat Sanya Serenity Coast to a line honors win in Sydney in the latest leg of the Clipper Round the World yacht race.

Russian skater Pogorilaya to miss Olympics with injury

MOSCOW (AP) Russian figure skater Anna Pogorilaya says she will miss the Olympics with a back injury.

Lochner leads German sweep in 4-man bobsled World Cup

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) World champion Johannes Lochner led a German sweep of the podium in 4-man bobsled with his second World Cup win of the season on Sunday.

Russian teenager Alina Zagitova wins Grand Prix Final

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) Alina Zagitova performed a near-flawless free skate on Saturday to win the figure skating Grand Prix Final.

'I, Tonya' reclaims Harding's narrative in provocative film

LOS ANGELES (AP) Screenwriter Steven Rogers was watching a documentary about the disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding not too long ago and thinking about big ideas of class and abuse and the media and truth that were all tied up in her story.

US skater Chen edges Japan's Uno to win Grand Prix Final

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) Nathan Chen held on to his lead from the short program to edge Shoma Uno and win the figure skating Grand Prix Final on Friday.

Chen finishes 1st in short program at Grand Prix Final

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) Nathan Chen finished first in the men’s short program at the Grand Prix Final on Thursday, the last major international competition before the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Fourcade takes 1st win of biathlon World Cup season

OSTERSUND, Sweden (AP) Reigning biathlon World Cup champion Martin Fourcade took his first win of the new season Sunday in a 12.5-kilometer pursuit.

Geisenberger wins her third World Cup race of the season

ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) Natalie Geisenberger’s third win of the season led a German medal sweep at a World Cup women’s luge race Sunday.

Weiss, Ina/Zimmerman make figure skating Hall of Fame

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss and three-time U.S. pairs winners Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman have been elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Medvedeva out of Grand Prix Final with broken foot

MOSCOW (AP) Two-time world figure skating champion Evgenia Medvedeva will miss the Grand Prix Final because of a broken foot, the latest blow to her Olympic preparations.

US bobsledder Ryan Bailey hit with 2-year doping ban

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) U.S. bobsledder and former track Olympian Ryan Bailey has been given a two-year doping suspension by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for using a banned stimulant.

Geisenberger wins another World Cup, Britcher 3rd for US

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won another World Cup women’s luge race Sunday, her second in as many starts this season.

Italy's Kevin Fischnaller gets 1st World Cup luge win

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) Italy’s Kevin Fischnaller got the first World Cup men’s luge race victory of his career Saturday, after holding off Germany’s Felix Loch.

Amid doping scandal, 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.

Russian Alina Zagitova qualifies for Grand Prix final

GRENOBLE, France (AP) World junior champion Alina Zagitova of Russia recovered from a disappointing performance in the short program to win the Internationaux de France on Saturday and qualify for the Grand Prix final.

Geisenberger leads 1-2-3 German sweep in luge opener

IGLS, Austria (AP) Natalie Geisenberger won to lead a German sweep of the medals at the first World Cup women’s luge race of the Olympic season on Saturday.

Papadakis & Cizeron set personal best in ice dance short

GRENOBLE, France (AP) Two-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France are on course to break their world record after a personal best in the ice dance short program at the Internationaux de France on Friday.

US star Erin Hamlin nears the end of her long luge journey

Erin Hamlin is looking forward to normalcy. She is getting married next summer in her hometown. She is thinking about career moves. She is trying to figure out the rest of her life.

Lolo Jones begins another Olympic quest, still seeking medal

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) There are six women pushing bobsleds this season for the U.S. national team. Of those, only three will be picked to race in the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics.

Medvedeva wins NHK Trophy to secure Grand Prix berth

OSAKA, Japan (AP) Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva won the NHK Trophy on Saturday to secure a place in the International Skating Union’s Grand Prix final.

World champ Medvedeva leads NHK Trophy after short program

OSAKA, Japan (AP) Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva leads the NHK Trophy after the short program on Friday.

Detroit to host 2019 figure skating national championships

DETROIT (AP) Detroit’s new Little Caesars Arena has been selected to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 2019.