Iceland Has Never Won A Winter Olympics Medal. It's Not Alone
Only 36 countries have ever won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. For decades, dozens of other countries have seen their athletes return home empty-handed.
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This Fake Kim Jong Un Got An Icy Reception From North Korean Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders, meet Dear Leader ... kind of. A guy named Howard, who keeps dressing up like the dictator, tried to introduce himself to the country's Olympic cheering section. They weren't having it.
North Korean Figure Skaters Make Olympic Debut, To Cheers
Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik were the only athletes from the isolated autocratic nation who formally qualified for the Olympics. On Wednesday, they finished among the top 12 pairs in the short program.
Powerful Winds Delay More Olympic Skiing Events And Force Park's Closure
The wind blew apart a large temporary tent and toppled a security scanner. A moveable fence was also knocked over – and all of those descriptions apply to just one block.
Aerials Skier Ashley Caldwell's 'Bold Move': A Quadruple-Twisting Triple Flip
"Why are these people so crazy?" Caldwell wondered when she first watched aerials skiing at age 12. Now she's the women's world champion, spinning and somersaulting some 60 feet high in the air.
Shaun White Wins Gold In Halfpipe At The Winter Olympics
The men's final was a duel between America's Shaun White, Japan's Ayumu Hirano, and Australia's Scotty James. It all came down to the third run.
U.S. Flag-Bearer Erin Hamlin Misses Out On A Medal In Luge
The first American ever to win an Olympic medal in singles luge couldn't repeat her feat at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Chloe Kim Wins Gold In Olympic Snowboarding's Half-Pipe
Chloe Kim blew away the field and the crowd at the Pyeongchang Games in South Korea, winning in style at Phoenix Snow Park.
Olympic Organizers Face Blowback Over How They Handled High Winds
The women's giant slalom race was postponed because of adverse weather conditions — but a women's snowboarding event moved forward, resulting in a number of crashes and falls.
Maame Biney Came To The U.S. From Ghana At 5. Now 18, She's A Team USA Speedskater
Born in Ghana and raised in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Biney is the first African-American woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team. Her father is her biggest fan.