Tribune Olympic Bureau

Toews goal helps win gold medal for Canada

August 25, 2021 at 1:58 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia - Team Canada's journey to its second straight Olympic hockey title began six months ago not with intense strategizing, but with a game of ball hockey. Seeking a...

U.S. speedskating team left to look for answers

August 23, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

SOCHI, Russia — About midway through the Winter Olympics, U.S. speedskater Patrick Meek had just finished his workout for the day. At the time, Meek and his teammates were still...

Jilleanne Rookard (L-R) of the U.S., Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe react after the women's speed skating team pursuit finals event at the Adler Arena in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 22, 2014.

U.S. speedskating team left to look for answers

November 4, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia — About midway through the Winter Olympics, U.S. speedskater Patrick Meek had just finished his workout for the day. At the time, Meek and his teammates were still...

US Gracie Gold performs in the Women's Figure Skating Free Program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.

Downward trend continues for U.S. figure skaters

November 4, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia — The numbers do not add up to a pretty picture for United States figure skating. The U.S. skaters left the Winter Olympics here with the historic ice...

Nadezhda Mayboroda who heads PovoDog dog shelter, plays with one of the rescued dogs during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Construction of a new facility, which was recently finished, will allow the shelter (which currently has about 100 dogs) to house up to 250 dogs.

Locals and Olympians bond over saving dogs

November 4, 2021 at 1:10 a.m.

BARANOVKA, Russia — Nestled into a hill overlooking the Black Sea, the PovoDog shelter provides sanctuary to more than 120 strays who were lucky enough to escape the life-threatening streets...

Six Blackhawks set for ‘exciting time’ in gold-medal game

August 25, 2021 at 1:46 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia -- Patrick Sharp planned a low-key agenda for the night before one of the biggest hockey games of his life. "Try and relax ... keep the heart rate...

Pilot Steven Holcomb, Curtis Tomasevicz, Steven Langton and Christopher Fogt of the United States team 1 make a run during the Men's Four Man Bobsled.

Holcomb, U.S. bobsledders fourth at halfway point

November 4, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia — U.S. bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb planned to sleep well Saturday night, but he wouldn't say the same for his German competitors. Holcomb's four-man crew sits in fourth...

Patrick Kane #88 of the United States looks on in the second period against Finland during the Men's Ice Hockey Bronze Medal Game on Day 15 of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 22, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

Patrick Kane takes blame for Olympic flameout

November 4, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia — Patrick Kane stepped off the ice and right into the maelstrom of trying to explain how the U.S. had melted down and will head home from the...

Downward trend continues for U.S. figure skaters

December 23, 2018 at 10:04 p.m.

SOCHI, Russia — The numbers do not add up to a pretty picture for United States figure skating. The U.S. skaters left the Winter Olympics here with the historic ice...

Holcomb, U.S. bobsledders fourth at halfway point

December 23, 2018 at 10:02 p.m.

SOCHI, Russia — U.S. bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb planned to sleep well Saturday night, but he wouldn't say the same for his German competitors. Holcomb's four-man crew sits in fourth...

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