PAT GRAHAM
FILE - Christian Coleman, of the United States, finishes a men's 60 meters heat at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 19, 2022. American sprinter Christian Coleman is steadily getting up to speed after an 18-month ban that kept him out of the Tokyo Games last summer. This weekend at the Prefontaine Classic will be the first step in what could be a long and fruitful run in Eugene, Oregon, for the 100-meter world champion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
World 100 champion Coleman back up to speed after suspension

By Pat Graham May. 27, 2022 02:00 PM EDT
The 18-month suspension is behind Christian Coleman. He's set on quickly returning to

FILE - Resi Stiegler skis during a women's U.S. Alpine Championship slalom skiing race, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Aspen, Colo. The three-time U.S. Olympian will make a quasi-comeback at the World Pro Ski Tour’s championship races this weekend in Taos, New Mexico. She was lured back to the starting gate by a chance to take part in a unique-format event with her husband, German slalom racer David Ketterer, and to catch up with old friends. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Stiegler back, among big names at World Pro Ski Tour event

By Pat Graham Apr. 07, 2022 04:30 PM EDT
A year ago, Resi Stiegler retired from ski racing. Eight weeks ago, she gave birth to

Jasmin Bambur of the United States reacts after competing in the men's giant slalom, sitting event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Ukraine stirs flashbacks for US Paralympian Jasmin Bambur

By Pat Graham Mar. 10, 2022 04:50 PM EST
Paralympian ski racer Jasmin Bambur watches the images out of Ukraine — rumbling

Britain's Gus Kenworthy crashes during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
'Openly British' Gus Kenworthy wraps up Olympics his way

By Pat Graham Feb. 19, 2022 01:50 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Gus Kenworthy lifted his jacket to reveal a logo written

Canada's Noah Bowman competes during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic ski halfpipers crank up the tunes before their runs

By Pat Graham Feb. 18, 2022 05:30 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Needing to rock his final Olympic halfpipe run just to

Switzerland's Ryan Regez leads the pack, followed by Switzerland's Alex Fiva, Sergey Ridzik, of the Russian Olympic Committee, and Sweden's Erik Mobaerg, during the men's cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Regez leads 1-2 finish by Swiss in Olympic skicross final

By Pat Graham Feb. 18, 2022 02:44 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ryan Regez went from downhill skier to apprentice as a

Finland's Jon Sallinen competes during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic ski halfpipe qualifier filled with scary crashes

By Pat Graham Feb. 17, 2022 05:25 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Freestyle skier Jon Sallinen's first run in Olympic

China's Eileen Gu compete during the women's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Gu top qualifier in ski halfpipe, chasing 3rd Olympic medal

By Pat Graham Feb. 16, 2022 10:24 PM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Eileen Gu's best trick may not have even been in the

Silver medal winner China's Eileen Gu, left, and Gold medal winner Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud celebrate after the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Last 1 in, Gremaud edges Gu for Olympic ski slopestyle gold

By Pat Graham Feb. 15, 2022 03:17 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Mathilde Gremaud has long known that every point counts in

Freestyle skier Carly Margulies practices at the X Games in Aspen, Colo., Jan. 26, 2017. Margulies is on her way to Beijing Games after going through not one or two or three but seven knee surgeries. Her latest procedure happened two months before the Winter Olympics. (Marc Margulies via AP)
Halfpipe skier Margulies an Olympian after 7 knee surgeries

By Pat Graham Feb. 15, 2022 02:56 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Still groggy from surgery, American freestyle halfpipe

Volunteers clear the course as the start of the women's slopestyle qualification has been delayed due to a weather consition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Olympic ski slopestyle qualifier postponed due to wind, snow

By Pat Graham Feb. 12, 2022 10:34 PM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Freestyle skier Eileen Gu's quest for a second gold medal

United States' Nick Baumgartner reacts after crossing the finish line during the mixed team snowboard cross big final at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Longtime US teammates win mixed snowboardcross at Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 12, 2022 01:27 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The running joke was American snowboardcross racer Nick

CORRECTS TO THIRD INDIVIDUAL FROM SECOND - FILE - United States' Winter Vinecki reacts during the finals of a World Cup freestyle aerials competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Jan. 12, 2022. Vinecki ran a marathon on all seven continents -- before she turned 15. Now, she's trying to make more history: Become only the third female from America to take home Olympic gold in the individual aerials event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Well-seasoned: Aerials skier named Winter to fly at Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 06:30 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Her mom and dad wanted a name that stood out. A strong name

Japan's Ayumu Hirano competes during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Hirano wins Olympic gold, and saves snowboarding from a mess

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 03:58 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ayumu Hirano saved his best for last. By doing so, the

Slovenia's Zan Kosir competes during the men's parallel giant slalom finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Kummer, Kosir exit early in Olympic PGS race after isolation

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 07:39 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarders Patrizia Kummer and Zan Kosir had something in

FILE - Louie Vito competes during the snowboarding superpipe final at the Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in Breckenridge, Colo. For years, Vito, who parlayed his halfpipe career into one of a part-time celebrity, has represented the red, white and blue of Team USA. For Beijing, he’s switching to the green, white, and red of Italy as he returns to the Olympic arena for the first time since taking fifth on the halfpipe in Vancouver in 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
Snowboarding an Italian job for Vito at Beijing Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 07:15 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — By no means does Ohio-born snowboarder Louie Vito consider

Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka competes during the women's parallel giant slalom finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Ledecka defends Olympic snowboard PGS title, ski racing next

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 03:21 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — In the four years since Ester Ledecka made Olympic history

FILE- Maddie Mastro, of the United States, competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the freestyle ski and snowboard world championships, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Park City, Utah. Mastro has sketched out a trick in her notebook that just may help her land on the podium at the 2022 Beijing Games, maybe even on the top step. It's called the front double 1080 and includes two flips and a 360-degree rotation with a backward landing. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett, File)
Mastro maps out halfpipe trick that just might win Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 07, 2022 06:20 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The red, faux-leather notebook snowboarder Maddie Mastro

China's Su Yiming reacts as he competes during men's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Chinese teen Su Yiming takes silver in Olympic slopestyle

By Pat Graham Feb. 07, 2022 04:53 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — When he was a kid, Su Yiming was an aspiring actor who

From left, silver medalist United State's Jaelin Kauf, gold medalist Australia's Jakara Anthony and bronze medalist Anastasiia Smirnva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, celebrate after the women's moguls finals at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Smooth run on bumpy course nets Anthony Olympic moguls title

By Pat Graham Feb. 06, 2022 08:42 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Jakara Anthony doesn't watch anyone race before her. She