BEIJING (AP) Germany has its first Olympic skeleton champion, and the country is simply sliding away from all challengers so far at the Beijing Olympics. That's no surprise. This, however, was: China has its first Olympic sliding medal ever.
BEIJING (AP) NBC can breathe a sigh of relief as Shaun White has reached the final of the halfpipe. The snowboarding star's finale is set for Thursday night in prime time, although it almost happened earlier.
BEIJING (AP) Germany 4, Rest of World 0. The Beijing Olympics were a luge runaway for the world’s sliding superpower, which won gold in men’s, women’s and doubles events then put those champions in Thursday’s team relay and watched them end the season with one more victory.