Mikaela Shiffrin Is Not Going Downhill

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports This winter, Shiffrin didn’t win as often as she usually does, but the ski racer says she is exactly where she needs to be given the pandemic and the death of her father.https://nyti.ms/3rBd8MX

Lamoureux Twins Have One Last Act Before Retiring From Hockey

By BY SETH BERKMAN from NYT Sports Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, who scored crucial goals in the 2018 gold medal Olympic game, will reprise a role from four years ago: negotiating a deal with USA Hockey.https://nyti.ms/3tENpoV

The Olympics Were No Fluke. American Women Are Excelling in Cross-Country Skiing.

By BY SHAUNA FARNELL from NYT Sports Jessie Diggins won the notoriously grueling Tour de Ski, after she and Rosie Brennan notched 1-2 finishes in two consecutive stages.https://nyti.ms/35zFmzx

She Seemed Destined for Olympic Glory. Brain Injuries Ended That.

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Ellie Furneaux looked like she was going to become Britain’s next star in the sledding sport skeleton. But a series of concussions took a heavy toll.https://nyti.ms/36TScbr

Russia Tries New Weapon in Fight Against Doping Ban: Emotion

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The decision to uphold, or overturn, Russia’s four-year ban could determine if antidoping officials can ever punish state-backed cheating programs.https://nyti.ms/36M3Mp4

Gracie Gold Embraces a Rugged Comeback Path

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports To rebuild her figure skating career after a reckoning with mental health struggles, the Olympian has focused on redefining what success means.https://nyti.ms/2SJz8Ho

Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski Tries to Leave College Hockey on Top

By GARY SANTANIELLO from NYT Sports On Friday, she will play in the Frozen Four for the fourth time. She has never won a national championship.https://nyti.ms/2CwyRi9

Nathan Chen’s Yale Juggling Act

By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Some undergraduates head to Daytona for spring break. Nathan Chen, a Yale freshman, is heading to the World Figure Skating Championships.https://nyti.ms/2W1Sbv3

Kikkan Randall’s Year: Olympic Glory Followed by Chemotherapy

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY and ALANA PATERSON from NYT Sports A year ago, she won the first American gold medal in cross-country skiing. Then she found out she had breast cancer.https://nyti.ms/2T6prUf

Chris Kelly and Brian Gionta Go From the Olympics to the N.H.L. Playoff Hunt

By TAL PINCHEVSKY from NYT Sports When the N.H.L. decided not to participate in the Olympics, it provided a unique opportunity for less-heralded players. The Olympics, in turn, provided a path to the N.H.L.https://nyti.ms/2G6a7NI

What’s Next After Paralympic Gold? The Olympics

By TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Evan Strong has won just about every medal he can in adaptive snowboarding. Now he wants to take on able-bodied athletes.http://nyti.ms/2u3Tf8K

South Korea’s ‘Garlic Girls’ Fall to Sweden in Olympic Curling

By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports The women’s curling team from a garlic-growing region had become an international sensation with a strong showing, but could not overcome Sweden.http://nyti.ms/2oxhcz9

For the Moment, Mikaela Shiffrin Is Looking a Little Lonely at the Top

By BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports At the Pyeongchang Olympics, Lindsey Vonn and Shiffrin accounted for all three American medals in Alpine skiing. And Vonn is headed toward the exit.http://nyti.ms/2oyZ4EW

Curling Gold Medal Live Results: U.S.A. vs. Sweden

By SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports The United States takes on Sweden for the gold medal in men’s curling. Stay here for live updates and analysis.http://nyti.ms/2ENT9qT

Olympic Golds Online, if Not in Competition

By TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Most of the moments from the 2018 Winter Games that have gone viral online had little to do with athletic achievement. http://nyti.ms/2F20guU

U.S. Curling Team, Once Called ‘Rejects,’ Beats Canada to Advance to Final

By SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports The United States had never beaten Canada in Olympic competition. Now it has done it twice in four days.http://nyti.ms/2oobIGW

Whenever a Russian Athlete Wins Gold You’ll Hear a Golden Oldie

By JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports Russian winners at these Games will hear the unfamiliar Olympic hymn, from 1896, on the medal stand, rather than their national anthem, a penalty for the country’s doping scandal.http://nyti.ms/2oleXzO

When Skating Fans Toss Bears and Bouquets, the ‘Flower Kids’ Clean Up

By TARA PARKER-POPE from NYT Sports School-age skaters in charge of clearing the ice are stealing the show at the Olympic figure skating arena.http://nyti.ms/2omOQIz

No Podium Sweep, but David Wise Repeats as Freestyle Ski Halfpipe Champion

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD from NYT Sports The American, who won gold when the sport debuted at the 2014 Games, was joined on the podium by his countryman Alex Ferreira. Nico Porteous of New Zealand took bronze.http://nyti.ms/2BNqBLq

U.S. Skaters Stumble Again. Is Their System Broken?

By JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports The American women, without a medal since 2006, produced their worst performance in Olympic short program. “Sometimes life and puberty get in the way.”http://nyti.ms/2EJETeG