Biathlon, which combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing, developed out of Scandinavian military training exercises.

What does it really take to win an Olympic medal? Sasha Cohen shares her path to silver at the 2006 Turin Games, and the pressure and pain that goes with it.

MILAN — Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating on Thursday night when the “Blade Angel” attempts to chase down Japanese rivals Ami Nakai and Kaori ...

“Just creating Olympians left and right,” Cashman joked of her hometown during a phone call with SFGATE on Sunday. She had just returned from Italy, where she made two Olympic starts in Cortina and ...