He won the combined event at the Jeongseon Alpine Center on the strength of a mesmerizing trip through the slalom course, seemingly unaffected by swirling wind and bitter cold under sunshine and blue skies.

Hirscher placed 12th in the downhill -- the technical specialist was thrilled with the performance -- then posted a simple message on Instagram: “first part done.” He added a check mark at the end.

The norovirus outbreak that has sickened 194 staff and volunteers at the Pyeongchang Olympics appears linked to contaminated water used to prepare food, the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

After the NHL declined to allow its players to represent their homelands, executives in charge of the 12 teams in the men’s tournament had to search far and wide for candidates to fill out their rosters.

The International Ski Federation defended the decision to hold the women's snowboarding slopestyle final Monday at the Pyeongchang Olympics despite high winds that caused a slew of wipeouts.

Several competitors assailed organizers for moving forward with the event at the Phoenix Snow Park, won by South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson.

“Honestly, every event I've been at this year there's been a lot of drama about weather, and snow, and flat light, and the safety of everything, which definitely has an important role,” Anderson said, “but I think when we all signed up for snowboarding it wasn't always bluebird perfect sunny days like you get in California.”