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Germany's Laura Nolte edged American rival Kaysha Love to win the monobob test event on the new track for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday.

The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain on Friday.

Federal officials on Wednesday accused a former Olympic snowboarder-turned-drug trafficker of ordering the assassination of a federal witness who was set to testify about his criminal enterprise.

Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has swimming tips if you're an older swimmer, or returning to the pool after years away.