Matt Gephardt
Team USA wins bronze in 2-woman bobsled
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 21 - 8:28 p.m.
It was the two-woman bobsled teams Saturday night, and Team USA came away with a bronze medal. Utahn Kaysha Love and her partner, meanwhile, finished in fifth place.
Cortina collector lines his restaurant with Olympic torches
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 20 - 9:35 p.m.
At a restaurant called Al Passetto in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Olympic torches line the walls.
Keeping sleds together: The mechanic behind the Jamaican bobsled team
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 20 - 9:06 a.m.
Dave Kiernan has long been a mechanic, but not of sleds. And in a sport where the difference is a hundredth or even thousandth of a second, a lot of what goes on keeps him busy.
Shiffrin already looking ahead to the next race after winning gold
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 19 - 8:31 p.m.
Just one day after blowing away the competition for a gold medal in the slalom, Team USA Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is already focusing on the next race.
Olympic venues find second life on the silver screen
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 19 - 6:51 a.m.
If the goal is to attract Hollywood producers, having Olympic venues as filming locations doesn't hurt. Just ask Cortina, which was featured in the movie "For Your Eyes Only."
Shiffrin blows away competition for slalom gold
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 18 - 8:34 p.m.
Mikaela Shiffrin is gold — again. The superstar skier won the slalom event on Wednesday in Cortina, Italy, and it was not by a thin margin.
Athletes react to drones flying inches from Olympic action
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 17 - 10:04 p.m.
At the Olympics this year, drones are providing incredible point-of-view shots of the Games. And while not everyone was on board at first, athletes are beginning to come around.
Moms over 40 power Team USA to monobob medals
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 16 - 8:27 p.m.
It was not a great night for Team USA's Kaysha Love, of Herriman, who finished seventh in women's monobob, but it was a big night for moms of a certain age.
Fiercely competitive Sunday on the slopes and women's monobob blasts off
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 16 - 5:48 p.m.
Sunday was not a great day for Team USA, but it was about as great a day as can be had if you are a fan of Alpine skiing.
Love on the slide: Olympic bobsledder Kaysha Love loves Utah
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 14 - 11:07 p.m.
On Valentine's Day, love was in the driver's seat. Not only was Herriman's Kaysha Love there, her fiancée Hunter Powell is also there, operating on the U.S. men's bobsled team.
Park City's Ashley Farquharson becomes an Olympic medalist
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 13 - 9:37 p.m.
Ashley Farquharson grew up in Park City and learned to luge on the track built for the 2002 Olympics. Now she is an Olympic medalist, after taking home the bronze on Friday.
Silver lining for Alpine women — and a diamond lining
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 12 - 8:04 p.m.
It was a rough day on the slopes for Team USA's women Alpine skiers on Thursday, though there were silver linings as well — and the day was capped with a diamond.
Wiles and Moltzan: Bronze, and building the next generation
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 12 - 7:15 a.m.
Bronze and leadership go hand-in-hand as two Olympic medalists with ties to Utah, Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles, help their young teammates learn in Italy.
'It feels like a dream': Experienced skiers Moltzan, Wiles pause to celebrate bronze win
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 11 - 10:01 p.m.
If experience counts for anything in ski racing, it paid off in bronze for the skiing duo of Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles in the team combined Alpine race on Tuesday.
Johnson, Shiffrin narrowly miss podium as Alpine team event decided by hundredths
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 11 - 1:07 p.m.
Team USA earned a medal on the ski slopes Tuesday — but it was not the medal many were expecting.
Fresh off gold, Breezy Johnson eyes team event and possible home Games
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 9 - 9:00 p.m.
Fresh from winning gold, Breezy Johnson made it clear she's already looking ahead — to the next race and, with some prodding, the future.
Joy and heartbreak collide for US skiers in Cortina
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 8 - 6:12 p.m.
For the United States' alpine ski team, women's downhill in Cortina delivered both elation and devastation — a gold medal and a stunning crash on the other.
From 9th and 9th to the top of the Olympic slopes
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 7 - 10:33 p.m.
Olympic athletes come from all corners of the country, but there is a bit of a direct path from Rowland Hall in Salt Lake City to the top of the slopes. It's called Rowmark.
As Vonn prepares to compete in Cortina, her coach strikes optimistic tone
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 7 - 10:20 p.m.
Aksel Lund Svindal, coach of Utah resident and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn, shared on Saturday his hopes for Vonn as she attempts to compete despite her serious knee injury.
Mikaela Shiffrin arrives in Cortina as women's Alpine skiing begins
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 7 - 7:46 p.m.
It was a packed house Saturday evening for a press conference in Cortina, Italy, as Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin arrived ahead of the start of the competition on Sunday.
With the Games days away, Olympic ice takes shape in Cortina
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 4 - 11:30 a.m.
At the Cortina Sliding Centre, ice making is now underway for bobsled, luge and skeleton races. One of those workers is Sam. He makes ice by spraying the track with a spritzing hose.
Salt Lake City's Mary Bocock embraces her first Olympic moment
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 4 - 9:20 a.m.
Mary Bocock's career is just getting started. And as she said last year, wouldn't it be fun to make it in 2034 when the games come to her backyard?
From the Wasatch to the Dolomites: Why Utah and Italy's Winter Olympic stages only look alike
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 3 - 1:15 p.m.
On the surface, the comparison feels natural: two mountain regions, two Winter Olympic legacies, two places that know what it means to host snow sports. But look a little closer and the similarities start to thin out fast.
Benvenuti a Cortina d'Ampezzo
Matt Gephardt, KSL | Posted Feb. 3 - 11:30 a.m.
With the Olympics less than a week away, attention is turning to Italy's host cities: Cortina d'Ampezzo and Milan.
