U.S. men in danger of being shut out of Alpine medals

By Associated Press

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — For about 20 minutes during the Olympic giant slalom, Ryan Cochran-Siegle was in the leader’s box, soaking up the spotlight. By the end of the race Sunday, he had slipped into a tie for 11th.

That’s just about par on the icy course for the U.S. men’s Alpine skiing team at these Winter Games.

The squad wasn’t really expected to do all that well — and it hasn’t.

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