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Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Totally crazy!' - Top competitor in tears as DQ chaos ruins ski jump final
The mixed team ski jumping final at Beijing 2022 descended into farce after a spate of disqualifications left some nations infuriated. Slovenia won gold ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada, but it was the actions of the officials that were by far the biggest talking point. Ad/> Japan, Austria and Norway all had jumpers disqualified due to suit violations in the final, while Germany – who had won four mixed team world titles on the spin – failed to progress from qualifying after individual silver medallist Katharina Althaus was disqualified.
Team Ireland Winter Olympics: Irish skiers in action
Today saw two Alpine Skiers in action for Ireland at the Winter Olympics, with Jack Gower competing in the Downhill event which was rescheduled from yesterday morning, and Tess Arbez in the Giant Slalom.
Beijing Winter Olympics: World champions Germany miss ski jumping mixed team final after disqualification
Germany, who have won four successive world championships, failed to reach the inaugural Olympic ski jumping mixed team final on Monday after individual silver medallist Katharina Althaus was disqualified for a suit violation on a chaotic night. Germany were hot favourites for the event, which involves two men and two women, but with only three scoring jumpers, they finished ninth of the 10 competing nations, with only eight advancing to the final later on Monday. Japan also suffered a disqualification, for Sara Takanashi, but squeezed through as did Austria, another of the favourites, when Daniela Irashko Stolz fell foul of the complex rules that link suits and skis to bodyweight in an attempt to remove any advantage that can be gained by athletes being lighter.
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Beijing Winter Olympics: Hector strikes giant slalom gold after Shiffrin bombs
Sara Hector won the women's Olympic giant slalom on Monday in a race stripped of a showdown with Mikaela Shiffrin after the American slid out in the first leg. Hector, fastest down on the opening run of two, clocked a combined total of 1min 55.69sec to finish 0.28sec ahead of Italy's Federica Brignone, with current world champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland rounding out the podium. "I really tried to push it and give it all I got.
'That is Olympic commitment!' - Daniel Hemetsberger left with 'smashed-in face' after big crash in downhill
Daniel Hemetsberger was left bloodied and battered after misjudging his downhill run at Beijing 2022. The Austrian crashed into a gate within 15 seconds as he struggled to navigate a high-speed and undulating course on artificial snow.
Winter Olympics 2022 - James Woods crashes out of big air qualifiers after failing to land opening runs
James Woods missed out on the big air final in Beijing, whilst Austria’s Birk Ruud topped the qualification leaderboard. The 21-year-old Ruud secured his place in the big air final with outstanding scores of 94.50 and 93.25 in his first and third runs respectively.