Olympics-First gold of the Games lets athletes shine over politics
By Philip O'Connor, Karolos Grohmann and Mari Saito
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By Philip O'Connor, Karolos Grohmann and Mari Saito
BEIJING : Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday as the politics dominating the Beijing Olympics began to make room for the snowy feats of the world's best athletes.
Snowboard great Shaun White has confirmed he will retire after Beijing 2022.
Norway's Therese Johaug dominated the women's 15km skiathlon to win the first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA : Kamil Stoch's hopes of claiming a fourth Olympic ski jumping gold medal were left looking extremely slim after the Pole struggled in normal hill qualifying on Saturday, finishing 36th of 53 competitors ahead of Sunday's final.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Therese Johaug powered to victory to take the gold medal for Norway in the women's skiathlon race at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, the first gold of the Games and the first individual Olympic gold of her glittering career.