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Winter Olympics 2022 - Ester Ledecka tops the elimination leaderboard by two seconds as Czech progresses to next round

Ester Ledecka progressed to the next stage of the women’s parallel giant slalom, easing through the elimination run with a 1:23.63 time — over two seconds quicker than second place Ramona Hofmeister. Tsubaki Miki of Japan and Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Sofiya Nadyrshina also qualified with the fourth and fifth best times respectively, Miki coming in at 1:27.15 and Nadyrshina marginally slower at 1:27.22.

Winter Olympics: History-making Matthias Mayer retains men's super-G title

Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title on Tuesday to make history as the first male alpine skier to win gold medals in three consecutive Games. Mayer, who won his first super-G title in Pyeongchang in 2018 and also won downhill gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, clocked a winning time of 1min 19.94sec.

Olympics-Alpine skiing-Austria's Mayer claims historic gold in men's super-G

By Simon Evans

Alpine skiing-Austria's Mayer claims historic gold in men's super-G

YANQING, China :Austria's Matthias Mayer became the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games after winning the super-G at the Beijing Games on Tuesday.

Slew of DQs mars Olympic debut of ski jumping event, opens door for Canadian medal

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has come under fire after a slew of disqualifications marred Monday's first Olympic mixed team event, with one athlete saying the governing body had "destroyed" women's ski jumping.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Matthias Mayer defends his super-G title to seal third gold, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde takes bronze

Austria's Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title, taking the gold medal with a time of 1:19.94 at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. America's Ryan Cochran-Siegle snatched silver, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Mayer (1:19.98), to win his first Olympic medal in only his second Games. Ad/> Hot pre-race favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who came 13th in the super-G in Sochi and Pyeongchang, won his first ever Olympic medal as he finished in a time of 1:20.36 to take bronze.

Alpine skiing-Mayer set for gold in men's super-G

YANQING, China : Austria's Matthias Mayer was poised to become the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal in three consecutive Olympic Games as he held the lead in the super-G after the top 30 skiers had completed their runs.

Ski jumping-'They destroyed women's ski jumping', says German after mixed team disqualifications

ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The International Ski Federation (FIS) came under fire from competitors after a slew of disqualifications marred Monday's first-ever Olympic mixed team event, with one athlete saying that the governing body had killed the women's sport.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - Ester Ledecka tops the elimination leaderboard by two seconds as Czech progresses to next round

Winter Olympics: History-making Matthias Mayer retains men's super-G title

Olympics-Alpine skiing-Austria's Mayer claims historic gold in men's super-G

Alpine skiing-Austria's Mayer claims historic gold in men's super-G

Slew of DQs mars Olympic debut of ski jumping event, opens door for Canadian medal

Winter Olympics 2022 - Matthias Mayer defends his super-G title to seal third gold, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde takes bronze

Alpine skiing-Mayer set for gold in men's super-G

Ski jumping-'They destroyed women's ski jumping', says German after mixed team disqualifications