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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.
2022 Winter Olympics: Switzerland's Beat Feuz takes men's downhill gold
The Swiss racer clocked 1min 42.69sec, finishing 0.10sec ahead of 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey, while Austrian Matthias Mayer claimed a third Olympic medal in three Games with bronze. Clarey became the oldest alpine skiing medallist in Olympic history. Pre-race favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished fifth, completing a miserable day for skiing's golden couple after his American girlfriend Mikaela Shiffrin slid out of the women's giant slalom earlier.
Alpine Skiing-Austria's Hemetsberger finishes downhill race despite bloody nose
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Winter Olympics 2022: Teenager Kirsty Muir makes Big Air final, plus latest news, results and medal table
The youngest member of the British team at the Beijing Olympics, Kirsty Muir, booked her place in the Big Air final as the 17-year-old qualified seventh.
Veteranía al poder en el descenso
El viento dio una tregua en Yanqing, permitiendo por fin la disputa del El recorrido llamado 'Roca', con un descenso vertical de 894 metros, fue un verdadero quebradero de cabeza para los participantes. Especialmente lo fueron las primeras puertas de un total de 40, que dejaron fuera de juego a favoritos como el italiano Innerhofer. Ante un descenso tan técnico, la experiencia jugó un factor clave, y Beat Feuz (Suiza, 34 años), Johan Clarey (Francia, 41 años) y Matthias Mayer (Austria, 31 años) conformaron un podio en el que la media de edad supera los 35 años.