Winter Olympics: IOC defends use of Uyghur athlete in opening ceremony
The International Olympic Committee has defended having an Uyghur athlete light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
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Sarah Fillier's offensive blitz continues to lift Canadian women's hockey team in Beijing
If you turned on Canada's women's hockey games a couple minutes late, you'll have already missed half of Sarah Fillier's Olympic goals.
Watch Mikaël Kingsbury compete for Olympic moguls gold
Click on the video player above beginning on Saturday at 6:30 a.m. ET to watch live coverage of the men's Olympic moguls final at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Winter Olympics: Dutch speedskater Schouten wins gold in women's 3000m
Schouten won gold in the women's 3000m speed skating, coming from behind with her skating pair in the latter half of the race to extend her winning streak this season. She finished the race with an Olympic record of three minutes 56.93 seconds Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida, who had led in the early stages of the final race, could not hold on to her lead and ended just over a second behind Schouten, winning silver.
Isabelle Weidemann skates to Canada's 1st medal of Beijing 2022 with bronze in women's 3,000m
The first Canadian medal of Beijing 2022 belongs to speed skater Isabelle Weidemann.
Beijing Winter Olympics: Norway's Therese Johaug Wins First Gold Of Beijing Winter Olympics
Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday as sport moved centre stage after a troubled build-up dominated by coronavirus and rights concerns. Johaug was a comfortable winner of the women's 7.5-plus-7.5-kilometre skiathlon in what is expected to be the first of many cross-country skiing medals for Norway at these Games.
Speed skating-Schouten takes women's 3,000m gold
BEIJING : The Netherlands' Irene Schouten won gold in the women's 3,000m speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday.
Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 - 'Did she take a hit?' - Official collides with player in clumsy ice hockey incident
In a freak moment, a linesperson was seen face down on the ice after smashing into a Canadian substitute entering the rink during an ice hockey match at Beijing 2022 on Saturday. Canada secured back-to-back double figure hauls in group A, following up their 12-1 victory over Switzerland with an 11-1 win against Finland.