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Freestyle skiing: Gu advances to Big Air final, Oldham and Ledeux lead qualifier
Beijing: US-born Chinese skier Eileen Gu breathed a sigh of relief as her third run in the qualifier event for Big Air freeski at the Beijing Olympics on Monday drew loud applause from the audience.
Bobsleigh-Jamaican bobsledder loses appeal to compete in two-woman event
YANQING, China : Sport's highest global court has dismissed an appeal from Jamaica's Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian asking to be included in the Beijing Olympics' two-woman bobsleigh competition, after she alleged Jamaica had been unfairly excluded.
Snowboarding: Canada's Parrot soars to slopestyle gold, silver for China's Su
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Max Parrot of Canada made a stunning comeback from cancer to win snowboarding slopestyle gold at the Beijing Olympics on Monday (Feb 7), carving out a smooth line and landing signature jumps with ease, while Chinese teen sensation Su Yiming took silver.
Nordic combined-Women still frozen out in Olympic anomaly
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Which is the only Winter Olympics discipline where women do not compete at the Games? It might be a good quiz question, but for female Nordic combined athletes their absence is anything but a fun fact and remains a source of burning resentment.
Figure skating: 'Prince' Hanyu's practice session overshadows Russians' gold medal
BEIJING: The Russians may have won figure skating's first gold medal at the Beijing Games but the most anticipated event on Monday (Feb 7) was at the nearby training rink where Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, at long last, made his first appearance for a practice session.
Parrot golden in men's snowboard slopestyle, McMorris takes bronze
BEIJING — Canada dominated the men's snowboard slopestyle competition, with Max Parrot winning gold and teammate Mark McMorris claiming bronze.
Peng Shuai Meets IOC Chief Thomas Bach At Beijing Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai has met Olympic chief Thomas Bach at the Beijing Winter Games, the IOC said Monday, while US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered bitter disappointment in her first attempt at gold in China. The International Olympic Committee said tennis player Peng, who sparked global concern in November when she fell silent after alleging that a top Chinese politician had forced her into sex, dined with Bach on Saturday and watched curling. Peng reappeared in public nearly three weeks after her allegation, and later withdrew it, insisting her online comments had been taken out of context. But fears for her safety and well-being remained.