Winter Olympics: Max Parrot wins snowboard slopestyle gold three years after cancer diagnosis
Canada's Max Parrot won Olympic snowboard slopestyle gold with the «best run of his life» — three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Peng Shuai denies making accusation of sexual assault
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault, adding that she herself had deleted her social media post in November that had appeared to make such a claim.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Max Parrot claims slopestyle gold in Beijing after cancer battle as Canada dominate podium
Seven-time X Games champion Max Parrot topped the men’s slopestyle podium to win his first Olympic gold medal, after battling cancer since his last appearance at the Games The 27-year-old — who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in December 2018 — scored an epic 90.96 points to bag top spot on the podium and not only win his first gold medal, but also Canada's first of the 2022 Beijing Games. Ad/> He was forced to watch on in anticipation to see whether China’s Yiming Su or compatriot Mark McMorris could better his effort, but neither could match it and finished in the silver and bronze medal positions respectively.
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai attends Winter Olympics and denies she made a sexual assault allegation
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has told a French newspaper that international concern over her wellbeing is based on «an enormous misunderstanding», as the International Olympic Committee confirmed a face-to-face meeting and said she would be attending several Winter Olympics events in Beijing.
Snowboarding-Chinese fans express frustration over Su's first round
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : A flood of angry and frustrated comments flooded Chinese social media after the local favourite, snowboarder Su Yiming, finished his first run at the men's slopestyle final on Monday with what they saw as an unexpectedly low score.
Snowboarder Max Parrot soars to Canada's 1st gold medal at Beijing Olympics, McMorris adds bronze
Max Parrot's comeback from cancer is complete.
Peng Shuai meets IOC chief at Beijing Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai has met Olympic chief Thomas Bach at the Beijing Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday, while US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered bitter disappointment in her first attempt at gold in China. The IOC 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. Separately, in an interview published Monday with French sports daily L'Equipe, Peng repeated her denial. "I never said anyone had sexually assaulted me in any way," said the former world number one doubles player. Asked why she deleted the social media post containing the allegation, Peng said: "Because I wanted to." "There was a huge misunderstanding in the outside world following this post," she said. "I don't want the meaning of this post to be twisted anymore. And I don't want any further media hype around it."
