Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Halvorsen recovers from brain injury to achieve Olympic dream
By Philip O'Connor
China Sport News
Cross-country skiing: Halvorsen recovers from brain injury to achieve Olympic dream
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Just over two years after she was struck by a car Hannah Halvorsen has battled her way back from a broken leg and a traumatic brain injury to make the United States cross-country ski team at the Beijing Games.
Inspired or dystopian, Beijing's Big Air venue sparks social media debate
BEIJING : One of the Beijing Winter Olympics venues, the Big Air Shougang, generated a buzz on social media on Monday for its industrial look created by being built at the site of a former steel mill.
Alpine Skiing-Austria's Hemetsberger finishes downhill race despite bloody nose
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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.