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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.
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.
BEIJING — Canada dominated the men's snowboard slopestyle competition, with Max Parrot winning gold and teammate Mark McMorris claiming bronze.
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.
Canada's Max Parrot has won the Winter Olympics gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle, just three years on from being diagnosed with cancer.
