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Olympics Live: Norway's Ruud wins big air skiing gold

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:

Nordic combined-First to finish wins, thanks to Mr Gundersen

ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Nordic combined, the sport that involves ski jumping and cross-country skiing, has a long, proud history but only in recent years has it found a way to became spectator and TV-friendly, thanks to the introduction of the "Gundersen method".

Canada in line for possible upgrade to podium in Olympic team figure skating

An ongoing legal issue that could affect the medallists in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics has caused the award ceremony to be delayed, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Birk Ruud becomes crowned big air Olympic champion as Norwegian blows competition away in Beijing

Birk Ruud won gold medal in the freestyle skiing big air final at Big Air Shougang. The Norwegian was last out for the opening run and delivered a massive 95.75 to send him top of the group.

Snowboarding-American Kim breezes into halfpipe final, Japanese teen Ono follows

ZHANGJIAKOU, China : American Chloe Kim breezed through Wednesday's qualifiers in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Games to advance to the final in first place, while Japanese teen Mitsuki Ono followed in her Olympic debut.