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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Fresh Twist In Kamila Valieva Doping Scandal After Three Substances Claim
Kamila Valieva's Beijing Olympics doping controversy took a fresh twist Wednesday after media reported that the Russian skater had three substances used to treat heart conditions in the sample which triggered the scandal. The 15-year-old figure skater topped the short programme on Tuesday to put herself in prime position to win the women's singles competition when it concludes on Thursday, bursting into tears afterwards and refusing to talk to journalists. Valieva's case has overshadowed the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that she should not be suspended despite failing a drugs test in December, although she has not been cleared of doping and still faces further investigation.
Freeski star Alex Hall upgrades YOG silver to Olympic gold
American freeskier Alex Hall clinched gold in slopestyle at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – six years after winning silver in the same event at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lillehammer 2016.
Medals update: Sandra Naeslund wins nail-biting Beijing 2022 freestyle skiing ski cross gold
The usual suspects made it to the final of the women's freestyle ski cross event at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou but the race was anything but usual.
Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out in slalom during Olympic combined: No individual medal at Beijing 2022
Mikaela Shiffrin will leave the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics without an individual medal after failing to finish the slalom run of the women's Alpine combined event on Thursday (17 February).
Winter Olympics 2022 - GB's Gus Kenworthy through to men's freeski halfpipe finals after 'dangerous' qualifier
Great Britain’s Gus Kenworthy is through to the men’s freeski halfpipe final after a qualifying round that saw one rider take out a cameraman and another suffer a huge crash on a halfpipe wall. Kenworthy fell on his first run but delivered a strong second, with the best of the riders’ two runs being counted. Ad/> It was a nervous wait for the 30-year-old as he sat in 12th – the lowest qualification place – and watched several other riders try to take his spot from him.
Freestyle skiing-Sweden's Naeslund wins women's ski cross
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Sweden's Sandra Naeslund won the women's ski cross final at the Beijing Games, taking home the gold after dominating from the start of on Thursday's races, while Canada's Marielle Thompson claimed the silver after a nail-biting final race.
Cross-country skiing-Krueger set to race for Norway after COVID-19 delay
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Simen Hegstad Krueger has been picked in Norway's four-man team for Saturday's 50km freestyle race, the final men's cross-country event of the Beijing Olympics, after his journey to China was delayed when he tested positive for COVID-19.