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Winter Olympics – Mikaela Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill event at Beijing 2022

Mikaela Shiffrin has decided to compete in the women’s downhill event for the first time at a Winter Olympics, but said she is no longer focusing solely on winning a medal. Shiffrin's Olympics got off to a disastrous start at Beijing 2022 as she failed to finish her opening runs in both the giant slalom and slalom, two events where she was a gold-medal favourite. She then came ninth in the super-G — the first time she competed at that event in the Olympics.

Kamila Valieva doping scandal causing 'loss of credibility' in figure skating at Winter Olympics - Marchei

Kamila Valieva’s protracted doping scandal is causing a “loss of credibility” in figure skating, according to former Italian Olympian Valentina Marchei. Valieva, 15, was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to compete in the women’s singles at the Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart drug. Ad/> The decision has been met with incredulity, with Team USA chief Sarah Hirshland accusing Russia of a “systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sport”.

Eileen Gu's China choice pays off... for now

BEIJING: When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com.

Ailing (Eileen) Gu goes viral having lunch during qualifying - Chinese superstar reveals her Beijing 2022 "travel essential"

This is not how Beijing 2022 superstar Ailing (Eileen) Gu had envisioned the women's freestyle ski slopestyle qualifying going.

Winter Olympics - Germany partner with BMW to produce bobsleigh track simulator to give them the edge in Beijing 2022

The German bobsleigh team are hoping to have a big advantage at the Winter Olympics after a former luger and Eurosport Germany pundit linked up with BMW to develop a simulator of the track at Beijing 2022. Julian von Schleinitz is a former junior world champion in luge and has been working with Eurosport as an expert commentator following his retirement in 2018.

Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Completely unreal’ - Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron stunned after ice dance gold

French figure skaters Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron were stunned after they completed their path from a wardrobe malfunction in Pyeongchang to become Winter Olympic ice dance champions in Beijing. The four-time world champions wowed judges to break their own world record from 2019 with a total score of 226.98 with a beautiful free dance routine to Elegie by Gabriel Faure. Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 to conclude their competition to beat Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of the Russian Olympic Committee by more than six points.

Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir qualifies for second final at Winter Olympics

Seventeen-year-old Kirsty Muir cruised through to her second Winter Olympic final after finishing sixth in ski slopestyle qualifying at Genting Snow Park.

Snowboard men's big air Olympic final: Preview, schedule and stars to watch

Max Parrot topped snowboard big air qualifying on Monday 14 February at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

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Winter Olympics – Mikaela Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill event at Beijing 2022

Kamila Valieva doping scandal causing 'loss of credibility' in figure skating at Winter Olympics - Marchei

Eileen Gu's China choice pays off... for now

Ailing (Eileen) Gu goes viral having lunch during qualifying - Chinese superstar reveals her Beijing 2022 "travel essential"

Winter Olympics - Germany partner with BMW to produce bobsleigh track simulator to give them the edge in Beijing 2022

Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Completely unreal’ - Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron stunned after ice dance gold

Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir qualifies for second final at Winter Olympics

Snowboard men's big air Olympic final: Preview, schedule and stars to watch