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By Karolos Grohmann
Beijing Sport News
Heavy snow, wind, causes cancellation of events at Beijing Winter Olympic Games
One thing not seen much at these Winter Olympic Games has been snow – at least, the type that falls from the sky.
Jackie Narracott overcame massive hurdles to reach Winter Olympics skeleton podium
Through a skeleton career almost derailed by a lack of funding and a severe concussion, Jackie Narracott has found a way to win Australia’s most unlikely Olympic medal.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Cool, calm and collected’ Kaillie Humphries takes control of monobob after opening heats
2021 world champion Kaillie Humphries set the pace in the first two heats of the monobob at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. The US athlete — a two-time two-woman Olympic champion — set a combined time of 2:09:10 to lead after the first two heats of the newly-inaugurated discipline. Ad/> Canada’s Christine de Bruin is in second, just over a second back with a combined time of 2:10.14, and Germany’s 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games monobob gold medallist Laura Nolte is in bronze medal position with a time of 2:10.32.
American Kaillie Humphries holds sizable lead during first part of monobob competition at Olympics
BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries has a big lead in the first part of the monobob competition at the Beijing Olympics.
Nordic combined-Norway hopeful Riiber can compete after negative COVID test
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Australian Breeana Walker seventh after first two runs of Winter Olympics monobob
Breeana Walker is in striking distance of Australia’s fifth medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics after an improved second run in the monobob event.