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Winter Olympics 2022: 'I feel like crying' – Natalia Maliszewska heartbroken after falling in 1000m quarters

Polish short track skater Natalia Maliszewska has told Eurosport Poland that she is “ashamed” after being unable to compete to the level she knows she can at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Maliszewska, 26, was one of the favourites for the 500m but was unable to compete after a see-saw saga surrounding a positive Covid-19 test. Ad/> She decided to compete in the 1000m for a chance at a medal even though she was inexperienced at that distance.

Winter Olympics another suffers blow after Russian Kamila Valieva’s positive dope test

Pékin, China - Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Beijing Olympics testers confirmed Friday, while American snowboarding legend Shaun White finished an agonising fourth in his final appearance.

Mikaela Shiffrin: "The girl who failed... could also fly."

Though she may have finished ninth, Friday's (11 February) Super G race at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 may have been one of the most meaningful of Mikaela Shiffrin's storied career.

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'We don’t want a smaller bobsleigh family' - German Francesco Friedrich funds rival team Austria

German bobsledder Francesco Friedrich — who is the most successful pilot in World Cup history — says he helped Austrian rider Benjamin Maier with financial support to avoid the “bobsleigh family” getting smaller. The pair will be rivals on the track when they compete for Olympic success in Beijing. Ad/> In fact, Maier was just 0.2 seconds slower than Friedrich in the two-man training heats, but he may not have been able to compete had it not been for the German.

Nils van der Poel has ‘conviction’ to retire after admitting speed skating ‘sucks’ at Winter Olympics 2022

Nils van der Poel has revealed his “conviction” to retire in March after he secured the speed skating distance double at Beijing 2022. The Swede, 25, followed up his victory in the 5000m with a world record triumph over 10000m – just days after he accused the Dutch teams of manipulating the ice. Ad/> Van der Poel was unhappy to learn that Dutch sports scientist Sander van Ginkel was in Beijing looking to make the ice as hard as possible, branding it the “biggest scandal in our sport”.

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar to make season debut at UAE Tour after recovering from Covid-19

Tadej Pogacar will return to action for the first time this year at the UAE Tour after being named on the startlist. Pogacar had been fighting off a bout of Covid-19 in recent days and had to undergo medical clearance testing prior to getting the green light to participate in the first men's World Tour event of the season. Ad/> But it would appear the 23-year-old is back in good health and ready to defend his title having won the 2021 edition of the event.

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Winter Olympics 2022: 'I feel like crying' – Natalia Maliszewska heartbroken after falling in 1000m quarters

Winter Olympics another suffers blow after Russian Kamila Valieva’s positive dope test

Mikaela Shiffrin: "The girl who failed... could also fly."

James Garner outlines his aims for season amid talk of Man Utd loan recall

'We don’t want a smaller bobsleigh family' - German Francesco Friedrich funds rival team Austria

Nils van der Poel has ‘conviction’ to retire after admitting speed skating ‘sucks’ at Winter Olympics 2022

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar to make season debut at UAE Tour after recovering from Covid-19

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – live!