Olympics Live: Norway's Ruud wins big air skiing gold
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Freestyle skiing-Norway's Ruud wins gold in men's freeski Big Air
BEIJING :Norway's Birk Ruud claimed the first men's freeski Big Air Olympic gold medal with a dominant display as his main rival Alex Hall faltered at the Beijing Winter Games on Wednesday.
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".
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.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Doubly wrong!’ – Mikaela Shiffrin has ‘absolute nightmare’ as she crashes out again
Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out on run 1 of the slalom just days after she suffered the same fate in the giant slalom. The US superstar – a gold medallist in the slalom at Sochi 2014 – crashed out just five gates in to her run in remarkably similar circumstances to events during the giant slalom. Ad/> “She's gone again [and it is] the same mistake,” began Nick Fellows on commentary.
Winter Olympics: American favourite Mikaela Shiffrin skis out of women's slalom
American pre-Games favourite Mikaela Shiffrin feels «pretty low right now» after her terrible start to Beijing 2022 continued when she failed to finish her second race in a row.
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.
Frestyle skiing-Norway's Ruud wins gold in men's freeski Big Air
BEIJING : Birk Ruud of Norway won the men's freeski Big Air gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.