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Jamaica bobsleigh: When are Cool Runnings-linked Jamaican team competing at Beijing 2022 Olympics?

One of the standout moments of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be the performances of the Jamaica bobsleigh team. It will be the first time in 24 years that a four-man crew will represent the nation at a Winter Olympics and all eyes will be on the quartet when they hit the ice in Beijing. Ad/> The current team will be looking to do much more than simply remind fans of the famous exploits of the 1988 Jamaica team who inspired the legendary sports movie Cool Runnings, which hit cinemas in 1993.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi Holds Nerve To Win Ski Jumping Gold

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi held his nerve while his rivals lost theirs on Sunday, winning Olympic ski jumping gold on the men's normal hill in a wild and unpredictable Beijing Games final. Germany's World Cup leader Karl Geiger finished 15th in a disastrous performance, while hotly tipped Norwegians Halvor Egner Granerud and Marius Lindvik were also well out of contention. Kobayashi kept his cool to become the first Japanese ski jumper to win Olympic gold on foreign snow, pulling off jumps of 104.5 and 99.5 metres to finish first on 275.0 points. "This season I've been able to jump to the image I have in my mind," said the 25-year-old, who is second in the current World Cup standings and won this season's Four Hills competition.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Makayla Gerken Schofield proud of 'incredible' eighth place in women's moguls final

Makayla Gerken Schofield said she is proud of an «incredible» eighth place finish in women's moguls after becoming the first Briton to reach the Olympic finals of the event. Gerken Schofield progressed through the qualifying round and through to Finals 2. Ad/> While failing to reach Finals 3 and challenge for medals, she could hardly comprehend her own achievement after the event.

Winter Olympics: Alexander Bolshunov stars ahead of Manic Monday feat. Mikaela Shiffrin – Best of Beijing

BEST MOMENTS OF DAY 3 Bolshunov's redemption Ad/> Prior to today, Alexander Bolshunov was best known for whacking a rival with his ski pole in frustration during a sprint finish. And while he’s still best known for that, he’s at least added an Olympic gold medal to his collection after a dominant win in the men’s 30km skiathlon. Beijing 2022Georgian luger fulfils late cousin’s dream 12 years on, Brit’s Covid battle – Beijing diary4 HOURS AGO The Russian even found time to take a celebratory swig of water and gleefully shake his fist as he cruised through the final stages of the race, delighting our man Patrick Winterton in the commentary box.

'I felt her heart break' - Justine Dufour-Lapointe suffers bad crash, shows great spirit to finish at Winter Olympics

Justine Dufour-Lapointe experienced a heart-breaking fall in the women's moguls final to deny her the chance to win a third Winter Olympics medal. Dufour-Lapointe won moguls gold at Sochi in 2014 and silver in Pyeongchang four years ago, but failed to add to that tally after losing her balance after a jump in the first final.

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Jamaica bobsleigh: When are Cool Runnings-linked Jamaican team competing at Beijing 2022 Olympics?

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi Holds Nerve To Win Ski Jumping Gold

Winter Olympics 2022 - Makayla Gerken Schofield proud of 'incredible' eighth place in women's moguls final

Winter Olympics: Alexander Bolshunov stars ahead of Manic Monday feat. Mikaela Shiffrin – Best of Beijing

'I felt her heart break' - Justine Dufour-Lapointe suffers bad crash, shows great spirit to finish at Winter Olympics

U.S. women's hockey team routs Switzerland ahead of showdown against Canada

Finland's ice hockey coach accuses China of not respecting human rights as player remains in COVID isolation

Three-times champion Kramer skates his final 5000m race