Olympics-Figure skating-Left coachless by COVID, some skaters feel a void
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
Beijing Sport News
Norway's Therese Johaug wins first gold of Beijing Winter Olympics
Norway's Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics Saturday, storming ahead of the competition in the women’s 7.5km-plus-7.5km skiathlon cross-country skiing.
Winter Olympics: American triple Olympic champion White set to retire
Triple Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White says he will retire from the sport after the Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Maliszewska set to compete in 500m short track after being ruled out due to positive Covid test
Polish short track skater Natalia Maliszewska has been unexpectedly released from Covid isolation hours before her qualifying race in a dramatic twist of events. Maliszewska tested positive for the virus on Sunday 30 January, and had originally been ruled out of the 500m short track qualifying event by the Polish Olympic Committee (POC).
Winter Olympics 2022 - Terese Johaug storms to gold in women's 15km skiathlon with 30 second lead
Therese Johaug stormed to gold in the women's 15km skiathlon to become the first gold medallist of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Norwegian's long wait for an Olympic individual gold is over after an incredible breakaway in the freestyle portion of the race, where she quickly pulled away from all of her rivals.
Ice hockey: Fillier sparks Canada to a Finland rout
BEIJING: Young gun Sarah Fillier fired a pair of goals as Canada romped to an 11-1 rout of Finland in women's ice hockey at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, to remain on a gold medal collision course with United States.
China's Xi meets four more heads of state in Olympic diplomacy push
BEIJING :Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of Serbia, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on Saturday as Beijing used the opening of the Winter Olympics to seize the diplomatic initiative amid simmering tensions with the United States.
Ice hockey-Firestarter Fillier sets Canada on hot streak
BEIJING : Youth kept pace with experience on Team Canada this week, as 21-year-old forward Sarah Fillier made her presence felt at the Olympic women's ice hockey preliminary group round in Beijing.