Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod misses out on snowboard slopestyle final
British snowboarder Katie Ormerod missed out on a place in the women's slopestyle final as she made her long-awaited Olympic debut.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - 'Amazing to call myself an Olympian' - Team GB's Katie Ormerod happy despite missing final
Katie Ormerod has failed to qualify for the slopestyle final as her best score of 47.38 was not enough to get into the top 12, however she was delighted to finally make her Olympics bow. The 24-year-old goofy footer from Yorkshire was making her first appearance at a Winter Olympics; four years on from breaking both her heels in training at PyeongChang. Ad/> Ormerod finished 19th overall.
Katie Ormerod fails to advance to slopestyle final in Beijing
Katie Ormerod finally fulfilled her dream of becoming an Olympian but did not advance to the final of the women’s snowboard slopestyle final at Genting Snow Park.
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Curling-Swedes beat Swiss, Australia still winless in mixed doubles
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Greg Rutherford reflects on 'incredible experience' representing Team GB in 'brutal' bobsleigh
Greg Rutherford says it was an «incredible experience» representing Great Britain as a bobsleigher after missing out on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2012 London Olympic champion came out of retirement last year in an attempt to qualify for the Winter Games. Ad/> The 35-year-old came back from a shoulder injury last month to make his official bobsleigh debut in driver Lamin Deen's sled in January, but the team failed to achieve the qualifying standard of three top-12 World Cup finishes this season, which meant Rutherford would not be competing in Beijing.
Alpine skiing: Vlhova has no doubts she can beat Shiffrin
YANQING, China: Mikaela Shiffrin heads into the Beijing Olympic slalom as many observer's favourite but her closest challenger, Slovakia's Petra Vlhova, says she now has the self-belief needed to end the American's dream.
