'It's all he ever wanted': Mom thrilled for son who made Canada's Olympic hockey team
P.E.I's Brandon Gormley will have plenty of people cheering for him when he suits up for Canada's men's hockey team at the Beijing Olympics next month.
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Torvill and Dean's brilliant Bolero firing figure skater Gibson to Olympic big time
Torvill and Dean kickstarted Scottish skater Lewis Gibson's searing rise from a humble footballing background in Prestwick to the Winter Olympic Games. Gibson, 27, and dance partner Lilah Fear, 22, were among the first Team GB athletes selected for the showpiece taking place in Beijing in under ten days' time, where they will compete in the ice dance event. Ad/> The Scot was a relative latecomer to the sport and admits watching the legendary British duo — who won a stunning gold medal dancing to Bolero at Sarajevo 1984 — on Dancing On Ice is what first set his skating fires burning.
Staudinger to pay homage to Rosen at Winter Olympics - after UK Sport funding fires him to Beijing
AJ Rosen's luge legacy is ensuring Rupert Staudinger's Winter Olympic fires are burning brighter than ever.The Bath-based 24-year-old is attending his second Games, has consistently improved ahead of Beijing 2022 is heading to the most significant event of his career so far. But that's not what is fuelling Staudinger ahead of the highlight of the luge calendar next month. Staudinger — born in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria to a British mother and German father — is being motivated by the memory of his friend, mentor and three-time Olympian AJ Rosen, who competed alongside him in Team GB colours at PyeongChang 2018.
Winter Olympics: What are the rules of curling? How heavy are curling stones? What does sweeping do in curling?
One of the oldest winter sports still in existence, curling has become extremely popular worldwide since its Scottish early 16th century origins.
3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team
Kim Boutin, Pascal Dion and Charles Hamelin bring experience to Canada's 10-member Olympic short track team announced Tuesday.
Sweden's Sara Hector wins final World Cup giant slalom race ahead of Olympics
After waiting seven years for a second World Cup win, Sara Hector now has three more victories in giant slalom — and they could not have come at a better time with the Winter Olympics starting next week.
Musgrave recognises need for speed at fourth Winter Olympics
Andrew Musgrave likes to think of himself as a big game skier but admits his Olympic ambition could be running out of mountain. Scottish star Musgrave heads to his fourth Games in Beijing with increasing confidence and he's certainly not the sort to be dazzled by the big stage lights. Ad/> It's more than a decade since he first appeared on the cross-country skiing international circuit, where venues would have to desperately source a British flag to flutter alongside the Nordic powerhouses that have long dominated this sport.
Team GB skeleton star Laura Deas backing Winter Olympics without any snow to be just as special for UK public
Laura Deas insists a Winter Olympics without any snow will not inhibit the spectacle for the adoring British public as she aims to extend Team GB’s line of skeleton golden girls.