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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.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Nathan Chen Wins Long-Awaited Skating Gold As Yuzuru Hanyu Is Dethroned

Nathan Chen said "he never thought he'd be able to make it this far" as he won Olympic figure skating gold in Beijing on Thursday, easily beating defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu, who fell twice and finished fourth. The American three-time world champion finally claimed the only major prize that had eluded him with his overall score of 332.60, more than 20 points ahead of his nearest challenger. Chen held his nerve to score 218.63 in his free programme, building on his record-breaking short programme score from Tuesday to win gold from 18-year-old Yuma Kagiyama. Another Japanese skater, Shoma Uno, took bronze.

Fox seals wire-to-wire win in UAE

Ryan Fox claimed the first 72-hole DP World Tour event victory of his career on Sunday by sealing a wire-to-wire victory at the Ras Al Khaimah Classic.

Ange starts £14k-p/w "walking joke", Japan duo axed in 10 changes: Celtic predicted XI - opinion

Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic side face a break from their Premiership campaign on Sunday afternoon, with Raith Rovers visiting Parkhead in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

'I'm going straight to the Super Bowl' - Shaun White swaps Winter Olympics for NFL and Rams v Bengals in LA

Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning snowboarder Shaun White may have bowed out at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, but he is now off to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles. The Team USA legend brought his illustrious career to an end after he had to settle for fourth place in the men's halfpipe with Ayumu Hirano of Japan taking a stunning victory. Ad/> The 35-year-old was left very emotional as he said goodbye to the sport and the Olympic Games, but he was quickly back in the headlines by announcing that he was heading straight to the Super Bowl.

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

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Nathan Chen Wins Long-Awaited Skating Gold As Yuzuru Hanyu Is Dethroned

Fox seals wire-to-wire win in UAE

Ange starts £14k-p/w "walking joke", Japan duo axed in 10 changes: Celtic predicted XI - opinion

'I'm going straight to the Super Bowl' - Shaun White swaps Winter Olympics for NFL and Rams v Bengals in LA

Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: Odermatt takes giant slalom gold, ice hockey and curling – live!

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