Winter Olympics: Heavy snowfall in Beijing causes disruption to alpine & freestyle skiing
Heavy snow has caused major disruption to the Winter Olympics schedule with temperatures set to plummet to -35C in the Beijing region.
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Curling-Canada's Gushue tops US skip Shuster in battle between 'relics'
BEIJING : Canada's Brad Gushue trumped John Shuster of the United States when the Turin 2006 veterans faced off on the Olympic stage for the first time in 16 years in the Beijing Games men's curling competition at the National Aquatics Centre on Sunday.
Snow blankets Games, delays Gu's return to competition
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Heavy snowfall blanketed northern China on Sunday, bringing a wintry atmosphere to the Beijing Olympics and disrupting several events, including home team favourite Eileen Gu's qualifying run in the freeski slopestyle.
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Favourite Odermatt holds narrow lead after giant slalom first run
YANQING, China (Reuters) -Favourite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland had a lead of four hundredths of a second over Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner after the first run of the men's giant slalom in driving snow on Sunday.
Alpine skiing-Odermatt has narrow lead in driving snow
YANQING, China : Favourite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland held a four hundredths of a second lead over Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner after the top 30 skiers had completed the first run of the men's giant slalom in driving now on Sunday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain move to second after 7-6 win over China in men's curling
Great Britain beat China 7-6 despite only scoring in two ends as they moved to second in the men’s curling round robin standings. The British quartet, led by skip Bruce Mouat, were at their impressive best, showing why they’re European champions and in amongst the medal favourites in Beijing.
Winter Olympics: Bruce Mouat's British rink beat China for third victory
Great Britain's men's curlers defeated China 7-6 in the first of their two games on Sunday at the Winter Olympics.