Norway's Weng to skip Games after positive COVID-19 test
Norway's Heidi Weng will not travel to Beijing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 before the Games, the cross-country skier confirmed on Tuesday.
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(Reuters) - Norway's Heidi Weng will not travel to Beijing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 before the Games, the cross-country skier confirmed on Tuesday.
Italians hope to inspire nation in build-up to home Games
BEIJING: Newly-crowned Olympic mixed doubles champions Italy are hoping their victory in Beijing can pave the way for increased funding and participation in curling back home before they host the Winter Games in 2026.
Cross-country skiing-Norway's Weng to skip Games after positive COVID test
Norway's Heidi Weng will not travel to Beijing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 before the Games, the cross-country skier confirmed on Tuesday.
Winter Olympics medal count: Who is winning Beijing 2022 so far?
The Winter Olympics 2022 medal table is up for grabs in Beijing and Norway are the favourites to top the charts once more, having pipped Germany to top spot four years ago in Pyeongchang. Both nations won 14 gold medals in Korea, but Norway’s greater total of 39 medals overall gave them the edge over Germany, who won 31.
Female ski jumpers hit out after being banned from Olympic event over ‘baggy clothes’: ‘Why only girls?’
Five female ski jumpers, representing Austria, Japan, Norway, and Germany, were disqualified from the mixed team event at the Beijing Winter Olympics because their outfits were considered too baggy, supposedly giving them more airtime.
Shiffrin slides out as teenagers make impact
BEIJING: Double gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin slid out in her bitterly disappointing opening race at the Beijing Olympics on Monday as two teenagers made their mark on their Games debuts.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Technical glitch hands Chinese ski jumper 'perfect score' for poor jump in mixed team event
Chinese ski jumper Song Qiwu barely cleared 70m in the mixed team event — a full 30 meters shorter than the leading competitors — but was still initially shown a perfect score from the judges. Qiwu's unremarkable jump, complete with a back wind, underwhelmed the commentators and the crowd and even the athlete himself appeared less than pleased. Yet when his score was initially shown on television screens, it appeared all five judges had given him a perfect score of 20 points.