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ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Newly crowned cross country skiathlon gold medallist Alexander Bolshunov has withdrawn from Tuesday's (Feb 8) sprint freestyle race, where he had been again expected to challenge for a medal, the head of the Russian Ski Association has announced.
The World Cup leader added the solo gold to the mixed relay silver he won on Saturday, with Anton Smolski of Belarus taking the silver after a perfect display of shooting and Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe bagging the bronze.
French biathlon star Quentin Fillon Maillet won his first Olympic gold medal by outpacing his big rival Johannes Thingnes Boe in the men's 20km individual race, with the Norwegian defending champion having to settle for bronze. It was a measure of revenge for Fillon Maillet, who narrowly lost a sprint to the finish against Thingnes Boe in the mixed team team relay on Saturday as France finished second to Norway.
Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
YANQING, China : Austria's Matthias Mayer made history on Tuesday at the Beijing Games by winning an Alpine skiing gold medal at three straight Olympics, leaving his awe-struck rivals almost speechless.
