Olympics-Ski jumping-Takanashi bucks trend by apologising for suit violation
By Mitch Phillips
Slovenia Sport News
Ski jumping-Takanashi bucks trend by apologising for suit violation
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Sara Takanashi has apologised for the suit violation that ruined Japan's hopes of a medal in Monday's Olympic mixed team ski jumping event - in stark contrast to some of the other angry reactions to disqualifications on a controversial night.
Olympic ski jumpers slam officials after 5 female skiers get disqualified over outfits: 'I have no words'
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The best snowboard racer in the world is still an alpine skier
On Tuesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics, dual-sport athlete Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic won gold in parallel giant slalom to successfully defend her Olympic title.
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.
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Winter Olympics: Ester Ledecka retains snowboard parallel slalom title
Ester Ledecka is on course for a unique Winter Olympics double after retaining her women's snowboard parallel slalom title in Beijing.
Snowboarding-Austria's Karl wins men's PGS gold, Ledecka retains women's title
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Austria's Benjamin Karl won gold in the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday in a unexpected final where none of the last Games medallists took the podium, while Czech Ester Ledecka retained the women's title.