Odermatt silences critics with Olympic grand slalom gold
YANQING, China: Switzerland's Marco Odermatt finally lived up to expectations by holding his nerve in snow and fog to win gold in the men's Olympic giant slalom on Sunday (Feb 13).
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Medals update: Marco Odermatt wins Switzerland's third gold of Beijing 2022 in Alpine skiing
Already a superstar in his own country with his face plastered over advertising everywhere you look, Marco Odermatt is now set for megastar status after winning the men's giant slalom event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Sunday (13 February) in a combined time of 2:09.35 from the two runs. Lara Gut-Behrami won the same discipline for Switzerland in the women's event on Friday (11 December) with Beat Feuz also winning the men's downhill to give Switzerland three gold medals in Alpine skiing so far at Beijing 2022.
Alpine skiing-Switzerland's Odermatt wins men's giant slalom
YANQING, China : Switzerland's Marco Odermatt won the gold medal in the men's giant slalom on Sunday with a combined time of 2:09:35.
Marco Odermatt claims giant slalom gold at Winter Olympics as blizzard causes havoc in Beijing
Marco Odermatt fulfilled his billing as favourite for giant slalom gold at the Winter Olympics as he shrugged off extremely challenging conditions to win the title in Beijing. Heavy snow and poor visibility caused havoc, with several contenders for the medals struggling to deal with the weather, but the Swiss sensation kept his cool to win ahead of Slovenia's Zan Kranjec and Mathieu Faivre of France.
Judge in Russian Olympic figure skating doping case worked on Sharapova appeal
One of the lawyers that will judge Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday is an American who was once picked by Maria Sharapova's legal team for her appeal over a similar performance-enhancing drug.
Marius Lindvik of Norway wins Olympic gold on large hill
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Norway's Marius Lindvik stuns Ryoyu Kobayashi to win ski jumping gold in the large hill
Norway's Marius Lindvik put down a massive second jump to win gold in the men's large hill, stunning the hot favourite Ryoyu Kobayashi. Lindvik, who scored 144.8 with his first jump to rank second going into the final round, scored 151.3 for an Olympic gold-winning score of 296.1 to produce a huge upset. Ad/> The 23-year-old is the first Norwegian to win Olympic large hill gold since Toralf Engan in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall: American accuses British rival of being 'so disrespectful'
Boxing GWOAT Claressa Shields has accused Savannah Marshall of being ‘so disrespectful’ as the war of words between the pair rumbles on.