Canada's Grondin claims silver in snowboard cross
BEIJING — Eliot Grondin had not been challenged all day.
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Alpine skiing: Shiffrin to start super-G race despite setbacks
YANQING, China: American Mikaela Shiffrin will start in Friday's (Feb 11) super-G race at the Beijing Olympics, a US Ski team spokeswoman said on Thursday, after considering pulling out of the event following early exits from her specialist events.
Alpine skiing-Austria's Strolz wins men's combined gold
YANQING, China : Johannes Strolz of Austria won the gold medal in the men's combined event at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Johannes Strolz replicates father's feat by winning Alpine combined gold
Johannes Strolz has won Alpine combined gold at the Winter Olympics, replicating his father who did the same back in 1988. Strolz caused an upset with his first-ever World Cup victory in Adelboden on January 9, but he has followed that up with a stunning gold medal on the biggest stage. Ad/> After being the fourth quickest in the downhill in a time of 1:43.87, the Austrian's time of 47.56 in the slalom saw him produce an overall result of 2:31.43.
Beijing 2022: Gower finishes 12th in men's downhill combined
Ireland's Jack Gower put in a superb display on the slopes to finish 12th overall in the men's alpine combined at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on Thursday.
Medals update: Johannes Strolz wins Alpine combined gold 34 years after father did the same
In the discipline that decides the best men's all-round Alpine skier, the combined event, it was Johannes Strolz who came out on top at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Thursday (10 February). The Austrian added to the family trophy cabinet winning the gold medal in the two-run speed and technical event, 34 years after his father Hubert did the same.
Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’
Supporters of Mikaela Shiffrin circled the wagons around the twice disqualified skier by comparing NBC’s Winter Olympics commentary to their coverage of Simone Biles’s Summer Olympic failure.
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.