Snowboard star Huw Nightingale pinpoints positives after memorable Winter Olympic debut
Bolton snowboard star Huw Nightingale is eager to build upon his first experience at the Olympics after bowing out in the quarter-finals.
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Winter Olympics: Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva immersed in Beijing 2022 doping row
Russia’s teen starlet Kamila Valieva has found herself immersed in a Winter Olympics doping row following the team figure skating competition.
Athletes competing in Winter Olympics use photo IDs to find romance in Beijing
Olympic athletes are beating strict Covid rules to find romance in Beijing.
Wait for first Team GB medal continues at Beijing 2022
UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger is "not panicking yet" despite Team GB failing to claim a medal in the first six days at Beijing 2022.
Winter Olympics 2022 schedule: When is Beijing 2022? When are the key events? Dates, big names and more
The Winter Olympics are underway! Germany top the medal table after the first five days of action. Day 5 brought more excitement as Petra Vlhova went on to win her first Olympic gold medal on the slopes, while Lindsey Jacobellis exorcised demons of missing out on gold at Turin 2006 to take a sensational victory in the snowboard cross at Charlotte Bankes' expense. Ad/> On Day 6, Yuzuru Hanyu needs a borderline miracle to three-peat at the Olympics with Nathan Chen in pole position in the free skating event — that event begins at 01:30 GMT.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Alessandro Haemmerle beats Eliot Grondin in dramatic photo finish for snowboard cross gold
Alessandro Haemmerle lived up to his billing as favourite for the Winter Olympics snowboard cross title in Beijing — but only by a whisker. The three-time crystal globe winner and world silver medallist led Eliot Grondin for most of the race, but a photo finish was needed to confirm the Austrian as the winner.
Team GB 'not panicking yet' about medal drought, ice scandal hits the rink - Beijing diary
DON’T PANIC, SAYS UK SPORT BOSS British medal hopes have struggled so far — both Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds plus Charlotte Bankes were world champions in their events and yet didn't trouble the podium. Ad/> In addition both freeskier James Woods and snowboarder Katie Ormerod, proven World Cup winners, struggled in their first events. Kirsty Muir's fifth place in the skiing Big Air is certainly the highlight for the 50-strong team to date.
Katherine Grainger hails Charlotte Bankes' inspirational Olympic journey
Dame Katherine Grainger has hailed the impact of Team GB’s Charlotte Bankes on the next generation of snow sporting talent, despite missing out on a medal in snowboard cross at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.