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Beijing 2022 Olympics spotlight - History maker Ester Ledecka out to astound all over again in China

Winter Olympics history maker Ester Ledecka has a passion for snowsport which surely cannot be rivalled among her elite peers — and she is aiming to make history all over again at Beijing 2022. Asked how she would deal with the theoretical choice of having to choose between ski and snowboard, the Czech last year told Eurosport she would rather “quit” than have to give something up. Ad/> After becoming the first athlete to win Olympic gold in two sports at the same Games, when she won the snowboard parallel giant slalom title and alpine skiing’s Super-G at Pyeongchang 2018, she made the front pages of newspapers around the world.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Which nations and athletes have the most Winter Olympic medals of all time?

The Winter Olympics are almost upon us! The world’s biggest winter sports stars are descending on Beijing to compete for their share of 109 medals – seven more than were up for grabs in PyeonChang four years ago. The Games will officially begin on February 4 and run until February 20, with Mikaela Shiffrin, Shaun White, Chloe Kim, Yuzuru Hanyu and Ester Ledecka among the box-office names to look out for.

25 athletes to watch in the Beijing Winter Olympics

Updated 0035 GMT (0835 HKT) January 27, 2022Eileen Gu, an 18-year-old freestyle skier, is the defending world champion in the halfpipe and slopestyle events, and she will also compete in the big air event while at the Olympics. Gu was born in the United States and her father is American, but in 2019 she decided that she would compete for China, where her mother was born. She called it «a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help to promote the sport I love.»Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Sofia Goggia of Italy overcomes windy conditions to earn another downhill victory in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Sofia Goggia survived a scare in tricky conditions to claim her fourth downhill victory in five races this season and cement her status as favourite for Olympic gold. The Italian, who will be one of her country's flag-bearers in Beijing, was pushed wide by the wind early on in front of her home fans in Cortina d'Ampezzo and almost missed a gate further down the run but recovered on both occasions to cross in 1:06.98s.

Alpine skiing-Goggia prevails in Cortina downhill after Zauchensee scare

Italy's Olympic champion Sofia Goggia swept the competition in the women's World Cup downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday, claiming her sixth World Cup victory this season ahead of Austria's Ramona Siebenhofer and Czech Ester Ledecka.

Goggia survives scare to earn another downhill victory

Sofia Goggia survived a scare in tricky conditions to claim her fourth downhill victory in five races this season and cement her status as favourite for Olympic gold. The Italian, who will be one of her country's flag-bearers in Beijing, was pushed wide by the wind early on in front of her home fans in Cortina d'Ampezzo and almost missed a gate further down the run but recovered on both occasions to cross in 1:06.98s. Ad/> That put her two-tenths of a second clear of her nearest challenger, Austria's Ramona Siebenhofer, who climbed above Breezy Johnson into second in the overall World Cup downhill standings following the American's withdrawal due to a crash in training.

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Beijing 2022 Olympics spotlight - History maker Ester Ledecka out to astound all over again in China

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Which nations and athletes have the most Winter Olympic medals of all time?

25 athletes to watch in the Beijing Winter Olympics

Sofia Goggia of Italy overcomes windy conditions to earn another downhill victory in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Alpine skiing-Goggia prevails in Cortina downhill after Zauchensee scare

Goggia survives scare to earn another downhill victory