Olympic snowboarding debutant Tess Coady slays her way into slopestyle finals
Olympic debutant and youngster Tess Coady is breathing easy after succeeding the slopestyle qualifiers and progressing into the finals on Saturday.
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Snowboard-Gusts of bone-chilling wind makes for 'gnarly' runs, boarders say
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Gusts of bone-chilling wind and hard, man-made snow have made it tough for athletes at the Beijing Olympics, with even veteran snowboarders complaining about the conditions on Saturday.
Snowboarding: Sadowski-Synnott eases into finals, Murase makes confident debut
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott cruised into the finals of the women's snowboard slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday (Feb 5), putting down a smooth run in blustery weather, while Kokomo Murase of Japan made a confident debut.
Olympics 2022 -- Changing climate conditions fuel concerns about future of winter sports
The skiers and snowboarders competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics starting later this week will be the first group to chase their Olympic medals on mountains blanketed with 100% artificial snow.
Winter Olympics 2022: Japan snowboarder Rina Yoshika suffers spinal injury during training session
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Thomas Bach Says Controversial Beijing Olympics "Will Change Winter Sports"
The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid. China's ruling Communist Party hopes the Olympics will be a soft-power success but they have been overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts, fears for tennis player Peng Shuai's safety, warnings about surveillance and the environmental impact. The Games, which launch with an opening ceremony on Friday at Beijing's "Bird's Nest" stadium and last until February 20, are taking place in one of the driest regions of China and rely almost entirely on man-made snow.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Japan's Rina Yoshika taken in ambulance after crashing in slopestyle training
Japanese snowboarder Rina Yoshika was taken away in an ambulance after crashing during slopestyle training on Thursday at the Genting Snow Park. A Team Japan spokesperson confirmed that Yoshika sufferd a heavy fall after a crash-landing from one of the jumps.
Japanese snowboarder Yoshika suffers crash at Beijing Games
ZHANGJIAKOU: Japanese snowboarder Rina Yoshika was taken away in an ambulance after suffering a heavy fall in practice at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday (Feb 3), a team official said.