Alpine skiing-Swiss dominate as Shiffrin leaves empty-handed
YANQING, China : Switzerland dominated Alpine skiing at the Beijing Olympics while the biggest name in the sport, American Mikaela Shiffrin, left without a medal from her six competitions.
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Beijing 2022 Alpine skiing wrap-up – top stories, moments and records
Alpine skiing featured 11 events at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and Swiss athletes got the lion's share by winning almost half of them.
Alpine skiing-Swiss Suter on course for gold in women's downhill
YANQING, China :Switzerland's Corinne Suter was in the gold medal position after the first 20 skiers had completed their runs in the women's downhill at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: India's Arif Khan Finishes 45th In Giant Slalom
India's lone participant in the Winter Olympics, alpine skier Arif Khan, finished 45th in the giant slalom event in Beijing on Sunday. The 31-year-old from Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir clocked a combined time of 2 minute 47.24 seconds from two races in difficult weather conditions at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. Khan, who was making his Winter Olympics debut, ended at 53rd in Race 1 with a time of 1:22.35 out of the 54 competitors who could finish it. As many as 33 skiers could not finish Race 1 while two did not start. Khan queued up 85th in the start list of 89 athletes from 62 nations.
The Olympic dream of Puerto Rican Alpine skier William Flaherty
William Flaherty was overjoyed when he crossed the finish line of the men’s giant slalom event at Beijing 2022.
William Flaherty: The inspirational story of Puerto Rico’s skiing star who followed in his brother’s Olympic footsteps
Have you heard the story of Puerto Rico’s skiing brothers? It’s a tale of “unbelievable tragedy, but also pride and hope”, according to their mother – an Olympic journey like no other. William Flaherty, 17, finished 40th in the men’s giant slalom at Beijing 2022 on Sunday, completing both of his runs with a combined time of 2:41.42 – some 32 seconds behind champion Marco Odermatt. Ad/> Flaherty was following in his brother’s footsteps, with Charles finishing 73rd at Pyeongchang 2018 when becoming Puerto Rico’s first Winter Olympian for two decades.
'Winter sports are for everyone' - Benjamin Alexander pushes for more diversity in skiing after historic slalom finish
Benjamin Alexander has called on more would-skiers from diverse backgrounds to get into the sport following his previously unthinkable achievement of finishing the men’s giant slalom event. The DJ-turned-skier-turned-Jamaica’s-first-Winter-Olympic-skier has been reflecting on his Olympic experience after finishing 46th overall on a day when a blizzard wreaked havoc on the slopes.