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Swiss skier Marco Odermatt handles expectations, wins Olympic gold
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Olympic Skiers struggle as real snow falls on Beijing
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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.
Beijing 2022: Jack Gower finishes 25th in giant slalom
Jack Gower finished 25th in the men's giant slalom in his final race at the Olympic Games.
Olympics - Alpine skiing - Odermatt's calculated risk earns Swiss third Alpine gold
YANQING, China : Giant slalom gold medallist Marco Odermatt of Switzerland credited a risky decision to change his skis, despite leading after his first run in Sunday's race, for his country's third Alpine skiing gold medal of the Winter Olympics.
Olympics - Alpine skiing - Kranjec gets silver reward after near misses
YANQING, China : The Olympics reward the performers who deliver on a given day once every four years but Slovenian Zan Kranjec's silver medal in the men's giant slalom on Sunday felt like compensation for years of consistency and near misses.
Winter Olympics: Jamaican skier Benjamin Alexander on finishing men's giant slalom
«If you finish you beat everyone who doesn't,» said Jamaican skier Benjamin Alexander hours before he took to the slopes at Beijing 2022.