Women of Team USA lead the way at 2022 Winter Olympics
After 14 days of competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the women of Team USA are leading the way. A couple of notes to highlight as these Beijing Winter Games come to a close:
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The 2022 Winter Olympics is set to kick off in Beijing, China with the opening ceremony taking place on 4 February. Beijing will make history when it becomes the first city to host a summer and winter games and it takes place just a few months after the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
Erin Jackson makes Olympic history with speed skating gold
Just over a month after a slip at Olympic Trials nearly cost her a trip to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, U.S. speed skater Erin Jackson is an Olympic gold medalist.
‘The difference is I’m black’: Richardson sees double-standard over Valieva reprieve
US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has questioned why Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been allowed to compete at the Olympics while she was banned for a similar offence.
Kristen Santos still motivated after ‘heartbreaking’ crash in Olympic 1000m
Kristen Santos found herself exactly where she wanted to be Friday in Beijing, contending for Olympic gold in the women’s short track speed skating 1000m final.
Snowboarder who beat Jacobellis in 2006: ‘I’m so happy for her’
When Lindsey Jacobellis crossed the finish line to win gold in women’s snowboard cross – the first U.S. gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics – the Connecticut native pumped her fists in the air.
Team USA bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has two negative tests for COVID-19, can compete at Beijing Winter Olympics
Elana Meyers Taylor, the only woman to win three Olympic bobsled medals for the U.S., on Saturday said she has had two negative tests after testing positive for COVID-19 and has been cleared to compete in the Winter Games in Beijing.
Mariah Bell relishes ‘old’ title ahead of Olympic figure skating debut
If age is just a number, then why spend so much time talking about it? That’s what Team USA’s Mariah Bell wants to know ahead of her Winter Olympics debut in Beijing.