Higuchi Wakaba joins historic list by landing triple Axel on Olympic ice
Japanese figure skater Higuchi Wakaba joined an elite group at the Olympics on Tuesday (15 February).
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Canada wins gold in women’s team pursuit speed skating at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING — Canada's Olympians have made many trips to the podium at the Beijing Winter Games, but heading into Tuesday, only one of those included a stop on the top step.
Team GB through to men's curling semi-finals after bringing Sweden's unbeaten run to an end
Team GB will have the chance to compete for an Olympic medal after qualifying for the semi-finals of the men's curling in Beijing. It was a battle of the top two in the round robin as Bruce Mouat’s rink went up against the already qualified Sweden team, led by skip Niklas Edin.
Beijing 2022: Valieva's 'B' sample yet to be examined
The B-sample of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's drug test before the Beijing Olympics is yet to be analysed despite an initial positive result, the International Olympic Committee said.
Valieva argued positive test was mix-up with grandfather's heart drug: IOC
BEIJING: Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has argued that her positive drug test was caused by a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication, an Olympic official said on Tuesday (Feb 15).
Katie Ormerod "so proud" to make Beijing despite missing Big Air final
Katie Ormerod walked away with her head held high despite failing to qualify for the snowboard Big Air final at Beijing 2022.
'I want to do what she did for me' - Brogan Crowley hopes to use Jessica Ennis-Hill inspriation to help others
Team GB star Brogan Crowley has said that she hopes to encourage people from more diverse backgrounds to compete in winter sports. Crowley, who took part in the skeleton at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, is the first black woman to represent Great Britain in the discipline and says her sporting journey was motivated by another famous British athlete of mixed heritage.
Freeski pioneer David Wise: Three-peat beckons for American original with ‘nothing to prove’
“I remember sitting there and thinking to myself ‘wow, I might die’,” David Wise said of the moment in April 2019, at a film and photo event in Austria, when he “sent it too hard, did something dumb” and crashed into a three-foot shelf of ice.