Olympics-Bobsleigh-U.S. lead halfway in debut 'Porsche on ice' monobob
By David Kirton
Athletics Sport News
Heavy snow, wind, causes cancellation of events at Beijing Winter Olympic Games
One thing not seen much at these Winter Olympic Games has been snow – at least, the type that falls from the sky.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Cool, calm and collected’ Kaillie Humphries takes control of monobob after opening heats
2021 world champion Kaillie Humphries set the pace in the first two heats of the monobob at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. The US athlete — a two-time two-woman Olympic champion — set a combined time of 2:09:10 to lead after the first two heats of the newly-inaugurated discipline. Ad/> Canada’s Christine de Bruin is in second, just over a second back with a combined time of 2:10.14, and Germany’s 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games monobob gold medallist Laura Nolte is in bronze medal position with a time of 2:10.32.
Nordic combined-Norway hopeful Riiber can compete after negative COVID test
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Bobsleigh-US lead halfway in debut "Porsche on ice" monobob
YANQING, China : Kaillie Humphries of the United States led at the halfway mark of the Olympic's first ever monobob event in Yanqing, with the two-time gold medallist opening up a yawning 1.04 second gap between her and Canada's Christine de Bruin in second.
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Keep Games free from politics, even if it's a peace message-IOC
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Snow blankets Games, delays Gu's return to competition
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Heavy snowfall blanketed northern China on Sunday, bringing a wintry atmosphere to the Beijing Olympics and disrupting several events, including home team favourite Eileen Gu's qualifying run in the freeski slopestyle.