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ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Ryota Yamamoto of Japan landed a monster leap of 108 metres to soar into the lead in Wednesday's Nordic Combined normal hill/10 km competition at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday as some of the favourites came up short in the ski jumping.
Favourite Charlotte Bankes was eliminated at the quarter-final stage as American veteran Lindsey Jacobellis claimed an extraordinary first Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboard-cross at the age of 36.
“I don’t know how to handle it” admitted Mikaela Shiffrin, after crashing out of her second successive event on Alpine skiing’s biggest stage — but fellow athletes like gymnast star Simone Biles are rallying around her. The American failed to finish the first slalom run at the Winter Olympics, days after suffering the same fate in the giant slalom, and there are now questions about whether she will continue to compete in Beijing.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for the United States at the Beijing Olympics when she took snowboard cross gold on Wednesday and finally found redemption after her career-defining fail at the Turin Games 16 years ago.
BEIJING: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has answered the question of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after meeting her during the Beijing Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday (Feb 9).
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Sara Takanashi has apologised for the suit violation that ruined Japan's hopes of a medal in Monday's (Feb 7) Olympic mixed team ski jumping event - in stark contrast to some of the other angry reactions to disqualifications on a controversial night.
YANQING DISTRICT, Beijing: Mikaela Shiffrin was expected to cement her position at the top of her sport at the Beijing Games, but after not being able to finish any of her races so far, her story echoes that of fellow elite athletes Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Games.
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has answered the question of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after meeting her during the Beijing Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.