Winter Olympics 2022 Day 11: Full schedule, events, UK start times and dates as Beijing Games continue
The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Beijing and there’s plenty to look forward to as the Games move into the second full week.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - 'They have got a massive bucket of money' - Team GB pair explain German bobsleigh dominance
Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson highlighted the difference in funding between Team GB's Beijing 2022 bobsledders and the dominant German programme after a disappointing first day of two-man bobsleigh competition. The British duo, regarded as outside contenders for a medal, lie a lacklustre 11th after the first two runs, with the second half of the four-run event to be held tomorrow at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. Ad/> German sleds occupy positions one, two and four, a display of frightening superiority over the rest of the field led by the outstanding Francesco Freidrich and Thorsten Margis.
Bobsleigh-Rivals face an uphill struggle against Germany's talent, funds and tech
YANQING, China : Germany not only lead the pack halfway through the two-man bobsleigh in the Olympics on Monday - they also held second and fourth places, underlining the dominance of the country that is home to a quarter of world's the bobsleigh tracks.
'Greatest in the history of the sport' - Greg Rutherford hails GOAT Kaillie Humphries after historic monobob gold
Greg Rutherford has paid tribute to Kaillie Humphries, describing the Canadian-American bobsledder as ‘the greatest bobsledder in the history of the sport’. Humphries racing for Team USA, became the first Olympic athlete to win gold in the bobsleigh monobob event following its introduction at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. Ad/> It was the 30-year-old’s third Olympic gold having previously won golds in the two-woman event in 2010 and 2014 while representing Canada.
Winter Olympics: Party on ice with Lion King, French magic ahead of Kamila Valieva’s return – Best of Beijing
BEST MOMENTS OF DAY 10 Hakuna Matata Ad/> If medals were awarded for soundtracks, Team GB’s drought would finally be over. But the IOC continue to insist that only the best ice dancers can win medals, lame, so instead Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson had to settle for a commendable top-10 finish despite tearing it up to the Lion King. And when we say top 10, you can assume we mean 10th dead on.
Brad Hall’s medal hopes in two-man bobsleigh all but over in Beijing
Brad Hall’s hopes of pushing for a medal in the two-man bobsleigh are effectively over after a poor start to the first night of competition at Yanqing Sliding Centre.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB medal hopes fade in two-man bobsleigh as Germans dominate again
Great Britain's chances of winning a Winter Olympic medal in the two-man bobsleigh faded quickly after mistakes from pilot Brad Hall left them outside the top 10 at the halfway point of the competition. Germany were back on top in the sliding competitions, having won all but one event at the sliding centre across bobsleigh, skeleton and luge in Beijing.