Olympics-Alpine skiing-Kilde gets bronze compensation after Blue Monday
By Simon Evans
Bronze Sport News
Alpine skiing-Kilde gets bronze compensation after Blue Monday
YANQING, China : Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde arrived at the Beijing Olympics as the world's dominant speed skier with talk of a potential double gold in store for the 29-year-old.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Matthias Mayer defends his super-G title to seal third gold, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde takes bronze
Austria's Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title, taking the gold medal with a time of 1:19.94 at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. America's Ryan Cochran-Siegle snatched silver, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Mayer (1:19.98), to win his first Olympic medal in only his second Games. Ad/> Hot pre-race favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who came 13th in the super-G in Sochi and Pyeongchang, won his first ever Olympic medal as he finished in a time of 1:20.36 to take bronze.
Historic ski jump bronze medal has families back in Canada jumping with joy
Rod Strate cried tears of joy in the early hours of Monday morning as he watched his daughter make history at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Today at the Winter Olympics: Bronze at best for GB curlers after last-four loss
Great Britain’s hopes of Winter Olympics gold in the mixed curling were ended as a 6-5 semi-final defeat to Norway sent Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat into the bronze medal match.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB miss out on mixed doubles curling final with defeat to Norway, will go for bronze
Team GB's Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds threw away a 4-2 lead to miss out on a shot for mixed doubles curling gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, losing 6-5 to Norway in the semi-finals. The pair, who beat the same opponents to win the world title last year, looked to be in control until a poor sixth end saw the context of the match swing the other way. Britain still have an opportunity to go for bronze, when they will take on Sweden on Tuesday morning (0605 GMT).
Winter Olympics: Team GB curlers to play for bronze after semi-final loss to Norway
Great Britain's mixed doubles curling pair missed the chance to guarantee at least a silver medal as they lost 6-5 to Norway in a tense semi-final at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat set for bronze medal play-off after losing semi
Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat must settle for a bronze medal play-off after losing their Olympic mixed curling semi-final to Norway at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.