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Jonna Sundling has added Olympic gold to her world title with a dominant performance in the women's cross-country skiing free sprint final. Sundling won by a huge margin of 2.88 seconds after also being the fastest skier in previous heats as Sweden narrowly missed out on a clean sweep of the podium.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Newly crowned cross country skiathlon gold medallist Alexander Bolshunov has withdrawn from Tuesday's (Feb 8) sprint freestyle race, where he had been again expected to challenge for a medal, the head of the Russian Ski Association has announced.
Retired cross-country Olympic skier Noah Hoffman warns the IOC has been a ‘failure’ in protecting athletes.
Short-track speed skating great Arianna Fontana made Italian sporting history as she ended Suzanne Schulting's bid for an individual clean sweep of Winter Olympic titles in Beijing by retaining her 500m gold with a display which showcased all of her experience. Having already claimed silver in the mixed relay, she brought up her 10th career medal to go level with cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo as Italy's most decorated female Olympian, having won her first in Turin 16 years ago.
"Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing. Seven golds were up for grabs on the second full day of competition in the Chinese capital, as the sports took centre stage after a build-up overshadowed by Covid and rights concerns. Seven became six when the main event of the day, the men's downhill -- one of the most closely watched events at the Winter Olympics -- was postponed because of gusty winds and will now take place on Monday instead.
BEIJING : Olympic athletes are almost super-human when it comes to training, competing and... eating.
By Karolos Grohmann
Germany's Denise Herrmann claimed the Winter Olympic 15km biathlon title with an impressive all-round performance in Beijing, less than six years after she switched from cross-country skiing. The 33-year-old crossed the line in 44:12.7, with Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France taking silver ahead of Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway in bronze.