Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Halvorsen recovers from brain injury to achieve Olympic dream
By Philip O'Connor
Cross-country Sport News
Cross-country skiing: Halvorsen recovers from brain injury to achieve Olympic dream
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Just over two years after she was struck by a car Hannah Halvorsen has battled her way back from a broken leg and a traumatic brain injury to make the United States cross-country ski team at the Beijing Games.
Climate change is a threat to winter sports, skier Schumacher says
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Rising temperatures around the world pose a threat to winter sports, American cross-country skier Gus Schumacher said, and the Beijing Games has come under the spotlight for staging competitions solely on man-made snow.
Cross-country skiing-New hope for Norway's Krueger after negative COVID test
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Norway's double Olympic cross-county ski champion Simen Krueger has tested negative for COVID-19, giving him a chance to make it to the Beijing Games in time to take part in the later races in the programme.
Scottish skiing ace Andrew Young embroiled in close Covid scare at Winter Olympic Games
Scottish cross-country skier Andrew Young contracted Covid perilously close to the Olympics despite doing more than most to avoid it.
Cross-country skiing-Tough skiathlon course takes toll on Klaebo
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : After winning gold in cross-country skiing and biathlon on Saturday, Norway had pinned its Sunday title hopes on Johannes Klaebo but the three-times Olympic champion was a shadow of his usual self on a tough course at the Beijing Games.
Cross-country skiing-Russian Bolshunov hits back at doping rumours
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Alexander Bolshunov torched the field to win his first Olympic gold medal in Sunday's skiathlon before hitting back at insinuations that Russian athletes at the Beijing Olympics could not be trusted when it comes to doping.