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ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The International Ski Federation (FIS) came under fire from competitors after a slew of disqualifications marred Monday's first-ever Olympic mixed team event, with one athlete saying that the governing body had killed the women's sport.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Which is the only Winter Olympics discipline where women do not compete at the Games? It might be a good quiz question, but for female Nordic combined athletes their absence is anything but a fun fact and remains a source of burning resentment.
BEIJING : Canadian freestyle skier Elena Gaskell will not compete at the Beijing Games in the qualifying round of the first-ever Olympics freeski Big Air event on Monday, she announced on her Instagram.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Sweden's cross-country ski team said on Sunday they will ask the International Ski Federation (FIS) to start races earlier in the day at the Beijing Olympics to protect athletes from the freezing temperatures.
Walter Wallberg of Sweden produced the run of his life to take the gold medal in the men's moguls and stun reigning champion Mikael Kingsbury. Wallberg, who has never won on the World Cup tour, put everything into the last run of the day and stole the gold from Canadian favourite Kingsbury. Ad/> Kingsbury, who has 71 World Cup wins, had to settle for silver.
Alpine skier Kjetil Jansrud hit out at the FIS race director after Friday's downhill training in Beijing was cancelled due to strong winds, saying he felt «robbed» by the decision. Mathias Mayer, Christof Innerhofer and gold medal favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde all completed their final training run of the men's alpine downhill on Saturday before it was called off by Markus Waldner due to the conditions. Ad/> The trio complained at the finish line about the weather conditions before the jury cancelled the session «in the interest of safety».
YANQING, China :Switzerland's Marco Odermatt hit out at Olympic ski organisers after Saturday's downhill training was cancelled with just three runners having completed the course.