Olympics - Chinese women skiers, snowboarders 'hold up half the sky' at Beijing Games
By Winni Zhou and Mari Saito
Freestyle Sport News
Olympics - Cross-country skiing - Red-hot Bolshunov braves cold to take gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Alexander Bolshunov brushed off fears of frostbite to take gold for the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's 50km freestyle race on Saturday, saying the harder the conditions, the easier it was for him and his team.
Nico Porteous grabs gold for NZ
Freestyle skier Nico Porteous survived treacherous winds, bone-chilling temperatures and a nasty fall to win New Zealand's second gold medal in Winter Olympic history on Saturday in Beijing.
British Olympian Kenworthy bows out with blast at IOC
ZHANGJIAKOU: British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy does not feel the IOC's "heart is in the right place", he said Saturday (Feb 19), as he bowed out of the Olympics for good by accusing the governing body of "greed".
Cross-country skiing-Stomach bug skewers Klaebo's last chance at gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : A stomach complaint prompted Norwegian skier Johannes Klaebo to cut short his final attempt at winning gold in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start on Saturday at the Beijing Games, ending an otherwise successful Olympics on a sour note.
Ailing (Eileen) Gu is writing a book: From Olympic shredder to best-seller? "It's about having fun, breaking boundaries, creating miracles"
Ailing (Eileen) Gu rewrote the Olympic freestyle ski record books by making three podiums at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games - the first to ever to it.
New Zealand claims second Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal as Nico Porteous wins ski half-pipe
New Zealand has claimed its second gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics, with freestyle skier Nico Porteous surviving gusty conditions to claim victory in the men's half-pipe competition.
