Olympics Live: US wins gold, silver in Olympic monobob debut
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Why are skiers wearing tape on their faces at Winter Olympics? What does it do?
As American curler Matt Hamilton rocks technicolour Nikes on the ice that have built an online fanbase of their own, and Team USA snowboarder Tessa Maud reps Kim Kardashian West’s Skims loungewear for millions of viewers on TikTok, fashion is once again a talking point of the Winter Olympics. And while viewers are commenting on Team GB’s opening ceremony coats or Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiwear, many have noticed that several biathletes and skiers are taking to the slopes with coloured tape on their cheeks and noses, war-paint style.
Another German sliding gold, as Hannah Neise wins Olympic skeleton
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Hannah Neise continues Germany's sliding dominance with skeleton gold
Hannah Neise has won her first ever gold medal in the women's skeleton at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Her overall time of 4:07.62 was enough to see her seal top spot which means Germany has won six gold medals out of a possible six in sliding events. Four in luge and two in skeleton.
Nathan Chen: Olympic champion on Michelle Kwan and why 'having an athlete that looks like you gives you hope’
Newly-crowned Olympic champion Nathan Chen has opened up about the “power of representation” following his victory in the figure skating. The American grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the 22-year-old’s parents both Chinese immigrants.
Winter Olympics 2022 - What are the differences between bobsleigh, luge and skeleton and why is the monobob women-only?
Part of the Winter Olympics’ appeal is the huge variety of sports and events on show. At one end of the spectrum is the strategic, slow-burning, tactical battle of curling. Ad/> At the opposite end are the ice sliding sports which see daredevil riders hurling themselves down a winding ice track on tray-like sleds at 90mph.
A SIDEWAYS GLANCE: Is esports any more bonkers than luge or dressage?
Right, tin hat time. So now we know that esports could become a fully fledged event by the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Yan earns China's first sliding medal as Grotheer wins skeleton gold
YANQING, China: Yan Wengang won China's first-ever medal in a Winter Games sliding event on Friday (Feb 11) as Germany continued their domination of the Olympic high-speed disciplines with Christopher Grotheer winning the men's skeleton gold.