Winter Olympics freestyle: The difference between moguls, slopestyle and big air
Katie Ormerod is scheduled to get her Winter Olympic campaign under way in the women’s snowboard slopestyle qualification round on Saturday.
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Beijing welcomes Winter Olympics against backdrop of politics and the pandemic
Fourteen years ago in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium, ninety thousand fans roared Usain Bolt down the home straight to shatter the men’s 100 metres world record and instantly establish one of the Olympic Games’ most indelible images.
Shelley Rudman unsure how many medals GB can win in China due to Covid situation
Shelley Rudman has high hopes for British success at the Beijing Winter Olympics but admits the coronavirus situation surrounding the Games makes medal predictions tricky.
Bruce Mouat grateful to sports psychologist after narrow victory in Beijing
Bruce Mouat credited a meeting with his team’s sports psychologist for helping narrowly avoid embarrassment in Great Britain’s curling mixed doubles preliminary round win over Australia on Friday.
Team Ireland ready to make their mark in Beijing
The 2022 Winter Olympics officially gets underway today and for Team Ireland's athletes, it’s the culmination of years of hard work.
Amazin LeThi hopes Beijing Winter Olympics inspire LGBTQ+ athletes
The Beijing Winter Olympics can inspire the next generation of athletes from the LGBTQ+ community, says Stonewall UK ambassador Amazin LeThi.
Britain ‘pushing the boundaries’ of technology to keep skeleton medal run going
British skeleton stars are banking on more top-secret innovations in Beijing to help them maintain a medal-winning streak that stretches back to the reintroduction of the sport into the Olympic programme in 2002.
After fraught Winter Olympics build-up, Beijing turns to opening ceremony
The Beijing Olympics, wrapped in a bubble against Covid-19, shadowed by a diplomatic boycott over human rights and devoid of most spectators, begin today with a return to the scene of China's triumphant 2008 Summer Games launch.