Today at the Winter Olympics: GB guarantee a medal as Kamila Valieva falls short
Great Britain will escape a medal-free Winter Olympics after the men’s curlers reached the final on day 13 of the Games in Beijing.
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Kamila Valieva falls apart and misses out on medal in Beijing
Nine days after being notified of a failed drugs test, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva finally fell apart in front of the watching world on Thursday night, finishing out of the medals following a dramatic Olympic women’s free skate.
Beijing 2022: Valieva falls out of medal contention
Kamila Valieva left the Olympic ice in tears after two falls and a series of further errors in her free skate saw her fall out of medal contention in Beijing.
Mikaela Shiffrin feels like a ‘joke’ after third failure to finish in Beijing
Mikaela Shiffrin admitted she felt like a “joke” after failing to finish her third event at the Beijing Olympic Games on Thursday when she skied out during the slalom portion of the women’s combined event.
Beijing 2022: More DNF disappointment for US star Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin insists that it was not the weight of expectations that led to her failing to finish her third race at the Winter Olympics. The American was a strong favourite to win gold in the combined event and was well placed after finishing fifth fastest in the morning's downhill leg. But returning to the Ice River course, where she had skied out in both the giant slalom and slalom, her favourite events, Shiffrin missed a gate and skied out yet again.
Great Britain’s women curlers survive tense finish to join men in semi-finals
Great Britain’s women’s curling team squeezed into the Olympic semi-finals by 10 centimetres as Eve Muirhead fashioned a great escape at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
Asterisk and arguments await as Kamila Valieva faces figure skating finale
The strains of Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ will echo around an Olympic figure skating arena again on Thursday night, but it will be met with little of the acclaim that greeted Torvill and Dean’s unprecedented string of sixes 38 years ago almost to the day.
Beijing 2022: Brendan 'Bubba' Newby 20th in halfpipe qualifying
Ireland's Brendan 'Bubba' Newby finished 20th of 23 competitors in qualifying for the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe in snowy conditions at at the Winter Olympics.