New Zealand skier Ben Harrington walks away after ‘insane’ crash on Olympic halfpipe
New Zealand skier Ben Harrington has walked off the course unassisted after an “insane” fall in which he hit his head and neck on the lip of the halfpipe.
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GB curlers can create positive Winter Olympics headlines – performance director
British curling boss Nigel Holl is hoping to see the Winter Olympics on the front pages for sporting reasons after Team GB’s men earned a shot at gold.
GB men to contest curling final 20 years after Rhona Martin’s ‘Stone of Destiny’
Twenty years after Rhona Martin sent down her famous ‘Stone of Destiny’, Great Britain’s men’s curling team sealed a shot at Olympic gold with a nerve-shredding 8-4 semi-final win over the United States in Beijing.
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.
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.