Freestyle skiing: Freeski slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: The women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Games were postponed on Sunday (Feb 13) due to snow, organisers said.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Eileen Gu and Kirsty Muir made to wait as slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snowfall
Eileen Gu, Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes will have to wait for the chance to impress in the women’s freeski slopestyle after Sunday’s qualifiers were postponed due to bad weather. The first qualifying run had been set to start at 02:00 GMT but was initially delayed due to heavy snow – the first to fall in Beijing at the 2022 Winter Games.
Freestyle skiing-Snowfall delays start of freeski slopestyle qualifiers
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The start of the women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers on Sunday has been delayed due to a steady snowfall on the course, organisers said.
Olympians Zambia to fine-tune Bayana Banyana for final Awcon qualifiers
Cape Town - The South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan urged Banyana Banyana to "hit them (Algeria) very hard" in a pep talk ahead of Saturday's international friendly against Zambia's Copper Queens, at the Nkoloma Stadium, in Lusaka.
International friendlies will help in preparation for Asian Cup qualifiers, say Sandesh Jhingan and Gurpreet Singh
Indian football team's senior players Sandesh Jhingan and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu feel the upcoming international friendlies against Bahrain and Belarus will be a "perfect opportunity to test our skills" ahead of the Asian Cup qualifiers. India is scheduled to play two international friendlies against Bahrain and Belarus on March 23 and March 26 respectively. Both the matches will be played in Manama, Bahrain.
Winter Olympics 2022 - James Woods crashes out of big air qualifiers after failing to land opening runs
James Woods missed out on the big air final in Beijing, whilst Austria’s Birk Ruud topped the qualification leaderboard. The 21-year-old Ruud secured his place in the big air final with outstanding scores of 94.50 and 93.25 in his first and third runs respectively.
Arjun advances to second round of qualifiers at Bengaluru Open
Arjun Kadhe upset sixth seed Johan Nikles of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4 to take one step closer to gaining an entry into the main round of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger here on Sunday. In a clash of two Indians, eighth seed Mukund Sasikumar overcame Adil Kalyanpur 6-2, 6-3 and became only the second Indian out of nine in the fray to advance to the second round of the qualifiers. Pune-based Arjun was serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set after having taken the first at 6-4.
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-Champion Kingsbury leads moguls qualifiers
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Defending champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada easily beat his rivals to lead the Olympic men's freestyle moguls qualifying on Thursday, ahead of Sweden's Walter Wallberg and France's Benjamin Cavet.