Ryding looks to complete journey from Pendle to podium
YANQING, China: There is a curious expression in the German-speaking world for skiers who come from outside the sport's snow-covered heartlands - they call them "the exotics".
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Alpine skiing-Ryding looks to complete journey from Pendle to podium
YANQING, China : There is a curious expression in the German-speaking world for skiers who come from outside the sport's snow-covered heartlands - they call them "the exotics".
Winter Olympics 2022 schedule: When is Beijing 2022? When are the key events? Dates, big names and more
The Winter Olympics are underway! Germany top the medal table after the first five days of action. Day 5 brought more excitement as Petra Vlhova went on to win her first Olympic gold medal on the slopes, while Lindsey Jacobellis exorcised demons of missing out on gold at Turin 2006 to take a sensational victory in the snowboard cross at Charlotte Bankes' expense. Ad/> On Day 6, Yuzuru Hanyu needs a borderline miracle to three-peat at the Olympics with Nathan Chen in pole position in the free skating event — that event begins at 01:30 GMT.
Winter Olympics gold medallist Kamila Valieva still training despite doping allegations
Russian figure-skating prodigy Kamila Valieva was spotted in training as usual at the Beijing Winter Olympics, despite reports she had allegedly failed a drug test.
Canada's Grondin claims silver in snowboard cross
BEIJING — Eliot Grondin had not been challenged all day.
Winter Olympics 2022: ‘A juju thing’ - How shaving moustache helped skier James Crawford win bronze
‘Marginal gains’ are often mentioned at the Winter Olympics and Canadian Alpine skier James Crawford took that to new levels in Beijing — crediting his bronze combined medal to shaving off his moustache. The 24-year-old competed with the facial hair in the downhill, where he came fourth, and the super-G, finishing fourth, before he got the razor out for the combined event. Ad/> Crawford finished third behind eventual winner Johannes Strolz and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and he says his newly streamlined approach may have helped him overcome the hurdle that had hindered him in his opening event.
Winter Olympics day six: freestyle skiing, speed skating and more – live!
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Olympic wake-up call: Grondin slides into silver, Crawford makes Canadian alpine history
Éliot Grondin won Canada's 10th medal of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Thursday, capturing silver in the men's snowboard cross.