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Olympic favourite Jarl Magnus Riiber narrowly avoided a ski jump crash on the eve of the Games as windy conditions allowed Vinzenz Geiger to claim a second World Cup victory of the season. The Norwegian won the first of three back-to-back World Cup events in Seefeld but the second saw him struck by an untimely gust of wind just as he was taking off on the large hill.
Charlotte Bankes was at the «point of giving up» when Great Britain offered a lifeline — and now she wants to say thanks in the form of an Olympic medal.
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From 15-year-old figure skaters to 35-year-old snowboarding superstars, there will be no shortage of big names competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
It is easy to get over excited when an athlete bursts onto the scene, particularly when they look like they are once-in-a-generation talents. But we often forget the mental toll that can have on people who have no experience of fame or an abnormal life — and Chloe Kim has been open about how global recognition has affected her. The American snowboarder is a huge star and she will go to Beijing 2022 as the overwhelming favourite to win halfpipe gold, retaining the title which catapulted her worldwide fame when she topped the podium at Pyeongchang 2018.
Updated 0035 GMT (0835 HKT) January 27, 2022Eileen Gu, an 18-year-old freestyle skier, is the defending world champion in the halfpipe and slopestyle events, and she will also compete in the big air event while at the Olympics. Gu was born in the United States and her father is American, but in 2019 she decided that she would compete for China, where her mother was born. She called it «a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help to promote the sport I love.»Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
