Shaun White named to fifth Olympic team as oldest ever US halfpipe rider
Shaun White was one of four defending gold medalists named to the US snowboarding team Friday, along with Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard.
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Beijing Olympics 2022 - Love, comebacks and fairytale stories - Ryding and Ormerod among Team GB athletes to watch
It is the stories that make an Olympic Games, often as much as the medals themselves. In Tokyo, many shared a tear with Tom Daley when the British diver finally won gold, two high jumpers shared the Olympic title with equal joy, and Simone Biles helped people realise mental health needs to be prioritised — and talked about.
First-ever Tibet-based athletes to compete in Winter Games
BEIJING : Two Tibet-based athletes will next month become the first from the western frontier region of China to participate in a Winter Olympics after qualifying for Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
How to watch the Winter Olympics in the UK: TV channel, livestream details for Beijing 2022
The Olympics are almost back. Exactly 180 days after the curtain was brought down on the Tokyo Games, the Beijing Winter Olympics will officially be opened on February 4. However, competition begins two days prior, with preliminary matches in curling and ice hockey ahead of the Opening Ceremony.
Bankes hopes to peak at perfect time at Winter Olympic Games
Charlotte Bankes believes she is peaking at the perfect time as she looks to take her blistering Word Cup form on to the Winter Olympic stage. The Hemel Hempstead snowboard cross sensation is the current World Cup leader and reigning world champion, ensuring she heads to Beijing with that rarest of tags for a Brit arriving at a Winter Games — favourite for gold.
The X Games gave some Canadian Olympic contenders a big lift
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Snowboarder Hirano ready to express himself at Beijing Games
Tokyo: Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano said on Tuesday (Jan 25) he wants to "express" himself and "have no regrets" at next month's Beijing Olympics as he prepares to resume his rivalry with American legend Shaun White.