Today at the Winter Olympics: Teenage star Kamila Valieva shines with rare feat
With the men’s downhill postponed due to high winds the Winter Olympics had to look elsewhere for headlines on Sunday.
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New Zealand win historic Winter Olympics gold but pandas run out
Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history on Sunday after winning New Zealand's first ever Winter Olympic gold but the men's downhill skiers were forced to wait 24 hours for their chance. Seven golds were up for grabs on the second full day of competition in the Chinese capital. Seven became six when the main event of the day, the men's downhill one of the most closely watched events at the Winter Olympics was postponed until Monday because of gusty winds.
Jakara Anthony wins Australia's first gold at Beijing Winter Olympics with women's moguls victory
Jakara Anthony has created history by winning Australia's first gold medal in the women's moguls at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Snowboarder Takeru Otsuka checks phone seconds before crucial Olympic slopestyle run at Beijing 2022
Japanese snowboarder Takeru Otsuka attracted attention by checking his phone just before his crucial slopestyle run at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. The 20-year-old produced a score of 74.93 in the qualifying event on Sunday which placed him down in sixth place and secured his progress through to the final.
Olympic wake-up call: McMorris, Toutant and Parrot soar into slopestyle final
Mark McMorris says he'll pull out all his toughest tricks in his bid for a second Olympic slopestyle medal.
Beijing Winter Olympics: New Zealand Win Historic Olympic Gold But Wind Postpones Downhill
"Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing. Seven golds were up for grabs on the second full day of competition in the Chinese capital, as the sports took centre stage after a build-up overshadowed by Covid and rights concerns. Seven became six when the main event of the day, the men's downhill -- one of the most closely watched events at the Winter Olympics -- was postponed because of gusty winds and will now take place on Monday instead.
Winter Olympics 2022 – Why are athletes given pandas not medals on the podium? Is it because of Covid?
Chances are you’ve been wondering why athletes are given cuddly pandas on the podium instead of medals at Beijing 2022. At the Tokyo Summer Olympics we became accustomed to the medals being dished out inside the stadium – albeit with athletes having to put medals around their own necks due to Covid risks – but that isn’t happening in Beijing. Ad/> Instead, medallists have received a fluffy mascot on the podium, as modelled by New Zealand’s snowboard sensation Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in the above video.
What to watch for at the Beijing Games on Sunday
The postponement of the men's downhill skiing, a marquee event at the Winter Games, due to windy conditions left plenty of gold medals up for grabs.