Canada medal pace strong, but lagging in gold, at the halfway mark in Beijing
BEIJING — Canada was on pace for another sizable medal haul, albeit more bronze than gold, at the halfway mark of the Winter Olympics.
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Today at the Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva facing anxious wait in doping saga
Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva will discover on Monday whether she can compete in the individual competition in Beijing.
Sask. MLA, father of Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris, says distance not putting damper on family support
Don McMorris has been at every Olympic competition his son, Mark McMorris, has competed in before this year. This time Don is cheering hard from his home in Saskatchewan, but says it's not the same as it would be watching in Beijing.
Winter Olympics 2022: US Ski & Snowboard coach, athlete hit by claims of sexual misconduct and racism
US Ski & Snowboard has launched a double investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by long-serving coach Peter Foley and claims of racist language by Olympic snowboarder Hagan Kearney. Former snowboard cross rider Callan Chythlook-Sifsof made the allegations in a series of Instagram posts, some of which have been removed. Ad/> «This is the truth,» Chythlook-Sifsof wrote.
Australia on the cusp of best ever Olympic Winter Games medal haul
The three medals are already an improvement on PyeongChang 2018, where the team went home with two silvers and a bronze and are on target to add more to their tally before the end of the showpiece on Sunday, 20 February. Should they add more to their collection, the class of 2022 may eclipse their most successful Winter Olympics at Vancouver 2010, where they won two gold and one silver medal.
Canadian boarder apologizes to Olympic teammate
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Winter Olympics 2022: 'Putting lives on the line' – Ayumu Hirano fumes at judges after triple cork blunder
Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano has slammed the judging during the Beijing 2022 final, reminding the officials that athletes were “putting their lives on the line”. Hirano dropped a historic triple cork during his second run, which many observers thought good enough for an unassailable score, only for the judges to award him 91.75. Ad/> That left the Japanese ace in the silver medal position heading into the final run, which he nailed with a 96.00 to snatch a gold he felt he had already earned.