Eileen Gu's China choice pays off... for now
BEIJING: When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com.
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Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir qualifies for second final at Winter Olympics
Seventeen-year-old Kirsty Muir cruised through to her second Winter Olympic final after finishing sixth in ski slopestyle qualifying at Genting Snow Park.
Lucile Lefevre rocks tiger onesie to honour Chinese new year in snowboard slopestyle qualifying at Winter Olympics
Lucile Lefevre bowed out of the snowboard slopestyle competition in style after donning a tiger onesie for her qualifying runs. The French star took an injury in her stride at the Winter Olympics, and did not let that disappointment prevent her from entertaining the crowd at Beijing 2022. Ad/> Wearing a tiger outfit, tail and all, Lefevre put in a, ahem, grrrreat display with a wise costume choice given it is now the year of the tiger in the Chinese calendar.
Figure skating-No more Games for Americans Hubbell and Donohue
BEIJING : American ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue bent down and kissed the Olympic rings on the ice at the Capital Indoor Stadium after winning a bronze https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/figure-skating-france-win-ice-dance-gold-medal-2022-02-14 medal on Monday.
Snowboarding-Parrot tops Big Air qualifying, Toutant out
BEIJING : Canadian Max Parrot stayed on course for his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics after topping the Big Air qualifying standings on Monday as his compatriot and defending champion Sebastien Toutant failed to advance after a nasty crash.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Katie Ormerod misses out on big air final after two falls in qualification
Great Britain’s Katie Ormerod finished 25th in the snowboarding big air qualification as she failed to reach Tuesday's final. The 24-year-old started disappointingly, scoring 14.75 after falling despite showing great amplitude and grab. Her second effort was much improved — delivering a trick worth 60.25 points — but another fall on the last run stood in her way of qualification.
'Closed loop' Olympians celebrate unusual Valentine's Day at Beijing Games
YANQING, China : Valentine's Day is normally about personally delivered romantic gestures and passionate kisses but Olympians at the "closed-loop" Beijing Games have had to be creative to express their feelings of love in a restricted environment.