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Team GB's hopes of winning gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics look to be fading, after Charlotte Bankes failed to progress past the snowboard cross quarter-finals. The world champion looked to be cruising through to the semis, but quickly went from first to third to miss out on going for a medal.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's (Feb 9) snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his Olympic dreams alive by advancing after a wobbly first run.
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Mikaela Shiffrin has hinted she is considering her participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, after crashing out in the first round of the giant slalom before doing likewise in her opening slalom run on Wednesday. The four-time world champion — and three-time overall World Cup winner — has hinted at an early Olympics exit, casting doubt on her remaining events which include the super-G, the downhill and the alpine combined. Ad/> Speaking after her DNF finish, she said: «If I am going to ski out on the fifth gate, what's the point? /> Beijing 2022‘I have definitely been better’ – Shiffrin questions mentality after slalom blunderAN HOUR AGO »I will try to re-set again.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his Olympic dreams alive by advancing after a wobbly first run.
By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou
Charlotte Bankes successfully qualified as the second seed for the snowboard cross finals. The Brit, who is the current world champion in snowboard cross, finished second in a time of 1:22.72 behind Italy's Michela Moioli (1:22.19).