Jessie Diggins wins Olympic silver in gritty 30km, final medal for Team USA
Much like the glitter she wears on her cheeks, Team USA‘s Jessie Diggins’ first and second career Olympic medals came with sparkling fashion marked by furious sprints.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘One of the best skips of all time’ - Bruce Mouat hails ‘unreal’ Eve Muirhead after winning gold
Eve Muirhead can be considered as one of curling’s greatest ever skips after guiding Team GB to women’s curling gold at the Winter Olympics, according to her counterpart Bruce Mouat. At her fourth Olympics, the 31-year-old made up for previous heartbreak at the Games by securing her rink a dominant win over Japan in the Beijing final. Ad/> Mouat was watching on in the Ice Cube after an emotional few days, having won silver in the men’s competition and been told he had been selected as Great Britain’s flagbearer for the closing ceremony.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu feature in spectacular figure skating exhibition gala in Beijing
Figure skating signed off from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games with a spectacular, star-studded exhibition gala. Before the official closing ceremony takes place on Sunday afternoon, a variety of medallists and competitors were on show to celebrate a wonderful couple of weeks of figure skating at the Capitol Indoor Stadium. Ad/> The first of the champions to take the ice was the Russian Olympic Committee’s Anna Shcherbakova, who won gold in women’s single skating.
Bruce Mouat chosen to be Great Britain’s closing ceremony flagbearer
Men’s curling silver medallist Bruce Mouat has been chosen to be Great Britain’s flagbearer in the Beijing Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
Winter Olympians criticise China over human rights record as Beijing Games come to an end
With the Beijing Winter Olympics coming to a close, athletes who had previously held their tongues on China’s human rights record are now speaking out.
Winter Olympics 2022: ‘The proudest moment of my life’ - Bruce Mouat selected as Team GB flagbearer for closing ceremony
Bruce Mouat says having the honour of being Team GB’s flagbearer for the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics will be the “proudest moment” of his life, capping a whirlwind few days for the silver medal winning men’s curling skip. Mouat was in the Ice Cube to watch Eve Muirhead guide the women’s rink to gold by thrashing Japan in the final, less than 24 hours after an agonising defeat by Sweden in a match which went to an extra end. Ad/> Not long after, Mouat was told by Great Britain's Chef de Mission Georgie Harland that he had been chosen to carry the Union flag into the closing ceremony and he says it capped a rollercoaster day.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Finland win final gold medal in Beijing with first ever men's ice hockey triumph
Finland took the final medal of Beijing 2022, winning the nation's first ever Winter Olympic ice hockey gold with a narrow felling of defending champions the ROC. The Finns became world champions for a third time in 2019 but had never won Olympic gold, twice reaching the deciding game in 1988 and 2006 but falling short. Ad/> But a powerhouse side, capitalising on the absence of the NHL stars, controlled the final, with Hannes Bjorninen atoning for an early, costly stint in the penalty box with the winner just 30 seconds into the last period.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Therese Johaug overcomes wild weather to emerge with gold in brutal women's 30km mass start
Norway’s Therese Johaug won gold in the 30 kilometre mass start to secure a hat-trick of titles at Beijing 2022 and close her Olympic career with victory. Johaug had won the 10km classical and 15km skiathlon events earlier in the Games, and survived a ferocious wind to prevail after nearly an hour and a half of tough racing.