Winter Olympics: Who is Kamila Valieva's coach Eteri Tutberidze?
What kind of training method is it when a coach confronts rather than comforts a sobbing 15-year-old at the Olympic Games?
Winter Olympics Sport News
Winter Olympics 2022 - Nico Porteous takes gold in the halfpipe final, Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy finishes eighth
The fierce wind in Beijing caused havoc in the men’s halfpipe final, as 20-year-old Nico Porteous won gold, and American duo David Wise and Alex Ferreira secured silver and bronze respectively. In his final event of his professional skiing career, Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy got off to a disappointing start.
Thomas Bach hits out at ‘chilling’ attitude of Kamila Valieva’s coaches
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has launched a scathing attack on the team behind Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old figure skater at the centre of a drugs probe who wilted under the global glare of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday night.
Dutch world champion Kai Verbij puts sportsmanship ahead of Olympic speed skating medal
Kai Verbij’s act of sportsmanship has meant the reigning 1000m speed skating world champion finished last in the event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022 - High winds delay start of mixed team parallel finals with gates cut to improve conditions
Winter sports are often subjected to difficult conditions, and the mixed team parallel finals is battling the elements at Beijing 2022. The event, the last chance for Mikaela Shiffrin to rescue her Olympics, was scheduled to get underway at 02:00 GMT. Ad/> However, high winds prompted officials to delay the start by at least one hour.
Sports and diplomacy unite Africa
Generally, the conception is that Sport and Politics do not mix. No country in the world wants to disrupt the sanctity of sport. So, as much as humanly possible humans avoid the incursion of politics into man’s greatest social activity.
Winter Olympics: Gus Kenworthy finishes eighth as Nico Porteous wins freeski halfpipe
Team GB's Gus Kenworthy had to settle for eighth in his last Olympic final as his freestyle skiing career came to an end in Beijing.
Women of Team USA lead the way at 2022 Winter Olympics
After 14 days of competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the women of Team USA are leading the way. A couple of notes to highlight as these Beijing Winter Games come to a close: