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Winter Olympics 2022 - Choi Min-jeong beats Arianna Fontana, Suzanne Schulting to retain 1500m title

Choi Min-jeong denied Arianna Fontana and Suzanne Schulting another Beijing Winter Olympic gold as she retained her 1500m title to close the short track speed skating programme. There was barely anything to separate the three favourites for the race, but the South Korean surged clear to win in 2:17.81 having earlier set a new Olympic record, with Fontana claiming silver over Schulting after a photo finish.

Kamila Valieva doping storm: People who dope children are 'evil... killers of clean sport', says WADA chief

As the Kamila Valieva doping storm rumbles on at the Winter Olympics, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency has said those who dope children are “evil", «killers of clean sport” and belong in prison. The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared the 15-year-old to continue competing at Beijing 2022 on Monday, despite her positive test for a banned heart drug. Ad/> Valieva returned to the ice on Tuesday and topped the short programme in the women’s singles, making her favourite for gold in Thursday’s free skate.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Qi Guangpu wins gold in tense, error-strewn men's aerials final

China’s dominance of the individual aerials in Beijing has been confirmed, with Qi Guangpu winning the men’s event, after his compatriot Xu Mengtao took the women’s title. Twelve athletes started the final at the Genting Snow Park, with Guangpu Qi and his team-mate, Zongyang Jia, arriving as the early favourites having made it through as the best two qualifiers.

Kamila Valieva leads standings as 15-year-old competes amid cloud of controversy

Emerging from a cloud of controversy and recrimination, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva delivered her lowest score of the season but it was still more than enough to lead the women’s figure skating competition after the short programme at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Can Team GB get on the medal table? Curling leads hopes for the podium

There may well come a moment at the Winter Olympics where the Team GB medal hopes fade, but we are not there yet. Despite finishing with five medals at the last two Games, there has been disappointment so far at Beijing 2022. World champion Charlotte Bankes was a huge hope in the snowboard slopestyle, but was unable to make it past the quarter-finals, while Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds — the mixed curling world champions — lost in the bronze medal match.

Winter Olympics 2022 - The crash-filled Curve 13 is proving unlucky for Olympic luge and bobsled events

If you're the superstitious type, you've likely taken notice of Curve 13 of the Flying Dragon Course in Beijing. It's the one that caused all sorts of difficulty for the luge events and today it ended the Olympic medal hopes of Great Britain's two-man bobsled.

'Told me I would be DQ'd' – Julia Marino upset as IOC make her scribble out snowboard logo at Winter Olympics

Team USA snowboarder Julia Marino has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after they demanded she covered up the logo on her board at Beijing 2022. Marino withdrew from the big air competition at the eleventh hour after taking a marker pen to her Prada-branded board and feeling “unstable and unsteady”. Ad/> Bizarrely, the 24-year-old had won slopestyle silver on the same board earlier in the Games.

Greg Rutherford says funding is a ‘major issue’ as scrutiny of Team GB’s dearth of Winter Olympics medals ramps up

London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford believes Team GB have the potential to be a successful nation at the Winter Olympics, but not if the level of funding stays the same. Great Britain are yet to get on the medal table at Beijing 2022, after several chances came and went.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - Choi Min-jeong beats Arianna Fontana, Suzanne Schulting to retain 1500m title

Kamila Valieva doping storm: People who dope children are 'evil... killers of clean sport', says WADA chief

Winter Olympics 2022 - Qi Guangpu wins gold in tense, error-strewn men's aerials final

Kamila Valieva leads standings as 15-year-old competes amid cloud of controversy

Winter Olympics 2022 - Can Team GB get on the medal table? Curling leads hopes for the podium

Winter Olympics 2022 - The crash-filled Curve 13 is proving unlucky for Olympic luge and bobsled events

'Told me I would be DQ'd' – Julia Marino upset as IOC make her scribble out snowboard logo at Winter Olympics

Greg Rutherford says funding is a ‘major issue’ as scrutiny of Team GB’s dearth of Winter Olympics medals ramps up