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Winter Olympics 2022 - Sandra Naeslund claims ski-cross gold as controversial video review relegates Fanny Smith
Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund claimed gold in a controversial women’s ski-cross final that saw Switzerland’s Fanny Smith relegated from third to fourth after a lengthy video review. World champion Naeslund, who came fifth in 2014 and fourth in 2018, finally won Olympic gold while Canada’s 2014 champion Marielle Thompson took silver. Ad/> Switzerland’s Fanny Smith, a bronze medallist in Pyeonchang and a 29-time World Cup winner, crossed the line in third.
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Fresh Twist In Kamila Valieva Doping Scandal After Three Substances Claim
Kamila Valieva's Beijing Olympics doping controversy took a fresh twist Wednesday after media reported that the Russian skater had three substances used to treat heart conditions in the sample which triggered the scandal. The 15-year-old figure skater topped the short programme on Tuesday to put herself in prime position to win the women's singles competition when it concludes on Thursday, bursting into tears afterwards and refusing to talk to journalists. Valieva's case has overshadowed the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that she should not be suspended despite failing a drugs test in December, although she has not been cleared of doping and still faces further investigation.
Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out in slalom during Olympic combined: No individual medal at Beijing 2022
Mikaela Shiffrin will leave the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics without an individual medal after failing to finish the slalom run of the women's Alpine combined event on Thursday (17 February).
Winter Olympics 2022 - GB's Gus Kenworthy through to men's freeski halfpipe finals after 'dangerous' qualifier
Great Britain’s Gus Kenworthy is through to the men’s freeski halfpipe final after a qualifying round that saw one rider take out a cameraman and another suffer a huge crash on a halfpipe wall. Kenworthy fell on his first run but delivered a strong second, with the best of the riders’ two runs being counted. Ad/> It was a nervous wait for the 30-year-old as he sat in 12th – the lowest qualification place – and watched several other riders try to take his spot from him.
Winter Olympics: Canada beat USA to take women's ice hockey gold, Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out again
Canada's overcame rivals the USA 3-2 to claim a fifth women's Olympic ice hockey gold and avenge their shootout defeat in Pyeongchang four years ago.
Beijing 2022: Brendan 'Bubba' Newby 20th in halfpipe qualifying
Ireland's Brendan 'Bubba' Newby finished 20th of 23 competitors in qualifying for the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe in snowy conditions at at the Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin struggles to explain third DNF at Winter Olympics: 'I don’t understand what’s not working'
Mikaela Shiffrin says she cannot explain why she recorded a third DNF of the Winter Olympics as the American added combined heartbreak to her disappointment in the slalom and giant slalom. Looking to bounce back from her DNFs in the two individual events last week, Shiffrin — who finished the super-G in ninth and the downhill in 18th — was aiming to go past the sixth gate in the slalom segment of the combined event after placing fifth in the downhill on Sofia Goggia’s skis.