Zoi Sadowski-Synnott: New Zealand's snowboard superstar who's changing the face of the sport
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has changed her own life at Beijing 2022, but also the lives of many New Zealanders and indeed snowboarders right around the world.
Winter Olympics Sport News
Record breaking runs and dramatic falls as Canada and Norway take speed skating team pursuit gold at the Winter Olympics
Canada set a new Olympic record to take gold in a dramatic end to the women’s speed skating team pursuit final, as a Japanese fall gifted the Canadians victory in the dying moments. Japan — who breezed through their semi-final, beating the ROC by nearly seven seconds — had been in control from the start, quickly establishing an impressive lead of 0.93 seconds, and were seemingly on course to beat their own Olympic record.
Norway claims fifth biathlon gold medal in Winter Olympics
The middle two legs of the race looked like a victory parade for the ROC team, but a disastrous series of misses by Latypov destroyed their chances of gold, allowing Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen to swoop in and claim the win for Norway.
Tearful Kamila Valieva 'tired emotionally' by doping scandal ahead of competition
Tearful Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva said she was "tired emotionally" after days of scandal over her failed doping test, as the teenager prepares to compete in the women's singles event at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - GB keep women’s curling semi-final hopes alive by thrashing Japan
Team GB’s women have kept alive their hopes of reaching the curling semi-finals at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, after thrashing Japan 10-4 with an end to spare. Eve Muirhead’s rink will need to beat hosts China on Wednesday and follow that up with victory over the Russian Olympic Committee to have a realistic chance of making the last four. Ad/> Both teams went into the game in a similar situation, in what was a re-match of the bronze medal tie from Pyeongchang, which Japan won.
Italy’s Sofia Goggia battles through pain barrier to claim downhill silver
Italy’s Sofia Goggia won a remarkable silver medal in the women’s downhill at the Winter Olympics in Beijing just three weeks after partially tearing a knee ligament in a crash in Cortina.
Winter Olympics: GB women's curlers beat Japan to retrieve play-off hopes
A dominant 10-4 win against Japan gave Great Britain's women's curlers a chance of reaching the play-offs at the Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Norway steal men’s biathlon relay gold after ROC fall apart in final shoot
The Russian Olympic Committee threw away a huge lead in the final leg of the men’s biathlon relay to hand gold to Norway at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Eduard Latypov was wasteful in the final standing shoot, blowing a lead of nearly a minute over Norway while Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen was faultless with the rifle to surge the Norwegians into the lead. France had been 44.8 seconds behind Latypov but also came out ahead after the final shoot to claim silver as the Russians settled for bronze.