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Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen top in short programme with world-record score after Yuzuru Hanyu blunder

Three-time world champion Nathan Chen topped the short programme leaderboard with a scintillating short programme that saw him smash the world record. The short programme destroyed the American's bid for Olympic glory in Pyeongchang but he goes into the free programme in Beijing in style, registering an all-time best score of 113.97 to beat Yuzuru Hanyu's record of 111.82. Ad/> Two-time Olympic champion Hanyu failed to complete his first element in the short programme and went on to finish eighth with his score of 95.15.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Ester Ledecka tops the elimination leaderboard by two seconds as Czech progresses to next round

Ester Ledecka progressed to the next stage of the women’s parallel giant slalom, easing through the elimination run with a 1:23.63 time — over two seconds quicker than second place Ramona Hofmeister. Tsubaki Miki of Japan and Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Sofiya Nadyrshina also qualified with the fourth and fifth best times respectively, Miki coming in at 1:27.15 and Nadyrshina marginally slower at 1:27.22.

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Nina O’Brien after horror incident led to compound fracture ‘I keep replaying it in my head’ - Winter Olympics 2022

Nina O’Brien has suffered a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula, US Ski & Snowboard Team said. O’Brien hit the final gate during her second run in the giant slalom, with images suggesting that she may have suffered a serious injury. Ad/> She was taken from the hill on a toboggan before being taken to a medical centre in Yanqing.

WTA still 'concerned' over Peng Shuai after new denial

WTA chief Steve Simon said on Monday the organisation maintained concern for the wellbeing of Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis player issued a further denial of sexual assault allegations. Peng's fate has been shrouded in mystery since she alleged on social media in November that former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli forced her into sex during a years-long relationship. The post was deleted and Peng's whereabouts were unknown for three weeks, drawing worldwide concern for her safety. She has subsequently appeared at a handful of public events, and denies ever making the accusation against Zhang. On Sunday Peng gave an interview to French daily L'Equipe in which she once again denied making her initial allegations.

Winter Olympics: History-making Matthias Mayer retains men's super-G title

Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title on Tuesday to make history as the first male alpine skier to win gold medals in three consecutive Games. Mayer, who won his first super-G title in Pyeongchang in 2018 and also won downhill gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, clocked a winning time of 1min 19.94sec.

Beijing Games to bring in more spectators as COVID-19 under control

BEIJING :China will invite more spectators to attend the Winter Olympics as the COVID-19 situation is under control within the "closed-loop" bubble, which separates all event personnel from the public, an official from the Beijing organisers said on Tuesday.

Chinese bagpipers refuse to 'go commando' while piping Scots curlers on to the ice at Winter Olympics

The Chinese bagpipers who welcomed Scots curlers on to the ice yesterday revealed they love all our traditions – apart from going commando under a kilt.

Winter Olympics, Day 4 live: Teenage sensation Eileen Gu wins come-from-behind Big Air gold

Day four has arrived at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with Australian flagbearer Brendan Kerry in action as his figure skating campaign gets underway.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen top in short programme with world-record score after Yuzuru Hanyu blunder

Winter Olympics 2022 - Ester Ledecka tops the elimination leaderboard by two seconds as Czech progresses to next round

Nina O’Brien after horror incident led to compound fracture ‘I keep replaying it in my head’ - Winter Olympics 2022

WTA still 'concerned' over Peng Shuai after new denial

Winter Olympics: History-making Matthias Mayer retains men's super-G title

Beijing Games to bring in more spectators as COVID-19 under control

Chinese bagpipers refuse to 'go commando' while piping Scots curlers on to the ice at Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics, Day 4 live: Teenage sensation Eileen Gu wins come-from-behind Big Air gold