The big-air competition slope in Shougang a striking feature of Beijing's Winter Olympics
A key selling point at the Beijing Winter Olympics is the organisers' claim to be the «green» Games.
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WTA still 'concerned' over Peng Shuai after new sexual assault denial
Los Angeles - WTA chief Steve Simon said Monday the organisation maintained concern for the wellbeing of Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis player issued a further denial of sexual assault allegations.
More athletes emerge from isolation but Games hopes crushed for some
BEIJING : Dozens of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 in China before and during the Beijing Winter Olympics and were isolated, have now come out of quarantine ready to compete, organisers said on Tuesday.
South Korea to lodge protest with CAS, IOC over disqualified short track skaters
SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday (Feb 8) it plans to lodge a protest with the global top court for sport and an Olympics body over the disqualification of two short track speed skaters which triggered public furore at home.
Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen leads & Yuzuru Hanyu falters in men's figure skating
American Nathan Chen delivered a stunning short program to lead the men's figure skating but defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu's medal chances were severely dented at Beijing 2022.
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.
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.