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Winter Olympics 2022 - Alexander Bolshunov helps Russian Olympic Committee win cross-country relay in Beijing

Alexander Bolshunov earned his second gold medal at Beijing 2022 by helping the Russian Olympic Committee win the men's 4x10km cross-country skiing relay, giving his team a massive lead that they never relinquished. The Russian quartet of Alexey Chervotkin, Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov and Sergey Ustiugov finished more than a minute clear of the chasing pack in a race that was effectively decided by the halfway stage.

Petra Vlhova to miss rest of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with ankle injury

Alpine skiing star Petra Vlhova won't race again at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Eve Muirhead's rink make it back-to-back wins with victory over Denmark

Great Britain climbed to joint third in the women’s curling round robin standings with a convincing 7-2 win over strugglers Denmark at the Winter Olympics in Beijing Eve Muirhead's rink were in control for the entire match and the pressure got to their opponents in the penultimate end, with GB achieving a three stone steal to finish the match early. Ad/> Team GB were joint-fifth coming into the game and, with the top four going through, they needed a win to be in with a good chance of progressing.

Marco Odermatt claims giant slalom gold at Winter Olympics as blizzard causes havoc in Beijing

Marco Odermatt fulfilled his billing as favourite for giant slalom gold at the Winter Olympics as he shrugged off extremely challenging conditions to win the title in Beijing. Heavy snow and poor visibility caused havoc, with several contenders for the medals struggling to deal with the weather, but the Swiss sensation kept his cool to win ahead of Slovenia's Zan Kranjec and Mathieu Faivre of France.

Winter Olympics: Heavy snowfall in Beijing causes disruption to alpine & freestyle skiing

Heavy snow has caused major disruption to the Winter Olympics schedule with temperatures set to plummet to -35C in the Beijing region.

Kamila Valieva continues training, WADA to investigate figure skater’s entourage after IOC request

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it will investigate Kamila Valieva’s entourage after a request from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as the Russian figure skater waits to discover whether she can compete in Tuesday’s individual event at Beijing 2022. Valieva, 15, continued to train on Sunday ahead of the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) hearing, which will determine her fate at the Winter Olympics after she tested positive for a banned substance in December.

Jackie Narracott overcame massive hurdles to reach Winter Olympics skeleton podium

Through a skeleton career almost derailed by a lack of funding and a severe concussion, Jackie Narracott has found a way to win Australia’s most unlikely Olympic medal.

Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Cool, calm and collected’ Kaillie Humphries takes control of monobob after opening heats

2021 world champion Kaillie Humphries set the pace in the first two heats of the monobob at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. The US athlete — a two-time two-woman Olympic champion — set a combined time of 2:09:10 to lead after the first two heats of the newly-inaugurated discipline. Ad/> Canada’s Christine de Bruin is in second, just over a second back with a combined time of 2:10.14, and Germany’s 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games monobob gold medallist Laura Nolte is in bronze medal position with a time of 2:10.32.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - Alexander Bolshunov helps Russian Olympic Committee win cross-country relay in Beijing

Petra Vlhova to miss rest of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with ankle injury

Winter Olympics 2022 - Eve Muirhead's rink make it back-to-back wins with victory over Denmark

Marco Odermatt claims giant slalom gold at Winter Olympics as blizzard causes havoc in Beijing

Winter Olympics: Heavy snowfall in Beijing causes disruption to alpine & freestyle skiing

Kamila Valieva continues training, WADA to investigate figure skater’s entourage after IOC request

Jackie Narracott overcame massive hurdles to reach Winter Olympics skeleton podium

Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Cool, calm and collected’ Kaillie Humphries takes control of monobob after opening heats