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.
Winter Olympics Sport News
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.
Australian Breeana Walker seventh after first two runs of Winter Olympics monobob
Breeana Walker is in striking distance of Australia’s fifth medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics after an improved second run in the monobob event.
Olympics Live: Slopestyle postponed a day due to weather
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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘I don't believe the race is fair’ – GS set for conclusion after blizzard-hit first run
The first run of the men’s giant slalom persisted despite treacherous conditions at the Winter Olympics. Visibility was low, but with regulations stating that skiers must be able to see three gates ahead of them, the race went ahead as planned despite the freeski slopestyle qualifying being postponed.
Aussie skeleton star Jaclyn Narracott slides into history books with Beijing 2022 silver
Jaclyn Narracott has powered her way into the history books, winning Australia’s first ever medal in a sliding event with silver in the women’s skeleton at the Beijing Winter Games on Sunday morning (AEDT).