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Mikaela Shiffrin 'hasn't decided' on competing in downhill event despite 'very fast' practice run at Winter Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin cut a confident figure during the first of three practice runs for the women’s downhill event, clocking the eighth-fastest time out of 45 skiers, but said she «hasn't decided» whether she will compete on Tuesday. The American’s Olympic campaign got off to a disastrous start in Beijing as she crashed out in her first two events but then managed a ninth-place finish in the super-G, after which she said “things were starting to line up again”.
‘No War in Ukraine’ – IOC won’t punish skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych for ‘peace’ sign at Winter Olympics
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will face no punishment from the IOC for holding up a sign reading “No War in Ukraine” after completing a run at the Winter Olympics. There are rising tensions in eastern Europe, with the US warning that Russian troops are in place to invade Ukraine “at any time”. Ad/> The potential invasion has seen the US and the UK among the nations urging their citizens to leave Ukraine as soon as possible.
No medal for Charlotte Bankes after fifth place in mixed team snowboard cross
Charlotte Bankes exited the Beijing Winter Olympics without a medal after finishing fifth in the mixed team snowboard-cross competition with team-mate Huw Nightingale at Genting Snow Park on Saturday.
Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva 'entourage' investigation would be welcome - IOC
The International Olympic Committee says it would welcome an anti-doping investigation into Kamila Valieva's «entourage» after the 15-year-old Russian's positive drugs test.
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff in painful crash during Winter Olympics team event
Belle Brockhoff has been cleared of serious injury after being tobogganed off the course having crashed during the mixed team snowboard cross event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain jump two places in women's curling standings after ROC and Canada lose
Great Britain have jumped two places up the women’s curling standings in Beijing after the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Canada both lost their round robin matches. GB sat in eighth out of the ten teams after their 9-7 loss to South Korea on Friday but other results from Saturday’s games have seen them rise to joint-sixth.
Australian snowboard cross team faces up to disappointing Beijing Winter Olympics after both teams crash in team event
Australia's two mixed snowboard cross teams crashed out in the same quarter-final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, with Belle Brockhoff taken to hospital for scans.