Russian ice skating doping scandal rocks Beijing Games
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Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen exorcises demons to win elusive figure skating gold
It was billed as the great Olympic showdown but, in the end, high-flying student and higher-flying skater Nathan Chen was simply in a class of his own.
Women's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 2 round-up: Switzerland and United States pick up wins, Canada falls to Japan
World champions Switzerland and the United States continue their unbeaten runs in the women’s curling competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after the conclusion of play on Friday (11 February).
Winter Olympics: Team Ireland's Maloney Westgaard 14th in cross-country skiing
Team Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgaard beat out 85 other athletes to secure 14th place in the Beijing Winter Olympic’s cross-country skiing 15km classic.
Beijing Winter Olympics venues slowly add spectators - and a bit of buzz
BEIJING: A week into the COVID-19 locked-down Beijing Olympics, crowds at events are growing, gradually.
'Travesty! Judges grenaded their credibility' - Fury at score for historic Ayumu Hirano stunt at Winter Olympics
There was widespread anger and confusion after the judges appeared to miss the significance of Ayumu Hirano's historic triple cork at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. You would be forgiven for not knowing exactly what a triple cork is, but there was no doubt how special the second run was from the Japanese star as fans took to social media to share their delight and amazement at what he pulled off. Ad/> The 23-year-old, who won the silver medal in the superpipe at the 2013 Winter X Games at the age of just 14, went for broke with a quite outrageous performance which featured something unprecedented on the biggest stage.
Valieva's future to be decided in closed-door boardroom, not ice rink
BEIJING : Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's Winter Olympics will be decided not on the ice rink but by three women and three men at a boardroom table in a five-star Beijing hotel a short drive from the stadium where she thrilled the world this week.