Olympics-More athletes emerge from isolation but Games hopes crushed for some
By Karolos Grohmann
Winter Olympics Sport News
Canadian media question whether Chinese skater deliberately took out fellow competitor at Olympics
In the latest controversy to hit the Beijing Winter Olympics, questions are being raised about alleged foul play by a Chinese skater during a race on Monday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘There's no coming back from that’ – Yuzuru Hanyu hits hole as three-peat dealt fatal blow
Yuzuru Hanyu’s hopes of claiming a third straight Olympic gold were dealt a fatal blow after hitting a hole in the short programme. The two-time reigning Olympic champion Hanyu, known as «the Ice Prince», had been tipped to three-peat in Beijing after picking up golds in Sochi and Pyeongchang. Ad/> However, Hanyu failed to complete his first element and Simon Reed on Eurosport commentary immediately pounced on the severity of the situation, exclaiming: “no!”.
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.
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.
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 - 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.