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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.
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.
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.
Nina O’Brien has suffered a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula, US Ski & Snowboard Team said. O’Brien hit the final gate during her second run in the giant slalom, with images suggesting that she may have suffered a serious injury. Ad/> She was taken from the hill on a toboggan before being taken to a medical centre in Yanqing.
China will invite more spectators to attend the Winter Olympics as the Covid-19 situation is under control within the "closed-loop" bubble, which separates all event personnel from the public, an official from the Beijing organisers said on Tuesday.
WTA chief Steve Simon said on Monday the organisation maintained concern for the wellbeing of Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis player issued a further denial of sexual assault allegations. Peng's fate has been shrouded in mystery since she alleged on social media in November that former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli forced her into sex during a years-long relationship. The post was deleted and Peng's whereabouts were unknown for three weeks, drawing worldwide concern for her safety. She has subsequently appeared at a handful of public events, and denies ever making the accusation against Zhang. On Sunday Peng gave an interview to French daily L'Equipe in which she once again denied making her initial allegations.
Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title on Tuesday to make history as the first male alpine skier to win gold medals in three consecutive Games. Mayer, who won his first super-G title in Pyeongchang in 2018 and also won downhill gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, clocked a winning time of 1min 19.94sec.
SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday (Feb 8) it plans to lodge a protest with the global top court for sport and an Olympics body over the disqualification of two short track speed skaters which triggered public furore at home.