Winter Olympics: British teenager Kirsty Muir finishes fifth in ski big air
Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir finished fifth in a pulsating ski big air final as the event made its Winter Olympics debut in Beijing.
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Inspired or dystopian, Beijing's Big Air venue sparks social media debate
BEIJING: One of the Beijing Winter Olympics venues, Big Air Shougang, generated buzz on social media on Monday (Feb 7) for its industrial look created by being built at the site of a former steel mill.
Alpine skiing-Horror injury ends American skier O'Brien's Olympic campaign
YANQING, China : American alpine skier Nina O'Brien is out of the Beijing Winter Olympics after suffering compound fractures to her left leg during her giant slalom run, a U.S. team spokesperson said on Tuesday.
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO El icono de China que 'traicionó' a EE UU suma su primer oro
Es un contexto geopolítico convulso como el actual, Eileen está en el ojo del huracán pese a una vida de película. Con solo 18 años, 'Gu Ailing' ha triunfado en todo lo que se ha propuesto: atleta profesional en esquí acrobático, modelo de proyección internacional, estudiante superdotada con beca en Stanford, activista por el empoderamiento de las mujeres y voz del cambio… Eileen Gu nació en San Francisco, de padre norteamericano y madre china, y en 2019 tomó la decisión de representar al país de nacimiento de su progenitora que no permite la doble nacionalidad por lo que debía renunciar a ser norteamericana... al menos con carácter oficial. “Cuando estoy en China, soy china. Cuando estoy en EE UU, soy norteamericana. Tengo doble identidad. Y estas dos mitades hacen lo que soy a día de hoy", dice a Olympics.com. Y explica: «Poder inspirar a millones de jóvenes allá donde nació mi madre es una ocasión única de contribuir a promover el deporte que amo», escribió Eileen Gu en Instagram para justificar su cambio de nacionalidad.
S Korea to lodge protest with CAS, IOC over disqualified short track skaters
SEOUL : South Korea said on Tuesday 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.
The ‘super-duper cool’ truth behind Big Air’s crazy ‘virtual world’ venue for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
A steel mill shut down when China hosted the 2008 Olympics has become the talk of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after the freeski big air competition began on Monday.
‘Favourable’ judging raises eyebrows as post-race review hands Winter Olympics short-track gold to China
A Chinese short-track speed skater taken out by Australia’s Brendan Corey in the quarter-finals has gone on to win home gold after a dramatic photo finish in a controversial 1000m final.
Canadian women's ice hockey team wait for Russian rivals' COVID results before winning Beijing Winter Olympics match
The Canadian women's ice hockey team refused to take the ice for nearly an hour on Monday at the Beijing Winter Games while they waited for the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) COVID-19 test results.