Peng Shuai unlikely to return to WTA Tour as she gives interview at Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai has suggested she is unlikely to return to the WTA Tour in an interview with L’Equipe at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics Sport News
Eileen Gu is the poster child for a new type of Chinese athlete. But one wrong move could send her tumbling
By Jessie Yeung, CNNUpdated 0730 GMT (1530 HKT) February 7, 2022Hong Kong (CNN)At this year'sBeijing Winter Olympics, the face of China's sporting dreams is undeniably American.Freestyle skier Eileen Gu's rise to the top has been meteoric — and her popularity in China has exploded in the lead-up to the Games. «Snow princess Gu Ailing set to shine at home Olympics,» read one headline in state-run media Xinhua, referring to Gu by her Chinese name.But Gu, 18, has another home: the United States, where she was born to a Chinese mother and American father, and where she first discovered her love for the sport. In 2015, just a few months after she reached her first World Cup podium, the San Francisco native announced she was switching to compete
Winter Olympics: Canada and ROC wear masks for women's ice hockey match
Players wore face masks during an ice hockey match at the Winter Olympics that was delayed for nearly an hour by confusion over Covid-19 tests.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘The real hero’ - how a Slovenian physio helped Norway win biathlon mixed relay gold
A Slovenian physio has been praised for displaying true Olympic spirit, after she spotted that Norway had lost a key piece of rifle equipment in biathlon’s mixed team relay. Ula Hafner noticed an iris aperture, which is used to size up a target, had fallen into the snow and handed it back to the favourites — who fulfilled their promise by winning gold.
Cancer survivor Max Parrot soars to Olympic snowboard gold in Beijing
Three years ago Max Parrot was in hospital fighting cancer - on Monday he won men's snowboard slopestyle gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics: Beat Feuz wins gold from 41-year-old Johan Clarey
Switzerland's Beat Feuz won a thrilling men's downhill at the Winter Olympics, with 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey taking silver to become the oldest Olympic medallist in alpine skiing.
Canada, Russia women's hockey players masked for game after hourlong delay due to COVID-19 test processing
The start of the women's hockey preliminary-round game between Canada and Russia on Monday was delayed 65 minutes before being played with both teams wearing N95 masks, a first at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics - 'I need quadruple axel' - Hanyu desperate to land record-breaking jump
Yuzuru Hanyu says he «absolutely needs» the qaudruple axel to take his Olympic legacy to next level. All eyes were on Hanyu during his first practice session at the Winter Olympics where he looks to become the first man in 94 years to win three consecutive titles.