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Mikaela Shiffrin 'hasn't decided' on competing in downhill event despite 'very fast' practice run at Winter Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin cut a confident figure during the first of three practice runs for the women’s downhill event, clocking the eighth-fastest time out of 45 skiers, but said she «hasn't decided» whether she will compete on Tuesday. The American’s Olympic campaign got off to a disastrous start in Beijing as she crashed out in her first two events but then managed a ninth-place finish in the super-G, after which she said “things were starting to line up again”.

Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva 'entourage' investigation would be welcome - IOC

The International Olympic Committee says it would welcome an anti-doping investigation into Kamila Valieva's «entourage» after the 15-year-old Russian's positive drugs test.

Winter Olympics LIVE: US wins first snowboard cross mixed as Team GB eye another skeleton gold

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Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff in painful crash during Winter Olympics team event

Belle Brockhoff has been cleared of serious injury after being tobogganed off the course having crashed during the mixed team snowboard cross event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain jump two places in women's curling standings after ROC and Canada lose

Great Britain have jumped two places up the women’s curling standings in Beijing after the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Canada both lost their round robin matches. GB sat in eighth out of the ten teams after their 9-7 loss to South Korea on Friday but other results from Saturday’s games have seen them rise to joint-sixth.

Australian snowboard cross team faces up to disappointing Beijing Winter Olympics after both teams crash in team event

Australia's two mixed snowboard cross teams crashed out in the same quarter-final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, with Belle Brockhoff taken to hospital for scans.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Lindsey Jacobellis wins second gold in mixed team snowboard cross with Nick Baumgartner

Lindsey Jacobellis clinched a second gold of Beijing 2022 after winning the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross with American team-mate Nick Baumgartner. Just three days after winning gold in the women’s cross, 16 years after her Turin heartbreak, Jacobellis was celebrating another victory at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

Winter Olympics 2022 – Charlotte Bankes shows class in stunning QF race but misses out on team snowboard cross medal

Charlotte Bankes displayed her champion quality in the mixed team snowboard cross event but was unable to help Team GB reach the big final at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Teaming up with Huw Nightingale, Bankes was aiming to bounce back from the disappointment of exiting at the quarter-final stage of the women’s event earlier in the Winter Olympics.

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Mikaela Shiffrin 'hasn't decided' on competing in downhill event despite 'very fast' practice run at Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva 'entourage' investigation would be welcome - IOC

Winter Olympics LIVE: US wins first snowboard cross mixed as Team GB eye another skeleton gold

Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff in painful crash during Winter Olympics team event

Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain jump two places in women's curling standings after ROC and Canada lose

Australian snowboard cross team faces up to disappointing Beijing Winter Olympics after both teams crash in team event

Winter Olympics 2022 - Lindsey Jacobellis wins second gold in mixed team snowboard cross with Nick Baumgartner

Winter Olympics 2022 – Charlotte Bankes shows class in stunning QF race but misses out on team snowboard cross medal