Today at the Winter Olympics: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard medal
Charlotte Bankes missed out on an expected medal in the women’s snowboard-cross as Great Britain’s disappointing start to the Winter Olympics continued in Beijing.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Hwang Dae-heon emerges from stacked 1500m with gold, GB's Farrell Treacy ninth
Hwang Dae-heon avoided the potential chaos of a stacked 1500m short-track speed skating final to take his first Winter Olympic gold in Beijing, with Team GB's Farrell Treacy coming ninth. The four-time world champion emerged victorious ahead of Canada's Steven Dubois and Russian Semion Elistratov. Ad/> Britain's Treacy raced a sensible semi-final to reach the medal race, albeit in fortuitous circumstances.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Don’t panic! Team GB could still achieve record medal haul, despite disappointment for Bankes
At every Olympics, summer or winter, there is nervousness about where the first British medal is coming from. When two of the favourites miss out on the podium — that’s when the panic really sets in. That might be where we are at on day five, after world champion Charlotte Bankes was unable to progress past the quarter-finals of snowboard cross, 24 hours after Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds missed out on mixed doubles curling bronze.
Winter Olympics: Simone Biles defends Mikaela Shiffrin after skier’s shock slalom exit
Gymnastics icon Simone Biles has tweeted her support for compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin, who skied herself out of medal contention for the second event in a row at this year’s Winter Olympics.
‘Covid isn’t going away, next winter is going to be challenging’ – NHS and social care pressure remains ‘significant’
Next winter is set to be ‘challenging’ for Trafford according to health experts, who expect covid will become a seasonal illness.
Winter Olympics - ‘Biggest scandal in our sport’ - Nils van der Poel says ice controversy ‘as bad as doping’
Swedish champion Nils van der Poel has slammed the Dutch speed skating team for allegedly trying to manipulate the ice at Beijing 2022, calling it “the biggest scandal in our sport”. Van der Poel, who won gold in the men’s 5000m on Monday, was unhappy to learn that Dutch sports scientist Sander van Ginkel was in Beijing looking to make the ice as hard as possible. Ad/> Van Ginkel has said in an article in Schaatsen.nl that he is in Beijing to measure the temperature of the ice and try to influence the ice manager at the venue, Canadian Mark Messer.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Ice Hockey at its best in Beijing as refs get whacked and players brawl
Ice Hockey has lived up to its reputation in Beijing with big brawls and referees bashed into the barriers. True to form, a huge brawl erupted in a fiery clash between Switzerland and the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's Ice Hockey.
Winter Olympics: Germany's Geiger wins normal hill gold with stunning comeback
Vinzenz Geiger of Germany pulled off a stunning comeback in a thrilling sprint finish to win the individual normal hill/10 km Nordic combined gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. Joergen Graabak of Norway took silver, with Lukas Greiderer of Austria securing the bronze in a race that exploded into life on the final lap.