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Winter Olympics 2022 - 'She would never cheat' - Ski jump director defends athletes after suit disqualifications
Ski jumping director Horst Huttel says Katharina Althaus 'would never cheat' and has lambasted the International Ski Federation for an 'inconsistent' application of the rules in the mixed team event. Defending world champions Germany failed to qualify for the mixed team final after Althaus was disqualified due to a suit violation, while Japan, Austria and Norway each had jumpers disqualified in the final for the same reason. Ad/> Ski jumping official Agnieszka Baczkowska, who disqualified the athletes, has said she did so in the interest of justice as suits have to meet strict measurement rules to ensure they don't function as wings in the air.
Winter Olympics 2022 - GB's Kathryn Thomson out of 1000m as Suzanne Schulting and Arianna Fontana progress untroubled
Britain's Kathryn Thomson was unable to qualify from the heats of short-track speed skating's 1000m at the Winter Olympics, as Suzanne Schulting set an Olympic record to progress. Thomson vented her frustration when she crashed out of the 500m on the opening corner on Sunday and she got off to a slow start in what was the first of the 1000m heats, before she was dropped by the other three athletes with two laps to go.
Winter Olympics: Lindsey Jacobellis' snowboard cross gold exorcises demons from Turin
If ever there was a lesson in never giving up, Lindsey Jacobellis is its epitome.
Figure skating medal ceremony delayed over 'legal consultation' at Beijing Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says the Beijing Winter Olympics medal ceremony for the figure skating team event has been delayed due to an unspecified, last-minute «legal consultation».
Winter Olympics 2022 - Vinzenz Geiger wins gold in Nordic combined normal hill after thrilling sprint finish
Vinzenz Geiger won a brilliant gold in the Nordic combined individual normal hill, stealing first in a thrilling sprint finish. The German 24-year-old adds to the gold he won in the Nordic combined team relay in Pyeongchang in 2018, reeling in favourite Johannes Ryzdek and recovering from a one-minute and 26-second deficit to win Ad/> Norway's Joergen Graabak grabbed silver at the death, with Austria's Lukas Greiderer fighting back for bronze after losing an early lead.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Russians start men's ice hockey title defence with narrow win over Switzerland
The Russian Olympic Committee have begun their men's ice hockey title defence with a tight 1-0 win over Switzerland in their opening game at the Winter Games in Beijing. CSKA Moscow forward Anton Slepyshev opened the scoring with less than three seconds to go in the first period, after his cross took a huge deflection off Enzo Corvi into the back of the net.
Winter Olympics 2022: 'Somehow he's survived that' - Lucas Foster walks away from horror crash on halfpipe
Lucas Foster was back on his feet just moments after a horror crash spoiled his halfpipe final qualification hopes. The American crashed into the lip of the halfpipe on his way down from a frontside double 1260 during his second run.