Eileen Gu wins debut of freeski big air at 2022 Winter Olympics
The debut of women’s freeski big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics featured perhaps the best showing of women’s freeskiing in history.
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Winter Olympics 2022: Slopestyle next for Team GB’s Kirsty Muir after brilliant big air - then it’s back to school
Team GB freestyle skier Kirsty Muir is not focusing on a return to exam preparation yet — after making a “dream come true” by competing at the Winter Olympics and finishing fifth in her debut final — the big air competition. The 17-year-old was in bronze medal position after scoring 93.75 in her first run, thanks in part to landing her ‘dub 12’ trick, but was unable to break into the 80s over her next two runs, with China’s American-born star Eileen Gu taking gold ahead of Tess Ledeux of France and Mathilde Gremaud from Switzerland. Ad/> But Muir showed her immense promise, and she will now focus on slopestyle, before she crashes back down to reality.
Frenchman Fillon Maillet wins 20km individual biathlon gold at Winter Olympics
The World Cup leader added the solo gold to the mixed relay silver he won on Saturday, with Anton Smolski of Belarus taking the silver after a perfect display of shooting and Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe bagging the bronze.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Fillon Maillet wins individual biathlon gold as Thingnes Boe settles for bronze
French biathlon star Quentin Fillon Maillet won his first Olympic gold medal by outpacing his big rival Johannes Thingnes Boe in the men's 20km individual race, with the Norwegian defending champion having to settle for bronze. It was a measure of revenge for Fillon Maillet, who narrowly lost a sprint to the finish against Thingnes Boe in the mixed team team relay on Saturday as France finished second to Norway.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain
Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.
Peng Shuai pictured at Winter Olympic events as WTA reiterate concern for tennis star
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been pictured at a number of events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Team GB still waiting for first Winter Olympics medal after curlers are crushed by Sweden in play-off
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds miss out on curling bronze at Winter Olympics
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.