The big-air competition slope in Shougang a striking feature of Beijing's Winter Olympics
A key selling point at the Beijing Winter Olympics is the organisers' claim to be the «green» Games.
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Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen leads & Yuzuru Hanyu falters in men's figure skating
American Nathan Chen delivered a stunning short program to lead the men's figure skating but defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu's medal chances were severely dented at Beijing 2022.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen top in short programme with world-record score after Yuzuru Hanyu blunder
Three-time world champion Nathan Chen topped the short programme leaderboard with a scintillating short programme that saw him smash the world record. The short programme destroyed the American's bid for Olympic glory in Pyeongchang but he goes into the free programme in Beijing in style, registering an all-time best score of 113.97 to beat Yuzuru Hanyu's record of 111.82. Ad/> Two-time Olympic champion Hanyu failed to complete his first element in the short programme and went on to finish eighth with his score of 95.15.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Ester Ledecka tops the elimination leaderboard by two seconds as Czech progresses to next round
Ester Ledecka progressed to the next stage of the women’s parallel giant slalom, easing through the elimination run with a 1:23.63 time — over two seconds quicker than second place Ramona Hofmeister. Tsubaki Miki of Japan and Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Sofiya Nadyrshina also qualified with the fourth and fifth best times respectively, Miki coming in at 1:27.15 and Nadyrshina marginally slower at 1:27.22.
Nina O’Brien after horror incident led to compound fracture ‘I keep replaying it in my head’ - Winter Olympics 2022
Nina O’Brien has suffered a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula, US Ski & Snowboard Team said. O’Brien hit the final gate during her second run in the giant slalom, with images suggesting that she may have suffered a serious injury. Ad/> She was taken from the hill on a toboggan before being taken to a medical centre in Yanqing.
Winter Olympics: History-making Matthias Mayer retains men's super-G title
Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title on Tuesday to make history as the first male alpine skier to win gold medals in three consecutive Games. Mayer, who won his first super-G title in Pyeongchang in 2018 and also won downhill gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, clocked a winning time of 1min 19.94sec.
Chinese bagpipers refuse to 'go commando' while piping Scots curlers on to the ice at Winter Olympics
The Chinese bagpipers who welcomed Scots curlers on to the ice yesterday revealed they love all our traditions – apart from going commando under a kilt.
Winter Olympics, Day 4 live: Teenage sensation Eileen Gu wins come-from-behind Big Air gold
Day four has arrived at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with Australian flagbearer Brendan Kerry in action as his figure skating campaign gets underway.