Australian alpine skier Katie Parker to fly to China for Winter Olympics despite COVID
Alpine skier Katie Parker is rolling the COVID-19 dice, with Australian Olympic officials unsure if she will pass a test when she arrives in Beijing.
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2022 Winter Olympics: Switzerland's Beat Feuz takes men's downhill gold
The Swiss racer clocked 1min 42.69sec, finishing 0.10sec ahead of 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey, while Austrian Matthias Mayer claimed a third Olympic medal in three Games with bronze. Clarey became the oldest alpine skiing medallist in Olympic history. Pre-race favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished fifth, completing a miserable day for skiing's golden couple after his American girlfriend Mikaela Shiffrin slid out of the women's giant slalom earlier.
Today at the Winter Olympics: Dodds and Mouat in semi-final as Muir soars
Great Britain are beginning to muscle in on medal contention on the third day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, with chances emerging in curling and freestyle. Meanwhile, some of the biggest international names are also beginning their respective quests for glory.
Teenage figure skater first woman to land quad jump at Winter Olympics
BEIJING: Russian teenage star Kamila Valieva made figure skating history on Monday (Feb 7), becoming the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics - and not content with one, she landed two.
Peng Shuai Meets IOC Chief Thomas Bach At Beijing Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai has met Olympic chief Thomas Bach at the Beijing Winter Games, the IOC said Monday, while US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered bitter disappointment in her first attempt at gold in China. The International Olympic Committee said tennis player Peng, who sparked global concern in November when she fell silent after alleging that a top Chinese politician had forced her into sex, dined with Bach on Saturday and watched curling. Peng reappeared in public nearly three weeks after her allegation, and later withdrew it, insisting her online comments had been taken out of context. But fears for her safety and well-being remained.
Winter Olympics 2022: Teenager Kirsty Muir makes Big Air final, plus latest news, results and medal table
The youngest member of the British team at the Beijing Olympics, Kirsty Muir, booked her place in the Big Air final as the 17-year-old qualified seventh.
Canadian Max Parrot claims Winter Olympics snowboard slopestyle gold after cancer battle
Canada's Max Parrot has won the Winter Olympics gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle, just three years on from being diagnosed with cancer.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Canada wear Covid masks in ice hockey match after ROC fail to provide negative results
The ice hockey match between Canada and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) was delayed for nearly an hour as late Covid tests threw the tie into doubt. Canada — who did not come out onto the ice — refused to play because ROC had not produced definitive Covid results.