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Winter Olympics - 'Cut off her tongue' - Former Olympic champion Tikhonov in shocking attack on Valeria Vasnetsova

Former Olympic biathlon relay champion Alexander Tikhonov launched a stinging attack on Russian compatriot Valeria Vasnetsova and said he “would cut off Vasnetsova's tongue” for complaining about her quarantine conditions at Beijing 2022. The 24-year-old Vasnetsova is recovering from Covid-19 and made a number of scathing comments about the food she is receiving during isolation, with reports from Russia claiming that she could miss the biathlon competition altogether and return home.

'Ice Prince' Yuzuru Hanyu tops Winter Games panda mascot in popularity

BEIJING: He's the only one who can top Beijing's Olympics mascot "Bing Dwen Dwen" in a popularity match.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Andrew Musgrave full of praise for winner Alexander Bolshunov after 'horrific' skiathlon race

Team GB's Andrew Musgrave was full of praise for men's 30km skiathlon gold medallist Alexander Bolshunov after a dominant performance. Russian Olympic Committee's Bolshunov won by a margin of 71 seconds in a race usually decided by much smaller margins.

Winter Olympics 2022 – Why are athletes given pandas not medals on the podium? Is it because of Covid?

Chances are you’ve been wondering why athletes are given cuddly pandas on the podium instead of medals at Beijing 2022. At the Tokyo Summer Olympics we became accustomed to the medals being dished out inside the stadium – albeit with athletes having to put medals around their own necks due to Covid risks – but that isn’t happening in Beijing. Ad/> Instead, medallists have received a fluffy mascot on the podium, as modelled by New Zealand’s snowboard sensation Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in the above video.

Winter Olympics - Nils van der Poel wins 5,000m speed skating gold and sets new record at Beijing 2022

Nils van de Poel provided a breath-taking finish to the men’s 5,000 speed skating final by producing a blistering final lap to snatch the gold medal and set a new Olympic record. The Swede trailed the leading time, set by Patrick Roest from the Netherlands, by more than two seconds with just three laps left before switching into high gear. He was still one second behind when the bell rang for the final lap but had enough left in the tank to storm into first place, clocking an Olympic record time of 6:08.84.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Makayla Gerken Schofield into women's moguls finals, sister Leonie misses out

Makayla Gerken Schofield is through to the finals of the women's moguls at Beijing 2022 but her sister Leonie misses out. Makayla could not better her run from Qualifying 1 on Thursday but her score was enough to put her through in seventh place in Q2, qualifying alongside the rest of the top 10 from Wednesday.

Beijing Winter Olympics: New Zealand Win Historic Olympic Gold But Wind Postpones Downhill

"Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing. Seven golds were up for grabs on the second full day of competition in the Chinese capital, as the sports took centre stage after a build-up overshadowed by Covid and rights concerns. Seven became six when the main event of the day, the men's downhill -- one of the most closely watched events at the Winter Olympics -- was postponed because of gusty winds and will now take place on Monday instead.

Beijing Winter Olympics Puts Young Uyghur Athlete At Centre Of Controversy

China's move to thrust a young Uyghur athlete into the spotlight at the climax of the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony placed her at the centre of long-time controversy over rights abuses in Xinjiang. Dinigeer Yilamujiang, a 20-year-old cross-country skier, trained for years to fulfil every child's dream to star at the Olympics. But her prominent, smiling appearance as the final Olympic torch-bearer on Friday at the "Bird's Nest" national stadium in front of thousands of spectators and across global television screens had clear political overtones.

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Winter Olympics - 'Cut off her tongue' - Former Olympic champion Tikhonov in shocking attack on Valeria Vasnetsova

'Ice Prince' Yuzuru Hanyu tops Winter Games panda mascot in popularity

Winter Olympics 2022 - Andrew Musgrave full of praise for winner Alexander Bolshunov after 'horrific' skiathlon race

Winter Olympics 2022 – Why are athletes given pandas not medals on the podium? Is it because of Covid?

Winter Olympics - Nils van der Poel wins 5,000m speed skating gold and sets new record at Beijing 2022

Winter Olympics 2022 - Makayla Gerken Schofield into women's moguls finals, sister Leonie misses out

Beijing Winter Olympics: New Zealand Win Historic Olympic Gold But Wind Postpones Downhill

Beijing Winter Olympics Puts Young Uyghur Athlete At Centre Of Controversy