Olympics-Speed skating-Swings seeks first Belgian Winter gold in 74 years at mass start
By Sakura Murakami
Winter Sport News
Winter Olympics 2022 - Justine Braisaz-Bouche wins first major title, beats Norwegians to biathlon mass start gold
French biathlete Justine Braisaz-Bouche coped best with windy conditions to deny Norway another gold in the 12.5km mass start at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The 25-year-old picked up the first major title of her career thanks to missing just one shot from her last 10 in the standing position and had time to pick up le Tricolore on the home straight to win by 15.3 seconds over Tiril Eckhoff, with Marte Olsbu Roeiseland taking a fifth medal of the Games by winning bronze. Ad/> /> Beijing 2022'It was scary to see' — Swiss athlete Cadurisch collapses during relayYESTERDAY AT 14:28 The early pace was set by the two favourites for the race — Roeiseland and Eckhoff — and they both had a clean first shoot, as did the likes of Hanna Oeberg, Julia Simon and Linn Persson.
Men’s curling final: Team GB v Sweden preview, round-robin result, UK time, how to watch Winter Olympics
Team GB have a medal in the bag at the Winter Olympics – but its exact colour is still to be determined. That is because the men’s curling team are still preparing for Saturday’s gold-medal match against Sweden, the nation they narrowly beat 7-6 in the round-robin stage. Ad/> Win the gold and they will follow in the footsteps of Rhona Martin’s golden team from 2002, while the last British men’s side to win curling gold was 98 years ago at Chamonix 1924.
Speed skating-Swings seeks first Belgian Winter gold in 74 years at mass start
BEIJING : Speed skater Bart Swings will seek to become the first Belgian to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in 74 years when he lines up for the men's mass start at the Beijing Games on Saturday.
Eileen Gu wins halfpipe gold for third medal of Beijing Winter Olympics
ZHANGJIAKOU, Hebei: California-born Chinese superstar Eileen Gu capped her hugely successful Beijing Olympics by winning freeski halfpipe gold on Friday (Feb 18) for her third medal of the Games.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Finland advance to the ice hockey gold medal match after seeing off Slovakia in the semi-final
Finland beat Slovakia in a tightly-contested clash to progress to the men's ice hockey final. In a cagey opening first period, Finland were first on the board through Sakari Manninen, scoring 16 minutes into the game. Ad/> Manninen deservedly put Finland ahead after some clever play, who was found unmarked on the left of a congested goalmouth, shifted the puck to his left and then slid his shot just inside the post from a narrow angle.
Home favourite Eileen Gu completes golden Games with victory in women's half-pipe at Beijing Winter Olympics
Eileen Gu has backed up extraordinary expectations heaped upon her heading into these Winter Olympics by dominating the freestyle skiing half-pipe to claim her third medal and second gold of the Games.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Ryan Regez becomes ski cross champion as Switzerland dominate podium
Ryan Regez won gold in the ski cross big final, whilst compatriot Alex Fiva finished second, and Sergey Ridzik claimed bronze medal. After finishing 31st in the qualifying round and 2.9 seconds off the pace, Team GB’s Ollie Davies was placed in a difficult seed for the 1/8 finals. Davies struggled to catch-up after an early mistake forced him towards the back of the pack, which ultimately saw him face elimination.