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Keeping up with the Joneses The first week at the Winter Olympics has brought tears, tantrums and controversy — what’s new there — but not for the first time the chaos was leavened by events at the curling. Ad/> Canada skip Jennifer Jones, still smarting after an 8-5 round-robin loss to Japan, couldn’t help but stop in the mixed zone after overhearing Japanese vice-skip Chinami Yoshida. /> Beijing 2022Beijing Today Day 6 — Americans shine as Olympic record falls and a father is emulated20 HOURS AGO Yoshida was telling a reporter how excited she was that Jones was representing Canada because it’s her “favourite team.” The two players shared a hug.

«You are my idol,» Yoshida told her. How nice. Kamil kicks it It turns out leaping off a 100 metre-high hill is a good way for Kamil Stoch to keep out of injury trouble.

The Pole will contend for a historic third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the men’s large hill competition, one of the blue riband events at the Games. Stoch was touch and go for his title defence after spraining his ankle in a warm-up session of foot-tennis in January. «The rest of the team was playing and he simply ran for the ball that got away,» said coach Michal Dolezal.