Winter Olympics 2022: Wallberg delivers Hollywood upset, downhill 'scandal' awaits on Day 2 – Best of Beijing

BEST MOMENTS OF THE DAY The king is dethroned Ad/> With a name like Walter Wallberg, you need to live up to your superstar moniker. And boy did he. Beijing 2022Curler Mouat’s hat earns unlikely Twitter tribute – Beijing diary4 HOURS AGO The Swede delivered a stunning third run in the men’s moguls final, combining unnerving speed with flair.

But surely it still wasn't enough to unseat legendary moguls star Mikael Kingsbury? As the camera fixed on Wallberg’s face, nose bright red from the cold, he gave off the aura of someone quite ready to celebrate a silver medal. After all, this was a man who had never secured a victory on the World Cup tour, a man who had arrived in Beijing as the underdog. So when the score flashed up, confirming it would be he – and not Kingsbury – taking home the gold? Well, you can imagine the reaction.

“He dethrones the king, Sweden has a new superstar,” bellowed the Eurosport commentary as a subdued Kingsbury gingerly wandered over to congratulate his successor. It was a thrilling episode and the first true shock of the Games. First medal When a quizmaster asks who won the first medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, you can lean in smugly and whisper to your mates: “pssst, it’s Therese Johaug.” It’s not quite the fairytale we were after admittedly.

The cross-country skier missed the last Games in South Korea after failing a drugs test, which she protested was due to a rogue ingredient in some lip balm acquired by a team doctor. Returning to Olympics action, after winning the team title at Vancouver 2010 and two medals – but no gold – at Sochi 2014, Johaug put in a blistering freestyle section to destroy the field in the women’s 15km skiathlon. Norway sit top of the overall medal table