Category: winter olympics
Millie Knight and Brett Wild win downhill bronze – SPORT NEWS PEDIA
Skier Millie Knight defeated her demons as she won Great Britain’s first medal of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. The 23-year-old suffered a number of crashes and concussions which left her […]
Winter Olympics skiier suffers frozen… old fella
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Finnish skiier Remi Lindholm has won the sympathy of men around the planet, after […]
Not all Olympians are apoplectic over the Beijing Games
Aaron Blunck takes a tumble on during the men’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final.Image: Getty Images I tried. I tried to focus on the competitions and athletes at the Olympics instead […]
Winter Olympics – Team GB bobsleigh and medal hunt and Gus Kenworthy finishes eighth – SPORT NEWS PEDIA
Team GB are in medal contention in the four-man bobsleigh after Brad Hall’s sled was sixth after the opening two runs at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Hall, who crashed in […]
Mikeala Shiffrin’s response to failure is more important than failing
Mikaela ShiffrinPhoto: Getty Images When I’m left sifting through the rubble, struggling to find any remnant of hope in the disaster that has befallen me, I try to remember advice […]
Winter Olympics – Kamila Valieva competes after failed drugs test – SPORT NEWS PEDIA
An emotional Kamila Valieva launched her bid for Olympic figure skating gold after a court cleared her to compete despite a positive drugs test. All eyes were on the Russian […]
Kamila Valieva’s saga sets a dangerous precedent for skaters
Kamila ValievaPhoto: Getty Images It wouldn’t be a proper Winter Olympics without a figure skating melodrama. It’s earned a reputation as the Olympics’ closest equivalent to soap opera. In 2002, […]
Longtime Team USA snowboard coach under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct
U.S. snowboard coach Peter Foley has been accused of inappropriate conduct by a former ream member.Image: Getty Images You can add “Sexual misconduct allegations against a U.S. coach” to the […]
Skeleton silver stunner! Jaclyn Narracott’s run for the ages makes Australian Winter Olympics history
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Jaclyn Narracott has secured Australia’s fourth medal of a record Winter Olympics haul with […]
Scotty James claims silver in epic battle with Japanese rival
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Scotty James added an Olympic silver medal to his bronze from four years ago, […]