American Hall wins freeski slopestyle Olympic goldZHANGJIAKOU, China: Alex Hall of the United States won the men's freeski slopestyle gold at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, taking the title ahead of countryman Nick Goepper.
Russian skater Valieva cleared to continue at Olympics: CASBEIJING: Russian teenage figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva was on Monday cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics despite failing a doping test.
Russian doping controversy ignites at Beijing Games, White bows outBEIJING: Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Beijing Olympics testers confirmed Friday, while American snowboarding legend Shaun White finished an agonising fourth in his final appearance.
Family affair as Strolz wins Olympic combined goldYANQING, China: Austria's Johannes Strolz bounced back from being dropped from his team to emulate his father in winning Olympic alpine combined gold on Thursday.
Early fall ruins Aruwin’s dayALPINE skier Aruwin Salehhuddin’s campaign in the Winter Olympics came to an early end in the women’s slalom after falling in her opening run in Beijing yesterday.
Japan’s Kobayashi holds nerve to win Olympic ski jumping goldZHANGJIAKOU, China: Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi held his nerve while his rivals lost theirs on Sunday, winning Olympic ski jumping gold on the men’s normal hill in a wild and unpredictable Beijing Games final.
Olympics: Dutch athletes warned to keep phones and laptops out of China -MediaAMSTERDAM: Dutch athletes competing in next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics will need to leave their phones and laptops at home in an unprecedented move to avoid Chinese espionage, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on Tuesday.
