Canadians enjoy first gold in team pursuit speed skating at Beijing 2022
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Canada has won the women’s speed skating team pursuit gold here at the Ice Ribbon.
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Norway | 16 | 8 | 13 | |
Germany | 12 | 10 | 5 | |
China | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
United States | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Canada has won the women’s speed skating team pursuit gold here at the Ice Ribbon.
Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen pulled off a flawless final leg as Norway came from behind to snatch the men’s 4x7.5 kilometres relay gold at the Winter Olympics here.
A new supply of 2,000 more Bing Dwen Dwen toys have arrived in Beijing for distribution to licensed stores in the city according to Beijing 2022 organisers.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that it will conduct a review of qualification systems to strike the right balance over continental representation amid criticism following a lack of African athletes at the Winter Olympics here.
Kamila Valieva’s positive drugs test has been blamed on contamination with her grandfather’s heart medication, according to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official.
Denis Oswald has claimed no connection has been established between the Kamila Valieva case and Russian state doping, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member defending the organisation’s handling of the long-running crisis.
Just one new COVID-19 case has been reported by organisers of the Winter Olympics here, making it the lowest daily figure linked to the Games.
By Michael Pavitt, Geoff Berkeley, Michael Houston and Philip Barker in Beijing
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) says it will consider a “full-fledged investigation” to discover how figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine.
No medal ceremony will be held in the figure skating team event or women's individual competition - should Kamila Valieva earn a podium finish - with a decision still to be reached on whether the 15-year-old figure skater will be sanctioned for a positive drug test.
The Discovery channel has revealed that their streaming audience for the discovery+ and Eurosport digital services are already eight-times better than those achieved at Pyeongchang 2018.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has claimed the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) did not flag Kamila Valieva’s sample as a priority, leading to the adverse analytical finding being recorded during the 2022 Winter Olympics here.
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has claimed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision not to reinstate Kamila Valieva’s provisional suspension marks "another chapter in the systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by Russia".
Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in tomorrow’s women’s singles figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics here, after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel rejected an appeal to reimpose her provisional suspension following a positive drug test.
There were no positive COVID-19 cases reported inside the closed loop in a 24-hour period for the first time since the system came into operation prior to the Winter Olympics here, new figures published here today revealed.