Mikaela Shiffrin had just finished lunching on Thursday in the picturesque French Alps village of Courchevel. An hour earlier, finishing second in a Super G race – a day after his victory in a downhill race – Shiffrin clinched the season-long overall title of the World Cup, the highest trophy in ski racing and the …
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Breathe a sigh of relief: The ‘bubble’ of the Olympics is essentially virus-free. Source link
Just 37.04 seconds. it took this long Erin Jackson The United States will compete for the gold medal in the women’s 500m speed skating. This is also the time each photographer should capture their own glory. Most Olympics are about speed, sacrifice and emotion. Photographing games can also take a lot of time sometimes. No …
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A fusion of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, which has been in the Olympics since 1924, the Nordic combined is the only winter sport without a women’s category.Credit…Gabriela Bhaskar/New York Times Eileen Gu made history as the first freestyle skier to win three medals at an Olympics in Beijing this week. gold in women’s halfpipe …
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A Chinese couple set a world record in figure skating, a ski race was interrupted by winds, and a sprint to a chaotic finish in the collective starting speed skating “where the fastest doesn’t always win.” Ours photographers captured all the spins, spins, joy and heartbreak Saturday. Source link
YANQING, China — Alexandra Burghardt fixes her new Winter Olympics outfit at a hotel a few miles from the toboggan run in the mountains outside Beijing. “Sometimes I feel like a double agent,” he said. “Two lives to deal with.” In August, Burghardt was running the 100 meters in the scorching heat of Tokyo’s Summer …
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YANQING, China — Alexandra Burghardt fixes her new Winter Olympics outfit at a hotel a few miles from the toboggan run in the mountains outside Beijing. “Sometimes I feel like a double agent,” he said. “Two lives to deal with.” In August, Burghardt was running the 100 meters in the scorching heat of Tokyo’s Summer …
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US broadcast coverage 2022 Winter Games It continues into the night on Sunday. All times are East. SPEED SKING The event ends with the men’s collective starting semi-finals starting at 2 a.m. on NBC Olympic Channel, followed by the women’s semi-finals at 2:45 a.m. The men’s final begins at 3:30 am and the women’s at …
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The games are just a few days away and some athletes are getting their curtain calls. For Eileen GuThe debuting Chinese-American star in Beijing earned her a gold medal in the half-paddle freestyle ski track – and third medal in games. Defending the gold medal they won four years ago for Matt Hamilton and the …
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Published with this article ProPublicanonprofit investigative newsroom. BEIJING — In the Chinese-propaganda village of Potemkin, the Winter Olympics emerged as a pure success, a celebration of sport and political cohesion that covered up the country’s flaws and abuses—which were covered up by critics. The hills are snowy in Beijing 2022, not the usual brown at …
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US broadcast coverage 2022 Winter Games It continues on Friday with the start of the doubles figure skating competition alongside medal events in freestyle skiing, speed skating and biathlon. All times are East. FREE SKINS Canadian Brady Leman will defend his 2018 Olympic title in the men’s cross country cross-country event by broadcasting at 1 …
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After nearly three weeks competing in one of the biggest international sporting events from around the world, the Winter Olympics in Beijing are drawing to a close. The final events will be held in Beijing (late Saturday and early Sunday morning in the United States) on Sunday morning and afternoon, and the closing ceremony is …