
Winter Sports
The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-old.
The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-old.
The 35-year-old speedskater competed at four consecutive Winter Olympics from the 2010 Vancouver Games and has long been one of the dominant forces in women's sprint races.
Nana Takagi, who with her younger sister Miho became the first pair of speed skating siblings to appear at three Olympic Winter Games, announced her retirement on Tuesday. The 29-year-old captured ...
Kobayashi, this winter's Four Hills champion, claimed the second overall World Cup title of his career following his triumph in the 2018-19 season.
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"I don’t really believe in fate or that things are meant to be, but somehow it has felt just slightly easier in the last four days than it has felt for the last couple months of this season.
Two weeks after the Beijing Games, where she won four medals including two golds, Takagi was unable to muster her usual pace in the short distance events due to fatigue.
"I was able to produce two good jumps," Takanashi said. "It feels like I'm making progress day by day."
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"This, coming after the Olympics, it's my happiest win ever."
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Kobayashi and Halvor Egner Granerud shared the win in Lahti, Finland.
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"Russia's violations of international law and attacks on the Ukrainian people demand international condemnation and sanctions," Norway's skiing federation said in a statement.
"I was lucky (with the conditions)," Kobayashi said after his 26th career World Cup win. "I didn't jump yesterday so I was fresh mentally and fully motivated."
With no time to plan new runs after the World Cup series, the Beijing-bound Tomita instead worked on perfecting her 1080, while improving her height and style.