He died just days before he was able to compete for his country. A track at the Winter Olympics was forced to undergo a major change after a 21-year-old athlete tragically died while training. Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died during a training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre in British Columbia, Canada when he lost […]
1 year ago
‘Our presence at the Paralympics is a sign that Ukraine is and will remain a country’ As Russia continues to attack Ukraine, the country’s athletes have secured the second-most medals at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. The 2022 Winter Paralympics wrapped up on Sunday, with Ukraine winning an impressive 29 medals in just two events entered […]
4 years ago
A hard one to take for Lindholm Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm revealed that he suffered a ‘frozen penis’ during the Men’s 50km Cross-Country Skiing event at the Winter Olympics. The event, which took place on Saturday (February 19), was shortened to 30km due to strong winds and tough conditions. Despite the shortened course, Lindholm sustained an unexpected […]
4 years ago
On the penultimate day of the Games, GB has its first medal Team GB has its first medal of the Winter Olympics but their wait for a gold continues after the men’s curling team lost to Sweden in the final on Saturday morning. In a nervy match that went to an extra end, Bruce Mouat’s […]
4 years ago
That’s got to hurt A freestyle skier competing in the halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics on Thursday had a moment to forget as he crashed into a camera operator. Finnish athlete Jon Sallinen was over halfway through his run before he misjudged one of his tricks – leading to a calamitous error which left […]
4 years ago
Team GB has real medal hopes in the final days of the Games Thirty years ago, when the Premier League was just kicking off and the Gallagher brothers were just a couple of young upstarts making a name on the Manchester scene, Team GB returned home from the Winter Olympics empty-handed. The team didn’t secure […]
4 years ago