Skiing
Eileen Gu’s love for Chinese food catches Xi Jinping’s attention
President Xi singles out double gold medallist for her fondness for Chinese snacks during awards ceremony to celebrate heroes of the Winter Olympics.
Skier Yung wants to repay Hong Kong fans with better results – and Cantonese
The 17-year-old reflects on ‘incredible’ support despite ‘nightmare’ runs at Beijing Winter Olympics, where he gained even bigger following for his interviews in Oxford English-infused Cantonese.
Hong Kong trio picked for HKU’s ‘top athletes direct admissions scheme’
Coleman Wong, Adrian Yung and Russell Aylsworth to receive HK$400,000 scholarships, as institution’s director of undergraduate admissions welcomes the second round of applications.
China’s wheelchair curling team defeat Sweden to defend gold
Defending champion China bagged the wheelchair curling gold at the Beijing 2022 Paralympics Winter Games on Saturday after defeating Sweden 8-3 at the National Aquatics Centre.
Liu Mengtao becomes China’s first Para biathlete to win three medals
Liu Mengtao and Zhang Mengqiu continue to dominate on day 7 of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics, hauling in more gold medals for China.
Tearful Ukraine Paralympics team pay tribute to country’s fallen
Ukraine delegation calls for peace at Beijing 2022 Winter Games, as gold medallist Grygorii Vovchkynskyi expresses disbelief over Russia ‘bombing our children and women’.
Slushy snow and T-shirts for athletes as Winter Paralympics feels the heat
Weather compared to Norway in July as temperatures nudge a balmy 17 Celsius degrees (63 degrees Fahrenheit), with warm weather catching skiers off guard.
Ukrainian Paralympian out of Beijing Games after her father seized by Russians
Anastasiia Laletina withdraws from biathlon middle distance event after hearing her father had been captured by invading soldiers.
Liu and Guo win China’s first Winter Paralympics golds, hosts smash record
Liu Zixu switched from Para archery to clinch China’s second-ever Winter Paralympics gold, as 100m sprinter turned silver medallist Alpine skier Zhu Daqing says ‘I think I can overcome any difficulties now’.
Who is China-born US Winter Paralympian Grace Miller?
Adopted by an Alaskan in Guangzhou, the 22-year-old Team USA cross-country skier is ready to impress in her second Winter Games.
Winter Olympics skiing stars Xu and Wang are China’s new athlete power couple
Xu Mengtao, a Beijing gold medallist and considered one of the greatest aerial skiers of all time, posts photos on social media with Wang Xindi.
Hong Kong Olympians target city’s first medal at Asian Ski Championships
Adrian Yung Yung and Audrey King will form part of four-member Hong Kong squad at the regional competition this weekend.
What’s next for China’s Olympic golden girl Eileen Gu?
After her historic two golds and one silver at Beijing 2022, California-born Gu now looks ready to slide from the Olympic podium into being one of China’s biggest stars.
Hong Kong squad to miss Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Skater Sidney Chu and skiers Audrey King and Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen have already left the Athletes’ Village with training camps and competitions around the corner.
American Mikaela Shiffrin ends Beijing campaign without a medal
Two-time gold medallist finds form in the quarter-finals but the USA were beaten for the bronze medal by Norway.
Golden girl Eileen Gu soars as figure skating pair set world record
The 18-year-old is the first athlete to win medals in three different freestyle skiing disciplines after her big air gold and slopestyle silver.
Hong Kong government’s ice rink plans ‘surreal’, Olympic skater Chu says
Beijing Games competitor Sidney Chu and Hong Kong’s first Winter Olympian Christy Ren outline how short-track speedskating would benefit from an international standard ice rink, from grass roots to elite level.
Gu expects Chinese granny to ask, ‘come on Eileen, what’s the big deal?’
Teenager has become the face of the Games and will be favourite to win a second gold at the half-pipe finals on Friday, but says her grandmother will be ‘unimpressed’ by the attention she receives and ‘still hasn’t accepted that I’m a professional skier’.
Qi Guangpu finally wins gold for China in his fourth Winter Games
The 31-year-old Qi scores a stunning 129 in his final jump to win by a clear margin and give China their seventh gold medal of the Winter Games.
Hong Kong, China to ‘strengthen winter sports ties’ after Beijing Olympics
With Hong Kong’s first international-standard ice skating rink still in the works, Hong Kong’s Beijing Winter Olympics chef de mission Karl Kwok targets more cross-border training and ‘snow sports tourism’.