https://www.scmp.com/rss/511693/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s Para cross-country skiers continued their gold rush at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games on Wednesday, as the host extended its lead at the top of the medal table. Zheng Peng eased to gold in the men’s sprint sitting event with a time of 2:42.40 to get things under way on day 5 at a sunny Zhangjiakou Biathlon Centre. This was the 29-year-old Putian native’s second gold medal, having won one in the men’s 15km sitting event last Sunday. Teammate Mao Zhongwu earned his second silver medal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3169857/winter-paralympics-china-secures-two-more-golds-para-cross-country?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3169857/winter-paralympics-china-secures-two-more-golds-para-cross-country?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:27:23 +0000 Day 10 of the Winter Olympics will see a jumbled-up schedule, with Sunday’s freeski slopestyle and women’s aerials rescheduled because of bad weather. However, this also means that fan favourites and good friends Eileen Gu and Su Yiming will be competing on the same day. As the Games edge well into their second week, some familiar sports will be wrapping up with medal rounds on Monday, with the snowboard big air kicking off with men’s and women’s qualification rounds. Chinese ice dancers Wang... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166904/winter-olympics-five-things-watch-day-10-eileen-gu-and-su-yiming-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166904/winter-olympics-five-things-watch-day-10-eileen-gu-and-su-yiming-back?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:00:32 +0000 For athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics, testing positive for Covid-19 is one of their worst nightmares, and it can begin with a knock on the door in the middle of the night. “It was insane, it was a roller coaster,” Kim Meylemans, a skeleton racer from Belgium, said. The 25-year-old posted a tearful video on Instagram last week from isolation which highlighted the perils of competing in the middle of a pandemic. Meylemans said she tested positive about a month ago, before arriving in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166877/winter-olympics-coronavirus-fear-stalking-athletes-beijing-where-knock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166877/winter-olympics-coronavirus-fear-stalking-athletes-beijing-where-knock?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:40:56 +0000 Popularised by the classic 1993 film Cool Runnings, bobsleigh is one of the most iconic sports at the Winter Olympics. With athletes reaching speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour as they hurtle down the ice, the event will once again be one of the most intense on show in the Beijing 2022 programme. What is bobsleigh? Bobsleigh is a winter sport where athletes push a sleigh down an ice track and compete to reach the finish line in the fastest time. It is one of the three sliding sports on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3166355/winter-olympics-what-bobsleigh-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3166355/winter-olympics-what-bobsleigh-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:15:20 +0000 The Winter Olympics isn’t short of extreme sports. But one of the more unique events is the skeleton – where athletes throw themselves head first down an icy slope at speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour. Here’s everything you need to know about the sport, ahead of its return to the global spotlight at February’s Beijing 2022 Winter Games. What is skeleton? Skeleton is a winter sport where athletes run and jump onto a sledge, belly down, and speed off down a track, using their legs and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3166237/winter-olympics-what-skeleton-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3166237/winter-olympics-what-skeleton-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:15:23 +0000 He was China’s first-ever Olympic skeleton entrant four years ago, became the country’s only IBSF World Cup gold medallist last November, and is ranked 12th in the world – yet Geng Wenqiang was left out of the Beijing 2022 Games roster. Instead, teammates Yan Wengang and Chen Wenhao took up China’s two men’s skeleton spots. Though the pair are among the mainland’s best, Yan and Chen finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the same event Geng won his historic gold. But what was the reason for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166227/winter-olympics-curious-case-geng-wenqiang-skeleton-world-cup-champion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166227/winter-olympics-curious-case-geng-wenqiang-skeleton-world-cup-champion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:15:10 +0000 It’s the sport where you lie down on a modified sledge and hurtle yourself across an icy slide at speeds of up to 145km an hour. But as it gets set to reclaim the spotlight at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Post is here to tell you everything you need to know about this extreme version of sledding. What is luge? Luge is a winter sport where competitors use a sledge in a supine position (lying on their back) and steer their way down a track through subtle leg and shoulder movements.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3165777/winter-olympics-what-luge-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022-contenders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3165777/winter-olympics-what-luge-everything-you-need-know-beijing-2022-contenders?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:30:22 +0000 Belgian skeleton rider Kim Meylemans has thanked her fans and teammates for their overwhelming support after finally moving into the Olympic Village on Thursday. The 25-year-old’s emotional video documenting her quarantine ordeal at Beijing 2022 went viral on Wednesday, prompting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to intervene. Meylemans was given a room in the isolation wing of the Athletes’ Village in Beijing, where she was greeted with Team Belgium-themed decorations including the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3165757/winter-olympics-kim-meylemans-feels-safe-thanks-fans-and-teammates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3165757/winter-olympics-kim-meylemans-feels-safe-thanks-fans-and-teammates?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:09:15 +0000 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has intervened after Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans posted an emotional video on social media documenting her treatment in isolation ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. After testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in China, Meylemans said she was told she could leave a quarantine hotel after three days of isolation and multiple negative PCR tests. But rather than return her to the Olympic Village, an ambulance took the 25-year-old to... https://www.scmp.com/beijing-winter-olympics-2022/sled-sports/article/3165626/winter-olympics-ioc-intervenes-tearful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/beijing-winter-olympics-2022/sled-sports/article/3165626/winter-olympics-ioc-intervenes-tearful?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:46:53 +0000 Hong Kong Olympic alpine skier Audrey King has tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Beijing, the Hong Kong Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SF&OC) said on Monday. The 19-year-old is undergoing compulsory hotel quarantine where she confirmed she was feeling good. “I have no symptoms and I am feeling fine,” she told the Post. Should she return a negative test in time, King will still be able to compete in her women’s slalom event scheduled for February 9. King, men’s skier Adrian... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3165434/winter-olympics-hong-kong-skier-audrey-king-tests-positive-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3165434/winter-olympics-hong-kong-skier-audrey-king-tests-positive-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:21:37 +0000 Team China will be itching for silverware at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after collecting a single gold medal at the previous Pyeongchang 2018 Games – its lowest in the past five cycles. With the mainland’s National Bureau of Statistics this month announcing it realised its overarching goal of “getting 300 million people into winter sports” ahead of its home Games, there is something of a point to prove. The bureau reported nearly 350 million Chinese took part in ice or snow sports since... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3164913/winter-olympics-chinas-top-10-hopes-beijing-include-teen-stars-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3164913/winter-olympics-chinas-top-10-hopes-beijing-include-teen-stars-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:15:23 +0000 A host of athletes have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, leaving countries facing tense waits to whether they can recover in time. US bobsledder Josh Williamson was the latest to confirm he had tested positive for the coronavirus, but said he was hopeful of still being able to take part in the Games, which begin next week. The 25-year-old first-time Olympian tested positive on Sunday, forcing him to miss his flight with Team USA scheduled for Thursday (US... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3164866/winter-olympics-covid-19-strikes-norwegian-skiers-us-and-russian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3164866/winter-olympics-covid-19-strikes-norwegian-skiers-us-and-russian?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:14:31 +0000 CrossFit star Tia-Clair Toomey will not compete in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, despite qualifying for the bobsleigh event, after the Australian selection committee picked a driver with a higher ranking. Toomey announced “we did it” on Instagram last week after qualifying with teammate Ashleigh Warner. However, the selection was not official. The Australian Olympic Team have since posted on Instagram: “Meet our #Beijing2022 Bobsleigh team – Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius.” Australia... https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/crossfit/article/3164837/crossfit-tia-clair-toomey-will-not-compete-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/crossfit/article/3164837/crossfit-tia-clair-toomey-will-not-compete-beijing-2022?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:03:06 +0000 Hong Kong’s Winter Olympics trailblazers shared nuggets of advice and motivation for the city’s young trio competing at the Beijing 2022 Games from February 4 to 20. Short-track speed skater Sidney Chu, 22, and Alpine skiers Audrey King, 19, and Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen, 17, make up Hong Kong’s largest athlete delegation since their Winter Games debut two decades ago. Taking part in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games was then-18-year-old short-track speed skater Christy Ren, who alongside teammate... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164809/winter-olympics-hong-kong-pioneers-christy-ren-and-barton-lui-tell?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164809/winter-olympics-hong-kong-pioneers-christy-ren-and-barton-lui-tell?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:29:52 +0000 Hong Kong announced its record-breaking Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics delegation on Monday, with Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SF&OC) president Timothy Fok Tsun-ting hoping for a “memorable” outing in “our capital city”. A total of 13 people, spearheaded by three athletes – the most Hong Kong will have sent to a Winter Games, and the first across more than one sport – will represent the city in alpine skiing and short-track speedskating between February 4 to 20. Olympic debutants... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164689/winter-olympics-hong-kong-confirms-13-strong-delegation-perform-our?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164689/winter-olympics-hong-kong-confirms-13-strong-delegation-perform-our?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:15:21 +0000 Winged by his two Winter Olympics-bound stars, Hong Kong alpine skiing head coach Marko Rudic was grinning from ear to ear while calling in to the “Beijing Here We Come” meet-and-greet from his native Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. In two weeks, 17-year-old Adrian Yung Hau-tseun and 19-year-old Audrey King will be among the world’s best at the Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field in Yanqing, northwest Beijing, after surviving a toilsome qualifying campaign. Rudic, 32, considered one of his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164290/beijing-2022-6000km-drives-injuries-and-dying-outside-how-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164290/beijing-2022-6000km-drives-injuries-and-dying-outside-how-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:15:21 +0000 Hong Kong’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Alpine skiers Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen and Audrey Alice King shared their final goals and reflections on the eve of the two week countdown to the Games. Alongside head coach Marko Rudic, the pair appeared in a “Beijing Here We Come” video meet-and-greet from their training camp in Bosnia organised by the Ski Association of Hong Kong on Thursday. Yung and King will be a part of the city’s largest ever athlete delegation to a Winter Olympics, alongside... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164130/beijing-winter-olympics-hong-kong-alpine-skiers-adrian-yung-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3164130/beijing-winter-olympics-hong-kong-alpine-skiers-adrian-yung-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:48:03 +0000 Tia-Clair Toomey has qualified to represent Australia at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh with her teammate Ashleigh Warner, pending an official announcement. The 28-year-old Toomey is a five-time “Fittest Woman on Earth”. Such has been her dominance at the CrossFit Games, her rivals have all been competing for second place. “I’m super excited to announce this very special moment, anyone who has followed my journey knows how incredibly important representing Australia is to both... https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/crossfit/article/3163873/crossfits-tia-clair-toomey-qualifies-beijing-2022-winter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/crossfit/article/3163873/crossfits-tia-clair-toomey-qualifies-beijing-2022-winter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:30:11 +0000