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Djokovic Sets Sights on Paris Olympics, Wants to Return to Australia

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said he has unfinished business at the Olympics and will be gunning for gold at Paris 2024, adding that he is keen to return to Australia despite his deportation this year. Djokovic's quest for an Olympic gold in Tokyo ended in a semi-final defeat…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dancing on Ice's Kye Whyte branded a flirt after he 'falls for' pro skater Morgan Swales

Olympic BMX champion Kye Whyte, 22, has been causing a stir backstage at ITV's Dancing On Ice after gaining a reputation for his flirtatious behaviour. The sports star has allegedly caught feelings for professional dancer Morgan Swales.

Daily Mirror

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Mike Jensen: Call Dawn Staley a villain if you want. She’ll just keep winning.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Dawn Staley stood on the court in front of her bench, nobody inside Memorial Coliseum seemed to care that this woman had coached a United States Olympic team to glory, had herself once carried the American flag into the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympics. They…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Friday, Feb. 18

The Independent UK

‘There was blood all over the snow ... it was terrifying’: How Winter Olympians fight the fear

Winter Olympic athletes tell Lawrence Ostlere how embracing doubt is a crucial tool in disciplines of speed and adrenaline where peril is part of the job

The Independent UK

China’s human rights record made Winter Olympics ‘irresponsible’, says Swedish athlete

Gold medallist Nils van der Poel criticises Chinese regime and decision to hold games in Beijing

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‘Captain Clutch’ stars again as Canada enjoy ‘special sort of redemption’ with ice hockey gold against USA

Marie-Philip Poulin assisted the first goal and scored the second and third in a 3-2 final victory

The Independent UK

Eileen Gu continues golden run at Winter Olympics but section of home fury takes shine off success

China’s star of the Winter Olympics delivered a second gold medal of the Games amid ripples of dissent on social media

The Independent UK

Mikaela Shiffrin’s two weeks of pain don’t detract from a lifetime of greatness

Olympic athletes face greater pressures because the spotlight is so much greater every four years than it is in the rest of their careers

The Guardian - US

Analysis: Plenty went wrong for US Alpine skiing at Olympics

A United States team led by Mikaela Shiffrin will leave the Beijing Olympics with just one of the 30 individual medals in Alpine skiing

The Independent UK

Raising age limit for skating would end the age of the quad

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics day 14: GB women into curling final – as it happened

Eve Muirhead and co set up a curling final against Japan after Eileen Gu won another gold medal for China, and ROC beat Sweden in the men’s hockey

The Guardian - AU

Eileen Gu soars to hat-trick of medals at Beijing Games with freeski halfpipe gold

China’s Eileen Gu cruised to victory in the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final, claiming her second gold medal at the Beijing Olympics

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Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Valieva to skate

The judges who let Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics blamed anti-doping officials for a “failure to function effectively.”

Los Angeles Times

China’s Eileen Gu wins gold in women’s freestyle halfpipe

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — When some competitors barely cleared the top of the halfpipe on late-run tricks, Chinese star Eileen Gu continued to soar. Camera operators bent backward to track the teenager’s motion through the air as she spun off the wall of the halfpipe, climbing higher and higher just as…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Valieva, Shiffrin stumble on Day 13 of Olympics

Whether it's on the ice, in the air or on the slopes at the Winter Olympics, Associated Press photographers are there to capture every moment, from the thrilling to the heartbreaking to the whimsical.

The Independent UK

Gu breezes to gold in ski halfpipe, 3rd medal at Olympics

Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final on a breezy and cold morning to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games

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Moneyrock: Olympic curlers crunch data to get edge on ice

The sport of curling is steeped in centuries of tradition

Sports Illustrated

Anna Shcherbakova, Russian Olympic Committee Gold Medalist, Says She Feels ‘Emptiness’ After Winning

Anna Shcherbakova's victory was overshadowed as she stood alone while Russian Olympic Committee teammates consoled Kamila Valieva, who placed fourth.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Other than Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, the Winter Olympics are barely watchable

FORT WORTH, Texas — The idea is so terrible it's good.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: Gold medal battle makes me want more women’s hockey

BEIJING — Forward Marie Philip-Poulin scored in the second period in the gold medal women's hockey game on Wednesday, and Canada led 3-0 and was threatening to win in a blowout, just like it had in nearly every game of the Olympic tournament.

Tribune News Service

Strategy backfires on John Shuster, ending chance for another golden curl

BEIJING — Curling is often called chess on ice. Thursday night, it was more like a math problem on ice for John Shuster and his teammates.

Tribune News Service

Canada starts fast, holds off USA rally to win Olympic women’s hockey gold

BEIJING — After losing to the U.S. in the gold medal game four years ago, some dejected Canadian players took off the silver medals around their necks. Thursday, they won a color that suited them better.

Sports Illustrated

Kamila Valieva’s Collapse Was a Fitting End to a Controversial Olympics

Authorities deemed the 15-year-old a “protected person” who is not responsible for her actions. But no one protected her, or her teammates, from an abusive system that resulted in a doping scandal.

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