Nico Porteous battled heavy wind gusts Saturday in the men’s freeski halfpipe final to capture New Zealand’s second-ever Olympic gold. Fellow 2018 medalists David Wise31, and Alex Ferreira27, of the US will take home the silver and bronze. Porteous, 20, the reigning world and two-time X Games champion stomped back-to-back double cork 1620s in both … Read more
US freeskier Alex Hall threw down a progressive run to capture slopestyle gold Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics, while teammate Nick Goepper repeated his silver from PyeongChang for a third career Games medal. Alaska-born Hall, 23, capped off his first run with a right double cork 1080 into a 900 — the equivalent of … Read more
Polina Strelets, 24, from Saint Petersburg, Russia, was on holiday in Bali when the tragic accident happened as she was riding a jet ski. She wants to be evacuated home by air ambulance Russian influencer Polina Strelets has been in hospital in Bali for 25 days ( Image: @ps_polina_strelets/Newsflash) A young influencer is fighting for … Read more
In Wangfujing, a famous shopping district in central Beijing, a crowd of spectators gathered spontaneously in front of a big TV screen on Tuesday morning. “It’s very cheering. She’s of Chinese origin and has returned to China. I feel proud of her,” said Beijing resident Jiang Yu, 36, according to The Associated Press. Meanwhile, people … Read more
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Sara Takanashi has apologized for the suit violation that ruined Japan’s hopes of a medal in Monday’s Olympic mixed team ski jumping event — in stark contrast to some of the other angry reactions to disqualifications. Takanashi delivered a huge 103-metre jump to launch Japan’s campaign as the mixed event debuted at … Read more