Mixed event the last hope for Australia in snowboard cross

Mixed event the last hope for Australia in snowboard cross

With four of our Olympians bombing out in their individual finals,Australia has a selection challenge ahead of Saturday.

  • byEryk Bagshaw

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‘Ice Prince’ bows out,‘Rocket Man’ crowned new figure-skating supremo

‘Ice Prince’ bows out,‘Rocket Man’ crowned new figure-skating supremo

Australian Brendan Kerry also made it through the final but will now take time to think about what’s next.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Russian Olympic favourite tests positive for banned heart medication:report

Russian Olympic favourite tests positive for banned heart medication:report

The sample was reportedly obtained in December,but did not come to light until after the 15-year-old helped her team win the gold medal this week.

  • byDave Skretta
Scotty James to unleash his ‘angry dog’

Scotty James to unleash his ‘angry dog’

Scotty James has known what he was going to do in an Olympic final for three months. Every turn,every jump,every flip down a cavernous halfpipe has been mapped out.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
‘It has been a really big and emotional rollercoaster’:Parker’s dramatic Olympic ride

‘It has been a really big and emotional rollercoaster’:Parker’s dramatic Olympic ride

Four COVID tests were the difference between realising an Olympic dream and sitting in an isolation room. Negative,positive,negative,negative.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
The party can wait:Olympic champion Anthony touches down in Melbourne,eyes next big meet

The party can wait:Olympic champion Anthony touches down in Melbourne,eyes next big meet

Moguls champion Jakara Anthony says she will quickly turn her sights to the final leg of the Freestyle Ski World Cup at Megeve,France,in March – postponing her Olympic celebrations.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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‘Viral’ Bing Dwen Dwen helps China write the script of the Games

‘Viral’ Bing Dwen Dwen helps China write the script of the Games

Bing Dwen Dwen has all the attributes of a star but he also has one key advantage:an army of Chinese government accounts fuelling his viral rise.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
With just hours to spare:Slalom skier Katie Parker to compete in Beijing after clearing COVID protocols
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With just hours to spare:Slalom skier Katie Parker to compete in Beijing after clearing COVID protocols

Australian skier Katie Parker will take her place in women’s slalom after passing two late-night COVID-19 tests to get through Beijing’s testing protocols with only hours to spare.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Kerry carries Australian hopes in star-studded figure skating field

Kerry carries Australian hopes in star-studded figure skating field

Australian figure skater Brendan Kerry will take on the best in the world in the free skating final after gliding his way through a field that included a dual-Olympic gold medallist and a three-time world champion.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Inside China’s zero-COVID Winter Olympics

Inside China’s zero-COVID Winter Olympics

What’s it like to live inside the ‘closed loop’? Today on Please Explain,North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw joins Bianca Hall to talk about these unique Winter Olympics.

  • byBianca Hall
US-born ‘snow princess’ Eileen Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China

US-born ‘snow princess’ Eileen Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China

American-born Eileen Gu cranked out the first 1620 of her career on her final jump,earning the first of what she hopes will be three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in women’s freestyle big air on Tuesday.