The Australian took two other athletes with him when he crashed out of the 1000-metre short track speed skating quarter-final on Monday night.
It’s worth a shot.
Determination was always Jakara Anthony’s biggest asset,and it shone in spades on world sport’s biggest stage when the 23-year-old claimed Australia’s first winter Olympic gold medal in 12 years on Sunday.
Australian alpine skier Katie Parker faces the prospect of testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Beijing,as she makes a last-ditch scramble to take her place at the Winter Olympics.
In her first interview with an independent media outlet since making allegations of sexual assault against a former Chinese government official,Peng queried the concern for her wellbeing.
For each Australian Winter Olympic gold,there are 28 in summer. They are rare enough that a total of one gold and one bronze medal on Sunday made it Australia’s best Winter Olympic day in history.
Australian duo Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt have made history under the toughest of circumstances.
Jakara Anthony has won Australia’s first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Games after delivering a storming final run in the moguls.
The 23-year-old is the latest athlete to fall foul of the Beijing Winter Olympics strict coronavirus protocols.
Four years after suffering a knee injury in PyeongChang,Tess Coady won Australia’s first Winter Olympic medal in Beijing,taking bronze in the slope style event.
Footage from Dutch broadcaster NOS showed a television reporter being dragged away by a Chinese official during a broadcast before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.