BEIJING (AP) — The Newest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
Alexander Bolshunov has sprinted to his third Olympic gold medal, profitable a 30-kilometer mass begin cross-country ski race that was rescheduled and shortened due to robust wind and frigid temperatures.
The Russian was a part of a five-man breakaway within the ultimate kilometer. He pushed forward on the ultimate climb into the stadium, taking the title in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 32.7 seconds.
Russian teammate Ivan Yakimushkin crossed the road 5.5 seconds behind for silver, and Simen Hegstad Krueger of Norway took bronze, 7 seconds behind.
Bolshunov additionally gained gold within the skiathlon and the relay on the Beijing Video games. He took silver within the 15-kilometer traditional ski race and bronze within the workforce dash.
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World Cup chief Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo fell off the again of the lead group about 33 minutes into the race and took his bib off and walked off the tracks with about 7.9 kilometers to go.
The Worldwide Olympic Committee member who oversaw Beijing Winter Video games preparations since 2015 has been put again on its govt board.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, whose father of the identical title was IOC president from 1980-2001, was voted into the one open vice chairman slot. There are 4 vice presidents. The youthful Samaranch was beforehand a vice chairman from 2016 to 2020.
It places him into place for an anticipated run on the IOC presidency in 2025. Present IOC guidelines require Thomas Bach to face apart after 12 years as president.
Samaranch replaces Yu Zaiqing of China, who needed to step down after finishing the utmost two consecutive four-year phrases.
Samaranch’s return to the 15-member board was authorized by the total membership assembly in Beijing forward of Sunday’s closing ceremony. The voting was 72 for and 4 towards. 9 members abstained.
Defending Olympic champion Nana Takagi has crashed out of the mass begin semifinals, the second time the Japanese speedskater has fallen whereas main a race in Beijing.
Takagi stumbled and her left hand touched the rinkside padding earlier than she slid on her facet into the outer padding.
Takagi misplaced her steadiness whereas main the workforce pursuit and crashed within the final nook, which value the Japanese girls a gold medal.
Ivanie Blondin, who led Canada to a gold medal in workforce pursuit, gained her semifinal. Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy, silver medalist within the 3,000, gained the opposite semi.
Additionally advancing to the ultimate was Claudia Pechstein of Germany. The nine-time Olympic medalist turns 50 on Tuesday.
Individuals Mia Manganello Kilburg and Olympic rookie Giorgia Birkeland additionally moved on.
There have been three falls within the first semi, together with Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands. She went down in a nook with 4 laps go go, however acquired up and completed fifth to qualify for the ultimate.
Irene Schouten of the Netherlands, winner of the three,000, additionally made the 16-woman ultimate.
Defending champion Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea has certified for the ultimate of males’s mass begin speedskating.
Lee gained the occasion that made its debut 4 years in the past in his house nation.
Additionally transferring on to the ultimate are 2018 silver medalist Bart Swings of Belgium, three-time world champion Joey Mantia of the USA, and 2020 world champion Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands.
Sven Kramer of the Netherlands certified for the final Olympic ultimate of his profession. The 35-year-old skater who’s a nine-time medalist completed seventh within the semifinals.
Chinese language organizers say a complete of 97,000 spectators have attended medal occasions on the Beijing Olympics.
That’s lower than two-thirds of the 150,000 predicted on the eve of the Olympics greater than two weeks in the past. The video games shut Sunday.
The quantity was revealed at an IOC assembly by the manager vice chairman of the native organizing committee, Zhang Jiandong.
Venues in Beijing and Zhangjiakou might have invited spectators to attend however followers weren’t allowed at Alpine snowboarding and sliding sports activities in Yanqing.
Plans to promote tickets to worldwide guests have been scrapped final 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic and the block was prolonged to residents of China in January.
Spectators have been to be invited from worldwide communities residing in mainland China, members of diplomatic missions and advertising companions.
The boys’s 50-kilometer cross-country ski race on the Olympics has been delayed and the size diminished to 30 kilometers due to the climate.
The Worldwide Ski Federation mentioned the choice was made “regarding the athletes security to scale back the time of publicity of athletes in excessive situations.”
The wind has blasted the Zhangjiakou Nationwide Cross Nation Middle all morning, sending plumes of snow into the air.
The temperature is hovering round minus 18 levels C (0 levels F).
The 50-kilometer race can take as much as two hours to finish, leaving athletes uncovered and inclined to frostbite. The racers will ski a 7.1-kilometer course 4 occasions, as a substitute of the initially deliberate six laps on an 8.3-kilometer course.
The final Alpine snowboarding race of the Beijing Olympics has been pushed again a day due to robust winds.
The blended workforce parallel occasion was rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday, the final day of the Winter Video games. It’s going to begin at 9 a.m. Beijing time.
It was supposed to start out Saturday morning and was delayed twice due to gusts of as much as about 40 mph (65 kph) earlier than it was scrapped for the day.
The final Alpine snowboarding race of the Beijing Olympics won’t be held as deliberate due to robust winds. A call has not but been made about whether or not to reschedule the occasion.
The workforce occasion was speculated to be held Saturday, however wind gusts at as much as about 40 mph (65 kph) led to the announcement of two one-hour delays. The Winter Video games finish Sunday.
Organizers ultimately mentioned the race wouldn’t be held Saturday.
A gathering was being held “to debate the potential rescheduling of the occasion.”
Nico Porteous of New Zealand overcame the swirling wind to win the Olympic ski halfpipe ultimate on a day when many skiers couldn’t land their finest methods as a result of robust gusts.
Porteous scored a 93 in his opening run on a bitterly chilly and breezy morning within the final occasion on the Genting Snow Park. His rating held up in powerful situations the place skiers struggled to hyperlink massive air and spins.
Two-time Olympic champion David Smart took house the silver together with his first-run rating of 90.75. The 31-year-old Smart was the one winner the lads’s occasion had ever recognized. He took the title at its Olympic debut in 2014 and once more in 2018. Alex Ferreira of the USA threw down a powerful first run, twirling his proper ski pole on the backside in elation, to finish up with the bronze.
The final competitor to go, Aaron Blunck, crashed into the wall of the halfpipe whereas attempting to land a trick within the gusty situations. He stayed down for a second earlier than sitting up.
Wind gusts of as much as about 40 mph (65 kph) are pushing again the beginning of the final Alpine snowboarding race of the Beijing Olympics.
The beginning of the workforce occasion has been delayed twice Saturday for a complete of two hours and now won’t start earlier than midday native time.
The blue and pink gate flags are whipping within the wind alongside the race course generally known as “Ice River” on the Nationwide Alpine Snowboarding Middle in Yanqing zone.
Nico Porteous of New Zealand grabbed the lead after the primary run within the males’s ski halfpipe ultimate on a difficult day to throw methods as a result of swirling wind.
Porteous scored a 93 because of back-to-back double cork 1620s. Two-time defending Olympic champion David Smart sits in second place with a rating of 90.75 after the primary of three runs. Most of the opponents struggled with wind gusts, together with Brendan MacKay of Canada who gave the impression to be blown off line by the wind.
Prime qualifier Aaron Blunck referred to as the gusty situations “gnarly.” Though listed at 13 mph, the wind seems to be swirling in and thru the halfpipe. The wind chill hovered round minus 26 levels Fahrenheit (minus 32 levels Celsius.)
The final Alpine snowboarding race of the Beijing Olympics is being delayed due to robust wind.
The beginning of the workforce occasion has been pushed again an hour to 11 a.m. native time on Saturday — which is when it initially was scheduled to start earlier than a forecast of windy situations prompted organizers to attempt to get going at 10 a.m.
Gusts of about 25 mph (40 kph) are kicking up snow close to the underside of the race course generally known as “Ice River” on the Nationwide Alpine Snowboarding Middle in Yanqing zone.
The temperature is zero levels Fahrenheit (minus 18 Celsius) and seems like minus 8 Fahrenheit (minus 22 Celsius).
Mikaela Shiffrin is on the roster for the USA, which faces Slovakia within the opening spherical. Different first-round matchups are Switzerland vs. China, Italy vs. Russia, Norway vs. Poland, France vs. Czech Republic, Germany vs. Sweden, and Slovenia vs. Canada.
Prime-ranked Austria obtained a first-round bye as a result of there are solely 15 nations within the 16-spot bracket.
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