CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vinzenz Geiger from Germany claimed the gold medal in the Nordic combined individual Gundersen normal hill at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games here on Wednesday. Despite ranking 11th with 111.4 points in the ski jumping section, meaning a 1:26 ba...
CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed the men's normal hill individual gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Sunday. Kobayashi collected a match-leading 145.4 points in the first round. Despite his 129.6 points only ranking fifth in ...
While the team also excels at ice skating, their greatest successes have been in ski jumping and speed skating. Next: No. 9: The Netherlands 3/14 Credit No. 9: The Netherlands While the country did not compete in the 1924 Winter Olympics, the Netherlands has ...
and it had been 14 long years since the Summer Games were held in the same city. It may surprise you that many winter sports were featured during the Summer before the first official Winter Olympics debuted in Chamonix, France, in 1924. If you can’t get enough of cold weather sports...
Ice dancers Kim Jinny/Lee Namu added to the tally by placing third as Team Korea edged USA by one point for the gold medal. “It was my first time competing in a team event and I was really happy to enjoy it,” said Shin, who was runner-up to Japan’s Shimada Mao in the singles...
Amid huge expectations and a hyped friendly rivalry with the host country’sShin Jia,Shimada Maocame through to win the women’s figure skating gold medal at theWinter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024on Tuesday (30 January). Shimada fell on her quadruple toeloop but still posted the ...
Gao Tingyu wins historic speed skating gold medal for China as Germany leads medal table halfwaythrough the Winter Olympics. BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Gao Tingyu became the first Chinese male Olympic champion in speed skating when he won the 500m event with an Olympic record time here...
In 1900, the Olympics were extended to include women as well (#strongafwomen!). That year, Swiss athlete Hélène de Pourtalès became the first woman to medal in the Olympics for sailing. 17. The Austrian Army Delivered the Snow For the 1964 Winter Olympics ...
In 1900, the Olympics were extended to include women as well (#strongafwomen!). That year, Swiss athlete Hélène de Pourtalès became the first woman to medal in the Olympics for sailing. 17. The Austrian Army Delivered the Snow For the 1964 Winter Olympics ...
His teammate Kazuyoshi Funaki would then close out the event with a 125 meter jump, clinching the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal for Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. WikiMatrix It has 116 stories; 125 large pictures, most of which are in beautiful color; a yellow-gol...