Benjamin Alexander made a piece of sporting history on Sunday as he became Jamaica’s first alpine skier to compete at the Winter Olympics. Alexander, a former DJ, only took up skiing at the age of 32, but six years later, he’s found himself competing at the highest level of the sport …
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Figure skating is the oldest event at the Winter Olympics. The event first debuted at the London Summer Games in 1908, and again in the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, before it was permanently moved to the Winter Olympic program. Each competition incorporates a long and short routine, within which athletes …
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Quentin Fillon Maillet clinched his second gold medal of Beijing 2022 in some style, finishing 28.6 seconds clear of his closest competitor in the men’s pursuit. “I’m so proud of myself because today, the conditions were so hard – windy, snowing,” Fillon Maillet said, “It was a very, very hard fight …
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The Netherlands have bagged a sixth gold medal of the Games with victory in the women’s 3,000m short track speed skating relay. The team of Suzanne Schulting, Selma Poutsma, Xandra Velzeboer and Yara van Kerkhof broke their own Olympic record from four years ago in Pyeongchang with a time of …
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Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Sunday that Ukraine had received 180 tons of ammunition from the United States for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense said the Baltic state had also sent defense aid to Ukraine over the weekend. Minister of Defense Arvydas Anušauskas said Sunday that the aid …
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It’s midnight in Beijing and competition for Day 9 has wrapped. Even though snowstorms delayed and postponed events today, seven gold medals were awarded. Here’s a list of all the winners. Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s giant slalom. Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway won the women’s 10km pursuit …
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The podcaster Joe Rogan did not join a mob that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives. He never carried a Confederate flag inside the US Capitol rotunda. No one died trying to stop him from using the n-word. But what Rogan and those that defend him have done since video clips of him …
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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby warned Sunday that the situation is “building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for Mr. Putin,” based on US intelligence. Asked on Fox News Sunday what intelligence the Pentagon has seen to suggest Russia could invade at any moment, Adm. Kirby said “it really …
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will address Vladimir Putin on Saturday after the United States forewarned that a Russian interruption could begin in days. The US had essentially raised the alert over Friday, saying a Russian interruption starting with standard people got under aeronautical assaulting could begin in days and …
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PARIS: Thousands of people drove towards Paris on Friday in accompanies from across France, with many needing to blockade the subsidizing to challenge Covid vaccination rules and various limits paying little mind to police alarms to dial down. Propelled by Canadian drivers crippling line traffic with the United States, the …
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