winter olympics
Biologist estimates helium balloons are ending up in Great Lakes by the hundreds of thousands
The plastic balloons we use to mark some of the biggest milestones in our lives — births, deaths, graduations, homecomings, engagements, gender reveal parties — are ending up in...
Russia has Olympic membership restored after Pyeongchang suspension
Russia’s Olympic suspension has been lifted with immediate effect, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced. Russia was banned from the Winter Olympics...
Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold grateful for National Lottery funding
Double Olympic champion Lizzie Yarnold says she would not have been able to achieve her skeleton gold without adequate funding. Great Britain met...
Billy Morgan wins Great Britain’s record fifth medal with bronze
Billy Morgan won bronze in the men’s snowboarding big air to give Great Britain their fifth medal of the Pyeongchang Games, a record...
Great Britain beaten 5-3 by Japan in hard-fought curling bronze medal contest
Great Britain’s women curlers missed out on a medal after losing 5-3 to Japan in a tense showdown for bronze. Skipper Eve Muirhead...
Alexander Krushelnitsky stripped of Winter Olympics bronze medal
Alexander Krushelnitsky has been stripped of the mixed doubles curling bronze medal he won at the Winter Olympics after admitting to using meldonium....
Eve Muirhead insists her team ‘thrives under pressure’
Eve Muirhead insists she is not feeling the pressure of winning Great Britain’s record fifth medal in Pyeongchang ahead of the women’s curling...
Team GB women curlers secure thrilling victory over Switzerland
Team GB’s women’s curling team remain in the hunt to qualify for the Winter Olympic semi-finals after a thrilling victory over Switzerland in...
Doping case launched against Russian athlete Alexander Krushelnitsky
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s anti-doping division has begun proceedings against Russian mixed curler Alexander Krushelnitsky. Krushelnitsky, who won bronze with his...
Elise Christie to undergo fitness test to decide Winter Olympic fate
Elise Christie will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday to determine if she can compete in the 1,000m short-track event at the Winter...
Teenager Redmond Gerard wins first gold for USA at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Teenager Redmond Gerard won the United States’ first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics by taking victory in the men’s snowboarding slopestyle...
Andrew Musgrave seventh in skiathlon at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
Britain’s Andrew Musgrave finished a battling seventh as Norway claimed all three medals in the men’s 30km skiathlon at the Winter Olympics in...
Elise Christie into 500m short-track quarter-finals at Winter Olympics
Team GB short-track speed skater Elise Christie qualified for the 500m quarter-finals with a win in her first heat at the Pyeongchang Games....
110,000 condoms will be distributed to over 2,000 athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
110,000 condoms will be distributed to over 2,000 athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics he 2018 Winter Olympics is set to burst into...
Appeal For Russia athletes Over Doping Ban Begins
Dozens of Russian athletes banned by the International Olympic Committee for life over doping have begun an appeal process against their suspension. The...
