Kipyegon Bett, Kenya’s world 800 metres bronze medallist, has tested positive for banned blood booster Erythropoeitin (EPO), Athletics Kenya (AK) officials said on Friday. AK executive committee member, Barnabas Korir, said the body received notification from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday that the 20-year-old had submitted a positive sample. The AIU handles integrity
Francesco Friedrich’s four-man German bobsleigh team won gold on Sunday with a powerful fourth and final run securing victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre on Sunday. Team GB finished in a disappointing 17th and 18th. The German unit, piloted by multiple world champion Friedrich, finished with a combined time of three minutes, 15.85 seconds. Every
Kirill Kaprizov scored in overtime to lead the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) past a feisty Germany 4-3 on Sunday to win the men’s ice hockey gold before joining his team mates to defy a ban by singing the Russian national anthem during the medal ceremony. The Russians, competing as neutral athletes at Pyeongchang as
Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis claimed his second Olympic title by four one hundredths of a second in the final 1000m heat in PyeongChang. The 28 year-old crossed the line in a time of 1:07.95 to edge Norway’s Havard Lorentzen into the silver spot on the podium and therefore added to the 1500m Olympic title
The Great Britain women’s curling team will have a chance at winning a second successive Olympic bronze medal after losing 10-5 to Sweden in the semi finals Skip Eve Muirhead’s team, who won the previous Olympic bronze by beating Switzerland in Sochi four years ago, will now play Japan In Saturday’s medal playoff at 11:05
Team GB must win a play-off against Switzerland to reach the men’s curling semi-finals after a disastrous end to their round-robin campaign saw them lose 10-4 to the USA. GB were trailing 5-4 going into the seventh end, but an error from Kyle Smith saw the US take four stones against the hammer in the
Sofia Goggia became the first Italian to win the women’s downhill gold, with American Lindsey Vonn having to settle for bronze behind Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway. Vonn’s dream of becoming a double Olympic downhill champion was dashed when she crossed the line 0.47 seconds behind Goggia, who set a time of 1:39.22 when fifth out
Team GB remained on course for the men’s curling semi-finals after overpowering Norway 10-3 in their penultimate round-robin encounter. Kyle Smith’s side put in arguably their strongest performance of the tournament so far, scoring thee stones in ends one and six before Norway went on to concede after the seventh. The result leaves GB with
Togo’s trailblazing cross-country skier Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean is glad she is no longer the “new kid on the block” at the Winter Olympics and says the record number of African countries competing in Pyeongchang proves the continent is warming to sports on snow and ice. Togo was one of only three African nations to compete in
Cassie Sharpe dominated her rivals with the two best runs of the final as the 25-year-old Canadian soared to Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe on Tuesday. Sharpe’s second run score of 95.80 was more than enough to defeat France’s Marie Martinod and American Brita Sigourney of the United States, who completed the podium
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