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#BREAKING Beijing Olympic men's downhill delayed by high winds: organisers

#BREAKING Zoi Sadowski Synnott wins New Zealand's first-ever Winter Olympics gold

Zoi Sadowski Synnott gives New Zealand their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal after winning the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Beijing Games
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#BREAKING Beijing Olympic men's downhill postponed because of high winds: organisers

#UPDATE "Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott makes history for New Zealand after winning their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal but bad weather plays havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing
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#UPDATE Saba Kumaritashvili says he was inspired to race in the luge at the #Beijing2022 Olympics by the death of his cousin in the same sport at the 2010 Winter Games
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#UPDATE Californian-born Eileen Gu, one of the faces of the #Beijing2022 Games, makes her Olympic debut Monday under the flag of host nation China
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#UPDATE Japanese figure skating idol Yuzuru Hanyu finally arrived in Beijing on Sunday to start his quest for a third Olympic gold, his team said, whipping his Chinese fans into a social media frenzy
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#UPDATE China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumble at the #Beijing2022 Games and nearly cost the hosts dear
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#UPDATE Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi won ski jumping gold on the men's normal hill at the #Beijing2022 Olympics on Sunday, holding his nerve while his main title rivals lost theirs
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#UPDATE Alexander Bolshunov said the mere mention of doping "turns me inside out" after the Russian cross-country skier won the #Beijing2022 Olympics men's skiathlon by more than a minute on Sunday
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#UPDATE The United States on Sunday criticized China's choice of an ethnic Uyghur to carry the Olympic torch, calling it an effort by Beijing to "distract us" from the mistreatment of the minority group
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🌏 Today at #Beijing2022
🏅🏂 "Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history on Sunday after winning New Zealand's first ever #WinterOlympics gold but the men's downhill skiers were forced to wait 24 hours for their chance
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