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#BREAKING Slovakia's Petra Vlhova wins women's Olympic slalom

#UPDATE Slovakia's Petra Vlhova produced a stunning second leg to win the women's Olympic slalom gold.

Vlhova clocked a combined total of 1min 44.98sec over the two runs to edge Austria's reigning world champion Katharina Liensberger into silver by eight-hundredths of a second

#UPDATE Slovakia's Petra Vlhova produced a stunning second leg to win Beijing #WinterOlympics slalom gold on Wednesday after Mikaela Shiffrin slid out of medal contention with a botched first run u.afp.com/wYRz #Beijing2022 #AFPSports

#UPDATE Snowboard cross rider Lindsey #Jacobellis said her infamous fall that cost her a title in 2006 had "kept her hungry" as she won the United States' first gold medal of the Beijing #WinterOlympics on Wednesday u.afp.com/wYzY #Beijing2022 #AFPSports

#UPDATE Defending champions Russia struggled past Switzerland 1-0 on Wednesday to begin a Beijing #WinterOlympics men's #icehockey tournament short on star power after National Hockey League (NHL) players stayed home over Covid u.afp.com/wYzV #AFPSports

#UPDATE Germany extended their domination of the #Luge track at #Beijing2022 as Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men's doubles title for the third straight #WinterOlympics
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🌏 Today at #Beijing2022
🏅🏂 US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin's Beijing Olympics threatened to turn into a winter nightmare but there was long-awaited redemption for #snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis as she won Team USA's first gold of the #WinterOlympics
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