For a sport that is relatively under the radar, the French women have been rife with intrigue. A more serious controversy involved Jeanne Richard discovered of tampering with her teammate's rifle last season. Both were competing for the blue bib - like a "rookie of the year" award. in a typical French way, suspended Richard for a few events. But she's here in the OWG
That they were dating was well-known in the biathlon world. Turns out that they broke up 3-4 years ago
Had anyone else forgotten Finland won the gold medal in Men’s ice hockey at the last Olympics? No, just me? I had no idea.
Three skiiers have been disqualifed for using forever chemicals https://grist.org/accountability/th...alifications/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Heading into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, skiers and snowboarders were already adjusting to a ban on fluorinated waxes long prized for making their equipment faster. This week, the Winter Games saw their first enforcement of that rule, which is aimed at protecting public health and the environment.
They could have let the guy watch the big upset before taking him in: Slovak fugitive caught when he tried to watch Olympic hockey
Seeing the amazed joy on the face of Mikhail Shaidorov as he climbed from fifth to first on the second night of the men's figure skating championship was really great. Like other sports, figure skating has a "current leader" chair where the leader sits, usually for one skate only as each person one step up the ladder takes over. So Shaidorov sat there as people who entered 1, 10, 11, and a whopping 16 points above him all failed to pass him. He went +12 over the second place skater.
Ukrainian athlete had pictures of people killed in the War of Russian Aggression on his helmet. IOC banned him. Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal to gain reinstatement to the skeleton competition at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games has been denied. Heraskevych filed an urgent appeal Friday morning with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his disqualification from the Olympic Games for refusing to change a helmet honoring fellow athletes who died during Russia’s invasion of his home country. https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/a...x2HdL5mhFmb2Mhyc-sCj-OfbbLfYLpanxOAN7nDXAcdBA
Skiers banned for using forever chemical wax The Controversy So far in the 2026 Games, three athletes have faced disqualification for allegedly using fluoro waxes. Japanese snowboarder Shiba Masaki was disqualified from the men’s parallel giant slalom, and two South Korean cross-country skiers, Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin, were disqualified from the women’s sprint event. https://gearjunkie.com/olympics/pfas-olympics-disqualifications
The winter sport I wish I had participated in back in the day is Snow Cross. It looks like a total blast, and the combination of skills something to which I think I could aspire (not at the top level, but easier than, say, skating or cross country or big air or jumping). The races have been fantastic, loads of great moves and photo finishes. The mixed race today was fun (won by Great Britain in fun fashion).
Lots of curling controversy. https://apnews.com/article/curling-controversy-winter-games-4ceb52bf313a0ce7c2d6ca34e542542e Swedish and Canadian men got into an argument over a rule that was or was not broken. And then the Canadian and Swiss women had an issue with the same. And then Great Britain and Germany had an issue. It all amounts to double touching the stone, which was difficult to see without replay. Curling's getting heated.
I saw the mixed race. Didn't realize that the 2nd group is "penalized" by how well or not the 1st group does. So I see one racer just sitting there for a few seconds and am like "do they realize that the race started?"
It would be great if they did that with 2 from different countries. The one still on board at the finish wins!
Yes, I forgot. I think a main reason people wouldn't remember is that NHL players weren't released for that tournament, so it was not best-v-best or anything even remotely close to best-v-best.
I, too, didn't remember Finland winning Gold in ice hockey in 2022, but why are you surprised by it? They have quite the track record in ice hockey, especially if you consider the size of their population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_men's_national_ice_hockey_team