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Beijing Olympics Quick Hits 02.15.22

2/15/2022

 

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Team Netherlands' victory in the short track women's relay inspired a tribute to a fallen teammate.
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Team Netherlands (stadiumastro.com)
Quentin Fillot Maillet's race to win biathlon pursuit gold included fighting the elements - in his rifle, too.

Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold heads home after a fitness scare in the women's biathlon pursuit.

Tom Daley who? Minnamari Tuominen knits away time when not on the ice for Team Finland ice hockey.

From the Associated Press: Asian-American female athletes at the Winter Games face unique challenges.

"Fricking hell, that was hard." Jamaica's Alpine skier Benjamin Alexander fulfills a dream, and finishes an Olympic race.

In that race, Slovenia's Zan Kranjec's bronze medal may be culmination to years of podium near misses.

Breezy Johnson: An injured skier watches the Olympics from afar.

Will Dave Ryding "risk it for the biscuit" and secure a medal for Team Great Britain in Alpine slalom?

How did Richardson Viano make it to the Olympics as an Alpine skier from Haiti?

Meet Strauss Mann - the Team USA ice hockey goalie with the paleo diet and 'weird' glasses.

Ashley Caldwell puta positive spin on the freeski aerials single competition despite a fourth-place finish.

RockerSkating.com goes deep into Nathan Chen's men's singles win in figure skating.

Will Shaun White stay involved in snowboarding in retirement? (paywall)

Snowboarder Chris Corning has big air podium goals, as well as plans to grow the sport.

Hear from Team Switzerland's two five-time ice hockey Olympians, Andres Ambuhl and Nicole Bullo.

Cornelius Kersten and Ellia Smelding aren't just Olympic speed skaters, they're coffee magnates, too.

Nils van der Poel: Does (perhaps) 'the best speed skater in the world' even like speed skating?
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Nils van der Poel (Douwe Bijlsma/BSR Agency/Getty Image)

Three to Watch

Juraf Slavkofsky's goal-scoring prowess has been turning heads in Beijing 2022's ice hockey tournament.

​Who is Malaysia-born and Hong Kong/UK-bred Alpine skier Adrian Yung? The 17-year-old is living an Olympic dream.

​16-year-old Gustav Legnavsky was #inspiredbybronze to reach for freestyle skiing success in the halfpipe.
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Gustav Legnavsky (Joe Allison/Getty Images)

Let's Get Social Fab Five

Mark McMorris is at the precipice.
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Ryan Regez goes for a different angle.
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Queralt Castellet has good selfie game.
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Pascal Dion and Maxime Laoun try skating a little differently.
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Krista Parmakoski and friends are a vision of brightness.
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