The Latest Breaking News from Winter Olympics

Lindsey Jacobellis finally takes glory, but it is an agonising day for medal hopes Mikaela Shiffrin and Charlotte Bankes

A final roll of the Winter Olympics dice paid off for American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who finally won snowboarding gold almost two decades after showboating cost her the ultimate prize

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

The lack of real snow at the Winter Olympics in Beijing may hint at the future of winter sports

In China, all eyes are on the ongoing Winter Olympics. Although the Games have come under scrutiny for a number of reasons beyond sport, they are also the culmination of an impressive campaign to convert more than 300 million people into winter sport aficionados. Our correspondents report. We also speak…

Favourite Charlotte Bankes suffered a quarter-final exit in the snowboard-cross

Gold medal favourite Charlotte Banks suffered a shock quarter-final exit in the women's snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics as Britain's wait for a medal goes on

Jacobellis at 36 is the oldest Olympian to win a snowboard medal — male or female.

Appearance of traditional dress denounced as further attempt by China to appropriate Korean culture

Charlotte Bankes’ hopes of gold in the snowboard cross were dashed as the world No1 failed to make it through her quarter-final in Beijing on Wednesday.

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of her second successive alpine race at Beijing 2022 in another disastrous run for the American.