Beijing 2022 Days Six/Seven/Eight

A busy few days offline mean the need for a triple post to avoid falling further behind with 21 medal events across days six, seven and eight. 

Medals

The Men's Alpine Combined GOLD was won by Johannes Strolz (AUT) as he finished ahead of Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde (NOR) who scooped SILVER narrowly ahead of James Crawford (CAN) who collected BRONZE.  

In the Women's Super-G, Lara Gut-Behrami edged the GOLD ahead of Mirijam Puchner (AUT) who took SILVER while Michelle Gisin (SUI) secured the BRONZE.

GOLD for Marte Roeiseland (NOR) in the Women's 7.5km Sprint as she finished clear of Elivira Oeberg (SWE) who sealed SILVER while Dorothea Wierer (ITA) claimed BRONZE.

The Men's 10km Sprint saw GOLD won by Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR) with Quentin Fillon-Maillet (FRA) sealing SILVER and Tarjei Boe (NOR) collecting BRONZE. 

In the Women's 10km Classic, Therese Johaug (NOR) won GOLD ahead of Finnish duo Kerttu Niskanen who took SILVER while Krista Parmakoski claimed BRONZE. 

GOLD for Iivo Niskanen (FIN) came in the Men's 15km Classic as Alexander Bolshunov (ROC) took SILVER and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (NOR) claimed BRONZE. The GB pair of Andrew Young and Andrew Musgrave finished in 46th and 51st.

The Women's 4x5km Relay saw ROC take GOLD ahead of Germany who took SILVER while Sweden collected BRONZE. 

GOLD for Nathan Chen (USA) in the Men's Single Skating as he outscored the Japanese duo of Yuma Kagiyama who took SILVER while Shoma Uno claimed BRONZE. 

The Mixed Team Aerials saw USA win GOLD as they outscored China who scooped SILVER while Canada collected BRONZE.

A Track Record in the Team Relay saw Germany win GOLD ahead of Austria who took SILVER while Latvia claimed BRONZE. 

The Women's 1000m GOLD was won by Suzanne Schulting (NED) as she finished ahead of Minjeong Choi (KOR) who sealed SILVER while Hanne Desmet (BEL) battled for BRONZE.

The Men's event saw double joy for Germany as Christopher Grotheer won GOLD and Axel Junck took SILVER while Wengang Yan (CHN) claimed BRONZE. The GB duo of Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt finished in 15th and 16th. 

In the Women's Event, Hannah Neise (GER) won GOLD ahead of Jaclyn Narracott (AUS) who took SILVER while Kimberley Bos (NED) collected BRONZE. GB's Laura Deas finished in 19th. 

The Men's Large Hill Individual saw Marius Lindvik (NOR) win GOLD ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN) who took SILVER while Karl Geiger (GER) claimed BRONZE. 

The Women's Halfpipe saw Chloe Kim (USA) storm to GOLD ahead of Queralt Castellet (ESP) who scooped SILVER while Sena Tomita (JPN) claimed BRONZE.

GOLD for Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) in the Men's Cross as he finished ahead of Eliot Grondin (CAN) who sealed SILVER while Omar Visintin (ITA) claimed BRONZE. 

The Men's Halfpipe saw Ayumu Hirano (JPN) take GOLD ahead of Scotty James (AUS) who scooped SILVER while Jan Scherrer (SUI) collected BRONZE. 

In the Mixed Team Cross, USA (Nick Baumgartner/Lindsey Jacobellis) won GOLD ahead of Italy (Omar Visintin/Michela Moioli) who scooped SILVER while Canada (Eliot Grondin/Mereyta Odine) collected BRONZE. 

An OLYMPIC RECORD time of 6:43.51 saw Irene Schouten (NED) storm to GOLD in the Women's 5000m ahead of Isabelle Weidemann (CAN) who took SILVER and Martina Sablikova (CZE) who collected BRONZE. 

A WORLD RECORD time of 12:30.74 in the Men's 10000m as Nils van der Poel (SWE) eased to GOLD ahead of Patrick Roest (NED) who took SILVER while Davide Ghiotto (ITA) claimed BRONZE. 

The Men's 500m GOLD saw Tingyu Gao (CHN) win GOLD with an OLYMPIC RECORD time of 34.32 as he finished ahead of Min Kyu Cha (KOR) who took SILVER while Wataru Morishige (JPN) claimed BRONZE. 

GB Updates

The Women's Round Robin has seen mixed results for GB so far with an opening 6-5 loss to Switzerland followed by an epic 8-2 victory over defending champions Sweden. An agonising loss to Republic of Korea (9-7) was a blip but joy then came in a 10-5 success against USA. 

The Men's Round Robin also saw a mixed start for GB starting with a 7-5 win over Italy which was followed by a 9-7 defeat to USA before a huge 8-3 win over Norway.