![]() team before leaving for surgeryĪmerican three-time Olympian Brianna Decker said she will need surgery after her tournament-ending injury in Beijing but will do all she can first to help defending champions the United States retain their women's ice hockey title at the Games. On Thursday, all eyes were focused on men's figure skating and the performance of double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, who ultimately finished fourth "Women's ice hockey has a smaller number of players than men's, and there are probably not as many countries that are focusing on improving their athletic level," he said.ĭespite their success, "Smile Japan" still fights for attention in Japan. Long-term national rivalry between the Asian neighbours spilled over into the arena, with boisterous chants of "Let's Go Japan" being met with "Let's Win Korea" - and an explosion of cheers when Korea scored, though Japan claimed the game 4-1. The team climbed still higher at Pyeongchang to finish 6th, where they claimed their first Olympic win - against a unified Korean hockey team consisting of players from both North and South Korea in a match rife with political and cultural overtones. "For us as a team, it's only one stage along our journey," defender Ayaka Toko, who, like a number of her teammates, also took part in the Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Games, told Japanese media after Tuesday's 3-2 win against the Czech Republic. Not many years ago, members of Japan's women's ice hockey team were delivering pizzas to support themselves and keep their competition dreams alive.īut on Saturday they will take to the ice against Finland in the quarter-finals and make history as the first Japanese ice hockey team, men's or women's, to advance to the knockout round at the Olympics with their eyes firmly set on taking a medal. In December, the Belarus Ski Union deactivated Dolidovich's FIS code, an individual identifying number required for athletes to take part in competitions run by the International Ski Federation (FIS).Īfter years in the shadows, Japan women eye ice hockey medal glory We've reiterated our call to the NOC and all IFs (international federations) to make sure that Belarusian athletes can compete safely without any discrimination." "If FIS want to look into it further then they obviously will do. "It was initially a disciplinary action between the national federation and the athlete for some breach," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said in a briefing at the Beijing Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was up to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to decide whether to take action in the case of a Belarusian cross-country skier who was barred from competition over what her family said were its political views.īelarusian cross-country skier Darya Dolidovich told Reuters this week that she and her family had left Belarus because of fears of reprisals by authorities after she was banned from competition, a move her family saw as retribution for their support of the political opposition.ĭarya Dolidovich is the daughter of Sergei Dolidovich, a seven-time Olympic cross-country skier who took part in street protests against the 2020 re-election of leader Alexander Lukashenko that opponents said was fraudulent. Men’s hockey prelims continue as USA take on hosts Chinaįate of Belarusian skier banned over political views in hands of ski body, IOC says Chloe Kim wins gold after a 94.00 in first run of Women's half pipe ![]() Austria's Strolz strikes gold in the men's Alpine combined Norway's Therese Johaug wins 10km cross-country skiing gold Haemmerle wins another gold for Austria in dramatic SBX photo-finish Iranian Alpine skier Saveh Shemshaki first to fail doping test in Beijing Netherlands' Irene Schouten scoops women's 5000m gold in record time Rocket man Chen wins men's singles skating gold for USA in in Beijing Poland: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 (1) Headlines: Slovakia: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 (1)Ģ0. New Zealand: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 (1)ġ8. Republic of Korea: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 (2)ġ8. Czech Republic: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 (2)ġ5. Australia: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 (2)ġ5. Switzerland: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 (4)ġ5. Slovenia: Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 (5)ġ2. Netherlands: Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 1 (8)ġ0.
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