Thursday 5 August, 2021
Cormac Comerford finished in 23rd place at the the Cortina d’Ampezzo Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Jason Branagan’s first documentary feature charts the unorthodox push to bring Ireland to the Winter Olympics.
Blanca Fernández Ochoa was last seen on 24 August.
Brendan Doyle’s road to representing Ireland at the Olympics has only just begun, but it’s only by luck that he has the chance.
People from all sporting backgrounds are invited to apply to represent Ireland in bobsleigh, skeleton and monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Kazakh Olympian Denis Ten died in hospital after medics fought to save his life following the attack.
Get your skates on.
The IOC has deemed the nation compliant after the remaining drug tests from the Winter Olympics were negative.
The Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium hosted the rousing event.
While the Jamaicans were creating history by creating an Olympic bobsleigh team, there was something very similar happening at home in Ireland.
The decision follows two doping violations.
North Korea’s cheer squad has captured the imagination of fans at the Winter Olympics.
The Czech became the first woman to win gold in two sports at a single Winter Olympics with snowboarding success on Saturday.
Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.
Nadezhda Sergeyeva has tested positive for a banned substance, while teenaged compatriot Alina Zagitova won her event for OAR.
Alexander Krushelnitsky was one of 168 Russian athletes who passed rigorous testing to compete as neutrals.
Vonn’s last race in South Korea ended without a medal as Michelle Gisin won Alpine combined gold in Pyeongchang.
Alina Zagitova stole the show in figure skating on Wednesday.
The US has accused North Korea of never being serious about the meeting.
The Winter Olympics are over for Elise Christie, who has once again endured a miserable campaign in Pyeongchang.
Elizabeth Swaney finished last in the ladies’ ski halfpipe in Pyeongchang after refusing to do a single trick.
You didn’t love figure skating until right now.
The Cork-born skier finished 22nd with just the top 12 going through.
The incident generated a lot of reaction on social media.
A source close to the matter said the case involved meldonium, the same substance that saw Maria Sharapova banned.
The Austrian powered to his second Pyeongchang title by winning the men’s giant slalom.
Irish Alpine skier Kirsty McGarry chats to The42 about representing Ireland twice at the Winter Olympics and the difficult aftermath.
The ‘Mr Cool Bolt’ sled that the Jamaican bobsleigh team had been renting now belongs to them, thanks to a generous offer from Red Stripe.
Lindsey Vonn made her Pyeongchang debut on Saturday but she took a back seat to Czech Ester Ledecka, who stunned the field.
Westgaard pushed from 74th to finish 63rd in Pyeongchang, while Ireland’s Alpine racers claimed top 50 spots.
Not ideal preparation for the Olympics.
Both athletes have another event ahead of them tomorrow in Pyeongchang.
Conor Lyne was flag-bearer at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.
The curve is a 45-degree turn that turns athletes to the right before making them adjust to the left coming out of it.
500m gold went to Italy’s Arianna Fontana, the runner-up in Sochi four years ago.
The Norway-born athlete, whose mother hails from Galway, secured a time of three minutes and 29.6 seconds.
Chloe Kim had been assured of victory before her pulsating final run.
Meanwhile, skier Pat McMillan placed 61st overall on his debut in the competition.
Katie Couric made the comments during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.
Chloe Kim had one thing on her mind after she nailed top score in Olympic qualifying with a jaw-dropping display
