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The first event There are six medals up for grabs today as we pass the halfway point of competition with the speed skating men’s 500m being the 55th of 109 events to award its medals. The 500m was the first event at the very first Winter Olympics in 1924. The

The Medal Events There are seven events see medals awarded today with most coming in the evening. Snowboarding – Men’s halfpipe (1325 AEDT) The halfpipe is the sign of transformation in the Winter Olympics, the line in the snow separating the old world and the new. Its introduction in Nagano

Doping at the Winter Olympics The cloud of potential doping is never too far away from the Olympics Games. Some speculation has started with the awarding of medals in the team figure skating event being delayed due to “legal implications”. Media sources, including Inside The Games, have speculated about what

What new events are next? As time passes, the popularity of the Winter Olympics grows. A large part of this growth is due to the inclusion of a number of new, crowd-pleasing events. Thirty years ago, in Albertville, just 57 events were contested, about half of the 109 events of

Redistributing the Olympics There are 339 events in the Summer Olympics as of Tokyo 2020 (or 2021). There are 109 events at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In what might be the easiest mathematical statement this website has made in a long while, that’s a lot less than in the Summer

A Record Day It seems that records are tumbling just days into the Beijing Games. Until yesterday, never had Australia won more than one medal on a single day at the Winter Olympics. With Tess Coady’s bronze in the slopestyle and Jakara Anthony’s gold in the moguls, Australia has a

Welcome to Curling People Now Day 2. From today on, HPN will do a preview of the events of the day before launching into the Alternative Medal Tally. The Medal Events There’s seven medals on offer today spread widely across different forms of skiing, luge, skating and snowboard. Snowboarding –

Welcome to Curling People Now’s series on the 2022 Winter Olympics. On a (hopefully) daily basis HPN will take a look at the events of the day before, and the day ahead. The warm ups As the schedule of the Olympics has increased over the years, as has the competition

Football clubs often have shadow units, not looking as much to the current on field but instead to the future. They focus more on what the team will look like in 12 months, or five years, time rather than right now. Draft day is their time to shine. Draft day

This year HPN will cover the trade and free agency period slightly differently than in past years. Key trades will be covered at ABC news at this link with rolling updates. HPN will provide a recap of the each day’s action, with other breakdowns happening periodically. Trade 5: Gold Coast