Suzanne Schulting of The Netherlands earned two more gold medals as the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track European Championships reached their conclusion.
Francesco Friedrich’s four-man bobsleigh team won a head-to-head German battle against Johannes Lochner after posting the fastest time of the weekend in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Königssee, Germany.
Mikaela Shiffrin won a second International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup gold of the weekend in the super-G, following her downhill triumph two days prior.
Kamil Stoch was back on top of the podium in front of a home crowd at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane.
Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber maintained his dominance of this season’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup as he earned his eighth victory of the season at the newly renovated German venue of Oberstdorf.
Maren Lundby of Norway regained her lead in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup standings after triumphing in the Romanian town of Rasnov.
Julia Taubitz of Germany took the lead in the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup standings after triumphing in the sprint event in Sigulda.
Quentin Fillon Maillet earned his first individual victory of the season in the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup as he won the men’s 15km mass start event in Pokljuka.
Norway's Martin Nevland and Switzerland's Lea Meier triumphed in the youth men and women's events at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide.
Switzerland’s Daniel Yule claimed the men’s slalom title on the closing day of the prestigious International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup at Kitzbühel in Austria as men’s overall leader Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway had a relative off-day.
Germany's Daniel Bohnacker claimed his first International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup win since 2011 after a tight encounter in Sweden's Idre Fjäll.
Norway locked out the podium as Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the men's sprint ahead of his two team mates at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup event in the German resort of Oberstdorf.
Omar Visintin and Michela Moioli made it gold for Italy in both the men's and women's finals in leg three of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup in Big White, Canada.
Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury climbed to the top of the Moguls World Cup podium again on home snow in Mont-Tremblant.
Russia completed a clean sweep of every gold medal at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Figure Skating Championships in Graz for the first time in 14 years when, as expected, they won the women's singles and, more unexpectedly, claimed the title in the ice dance.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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