BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
Jamaican bobsledder Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian has lost an appeal to be given an entry into the two-woman bob competition.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed her challenge to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s qualification ranking system.
The United States-born athlete represented Jamaica in two-women bob at the past two Winter Olympics and will still compete at the Beijing Games in women’s monobob.
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Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot took home the Olympic gold medal in men’s slopestyle just over three years removed from being diagnosed with cancer.
Technically superior on his second of three runs, Parrot scored a 90.96 to hold off the field. He tossed his snowboard in delight after the final score was revealed.
Su Yiming of China earned the silver and Mark McMorris of Canada used a strong final run to bump himself into bronze — his third straight one — and knock defending champion Red Gerard of the United States off the podium.
Players for Canada and the Russian team are being required to wear masks for their women’s hockey preliminary-round game because of what the International Olympic Committee calls “safety and security reasons.”
The IOC relayed that decision to the International Ice Hockey Federation after the start of the Group A game was delayed by an hour. There were no other details provided for the decision to have players wear masks for the first…
