Beijing 2022

Speaking at the end of what has been a successful Games for Team Ireland at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chef de Mission Nancy Chillingworth describes an event that saw top performances from Irish athletes, all the more special considering the challenges faced by the athletes in the lead up to the event. This has been

THOMAS MALONEY WESTGAARD NAMED AS FLAGBEARER FOR CLOSING CEREMONY Thomas Maloney Westgaard has been named as the flagbearer for Team Ireland in the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The ceremony takes place in the Bird’s Nest stadium at 12 noon Irish time. Maloney Westgaard was both the first Irish athlete to

DAY FIFTEEN: TEAM IRELAND IN BEIJING 2022  29th FOR THOMAS MALONEY WESTGAARD IN THE CROSS-COUNTRY 50KM Closing out the Team Ireland action in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 29th in the Cross-Country Skiing 50km Mass Start Free, an event that was reduced on the day to 28km due to strong winds

20th FOR BUBBA NEWBY IN THE FREESTYLE SKIING HALFPIPE Double Olympian Brendan Newby has finished 20th in the qualifying rounds of the Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe today, with a score of 47.0 which was achieved in the second run. The top twelve finishers in qualification move to the finals on the 19th February, where they contest

DAY NINE: TEAM IRELAND IN BEIJING 2022   25th FOR JACK GOWER IN THE GIANT SLALOM Alpine Skier Jack Gower today finished 25th in his final race of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the Giant Slalom. On the back of his fantastic twelfth place in the Alpine Combined earlier on in the week, Gower

14th FOR THOMAS MALONEY WESTGAARD IN 15KM CLASSIC It was another good day for Team Ireland at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, with a fantastic fourteenth place for Thomas Maloney Westgaard in the Cross-Country Skiing 15km Classic. Competing in his second Olympics, the 26 year-old had been targeting a top fifteen result in this

Jack Gower, the sole Team Ireland athlete in action today, finished 12th overall in the Alpine Combined event at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing today.  Competing in his first Olympics, Gower started the day strong with fourteenth in the Downhill, before going two places better in the Slalom, and an overall time of 2:37.74

O’CONNOR 15th IN SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE, 48th FOR ARBEZ IN SLALOM Today Snowboarder Seamus O’Connor became the first Team Ireland athlete to ever compete in three Winter Olympic Games, when he finished fifteenth in the Halfpipe with a score of 57.0. Tess Arbez was also in action, finishing 48th overall in the Women’s Slalom after two

JACK GOWER JOINS LONG LIST OF DNFS IN SUPER-G There was disappointment for Jack Gower in the Men’s Super-G today in Yangqing, when he joined a long list of DNFs for the Men’s Super-G at the Winter Olympic Games. The 27-year-old was the only Team Ireland athlete in action in the morning session of day