event of the winter olympics. but as the wind speeds dropped, the world s fastest skiers could finally get underway. beat feuz had won pretty much everything in skiing, except olympic gold. blitzing his way down at more than 80 miles an hour, hurtling himself towards the line, the swiss speed merchant got his hands on the title he so craved. time for two athletes at different stages of their careers to do something no women had ever done before at an 0lympics. speed skating great ireen wust becoming the first to win individual gold at five separate games. and 15 year old figure skating protege kamila valieva landing a quadruple jump. not once, but twice. laura scott, bbc news, beijing. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. good evening we day across much of
fellow brit katie summerhayes landed just outside the top 12. the weather here in yangqing meant that there was a day s delay to the men s downhill, the blue riband event of the winter olympics, but as the wind speeds dropped, the world s fastest skiers could finally get under way. beat feuz had won pretty much everything in skiing except olympic gold. blitzing his way downhill at more than 80 mph. hurtling himself towards the line. he flies! the swiss speed merchant got his hands on the title he so craved. time for two athletes at different stages of their careers to do something no women have ever done before at an olympics. and a glorious quadruple salco. 15 year old figure skating prodigy kamila valieva landing a quadruplejump, not once but twice, before speed skating great ireen wust became the first woman to win an individual gold medal at five separate games.
i m just really disappointed in my last three ends. i think that s going to be the toughest thing to get over. it was amazing all day and just disappointed more for what i ve done to the team than myself. it s tough. earlier, teenager kirsty muir has qualifed for the final of the women s big air competition, being held at a former steel mill in beijing. muir s first run was her best. however, katie summerhayesjust missed out, finishing 13th. only the top 12 went through to tomorrow s final. james woods also failed to make the men s final. history was made at the speed skating. ireen wust has become the first athlete to win an individual gold at five different 0lympics. it s a sixth gold. and 12th medal overall at the games for wust. the dutch skater won the 1,500 metres in beijing to retain the title she claimed four years ago. the 35 year old has said these games
and history was made at the speed skating. ireen wust has become the first athlete to win an individual gold at five different 0lympics. it s a sixth gold and 12th medal overall at the games for wust. the dutch skater won the 1500 metres in beijing to retain the title she claimed four years ago. the 35 year old has said these games will be her last before retiring. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport. we ll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. plenty of options they and thank you very much. the chinese tennis star peng shuai
and history was made at the speed skating. ireen wust has become the first athlete to win an individual gold at five different olympics. it s a sixth gold and 12th medal overall at the games for wust. the dutch skater won the 1500 metres in beijing to retain the title she claimed four years ago. the 35 year old has said these games will be her last before retiring. and here is the moment 15 year old kamila valieva became the first female figure skater to land a quadruplejump at the winter olympics as the russian olympic committee won team gold. the uk and republic of ireland football associations will not bid to host the 2030 world cup. but instead focus on a joint bid for euro 2028. it comes after a uk government feasibility study, that cost nearly 3 million pounds, into the world cup bid. it looked at the economic impact and costs of hosting the tournament.