Beijing Winter Olympics Highlights -- Feb. 10

-- A hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport will determine whether 15-year-old Russian figure skating phenom Kamila Valieva can compete in the women’s event next week, where she’s heavily favored to win gold, after she tested positive for a banned heart drug six weeks ago. The International Olympic Committee is appealing to the Court to reinstate the provisional suspension of Valieva, which was imposed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency after the positive result and then lifted by the same agency, which would allow her to compete. 

-- U.S. snowboarding legend Shaun White finished just out of the medals in fourth place in the halfpipe, in what is the 35-year-old’s final Olympics and the close of his competitive career. Ayumu Hirano of Japan won the gold. An emotional White said after the event, “Snowboarding, thank you. It’s been the love of my life.” Among all his accomplishments, White won three gold medals in five Olympics.

-- The U.S. won gold in mixed team aerials in the freestyle skiing event’s Olympic debut. The team of two men and one woman, Christopher Lillis, Justin Schoenefeld and Ashley Caldwell, beat China for the win.

-- After being eliminated within seconds in her first two races in Beijing, U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished the super-G yesterday, but was out of the medals in ninth place. The two-time Olympic gold medalist said afterward that she didn’t think she had a very big chance to win the event, but said, “I also did get to the finish and that’s really nice for my heart to know.” She also thanked everyone for all the support she’s gotten. Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won gold.

-- The defending Olympic champion U.S. women’s hockey team beat the Czech Republic 4-1 in their quarterfinal match.

-- The U.S. men’s hockey team shut out host nation China 8-0 in the American men’s first game in Beijing. Sean Farrell had a hat trick. The U.S. team is mostly NCAA players, with the NHL not sending players because the regular-season season was too disrupted by increasing Covid cases and postponed games.

-- Medal Count: (As of 4:00 a.m. ET) - Austria is first with 14 medals, followed by Norway and Canada with 12, and Russian Olympic Committee with 11. In the gold medal count, Germany is first with six, Norway has five, and the U.S., Austria, Netherlands and Sweden have four. The U.S. has 10 medals, four gold, five silver and one bronze.