By Rhea Mogul, Adam Renton and Ben Morse, CNN
After multiple one-hour delays on Sunday, the men's downhill skiing has been postponed due to high winds.
"The men's downhill has been postponed until another day due to high winds. The new start time is unknown at the moment. Further details will be communicated as soon as they are available," Games organizers said in a statement.
From CNN's Sophie Jeong
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach still plans to meet Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai in Beijing during the Games, an IOC spokesman said Sunday.
“We've always said that there will be a meeting here, and that has not changed,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters at a news conference in Beijing.
“As the president very eloquently said, we would talk with her and it would be up to her to decide what and what wouldn't be said."
Peng, one of China's most recognizable athletes, accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex, according to screenshots of a since-deleted social media post dated Nov. 2.
Concern about her safety and whereabouts grew after her allegations, with the Women's Tennis Association pulling out of China.
More than a month later in December, Peng denied making the allegations in an interview with Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao.
"I have never spoken or written about anyone sexually assaulting me," she said, adding she has "always been free" and that she has been living at her home in Beijing.
From CNN's Nectar Gan in Beijing
Chinese social media is a sea of red on Sunday, flooded by posts celebrating China’s first gold medal at the Beijing Winter Games.
The hosts narrowly beat out second-place Italy last night to claim China’s first ever short track speed skating mixed relay gold.
On Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, users erupted in joy, with a related hashtag viewed more than 500 million times.
“You can always believe in China’s short track skating team!” a comment says.
The last leg of the relay was delivered by Wu Dajing, who scored China’s only gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games when he also broke men’s 500 meters world record.
Fans rushed to congratulate Wu Sunday on his Weibo account, which has more than 9 million followers.
“You’re truly awesome!” a top comment says.
From CNN's Wayne Chang
The Beijing Olympic Committee on Sunday reported 10 new Games-related Covid-19 cases, the organizers said in a statement.
Of the new cases, four were detected among new airport arrivals and six were found inside the “closed loop system" — a bubble cut off from the rest of the Chinese capital and its wider population.
Six of the 10 cases involve athletes or team officials, the statement said.
Beijing is taking stringent coronavirus measures at the Games, in line with China's zero-Covid policy.
Inside the bubble, anyone who tests positive is immediately removed from the Games. Those who are symptomatic are sent to a designated hospital for treatment, while asymptomatic cases are taken to an isolation facility. They aren't allowed to return to the bubble until all symptoms disappear and they test negative twice in a row.
"Smooth progress": Officials are hopeful the Games will continue to see a downward trend of new Covid-19 cases.
"With less number of arrivals, there will be less positive cases," Beijing 2022 health official Huang Chun said at a news conference Sunday, adding officials "do not see any cluster spreading."
"It has not affected the smooth progress of the competition," Huang said.
As of Sunday, a total of 814,376 Covid-19 tests have been administered inside the "closed loop" system since Jan. 23, and 12,555 people have arrived in Beijing, according to Games organizers.
New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott made history on Sunday by claiming the country's first ever Winter Olympics gold medal in the women's slopestyle with an impressive final run that saw her finish with 92.88 points.
"HISTORY MADE" wrote the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Teams on Twitter. "Could not be more proud right now."
Julia Marino of the United States came second in the event, winning Team USA's first medal of Beijing 2022 with a score of 87.68. She was followed by Australia's Tess Coady, who took bronze with 84.15.
Marino and Coady embraced Synott after her landing.
Team USA's Jamie Anderson — a favorite to win — missed out on her third Olympic gold after she sat down on a landing and finished ninth.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, where gold medals are up for grabs in seven events on Sunday:
Athletes to watch:
From CNN's Richard Roth
UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with top leaders of the Chinese government amid the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, a UN spokesperson said in a statement Saturday.
Guterres spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Guterres congratulated them on the organization of the Games and voiced his appreciation for China’s cooperation with the United Nations.
They discussed vaccine inequalities and the need for a global vaccination plan, the UN said.
Guterres also encouraged a “credible” visit from the High Commissioner for Human Rights to China, including Xinjiang, where China has been accused of detaining Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups.
The group also discussed climate change, global development, and regional issues, such as Afghanistan.
From CNN's Homero DeLaFuente
American bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has been cleared to compete at the Winter Olympics after testing negative for Covid-19 twice, according to the Games' official website.
Meyers Taylor, who tested positive for Covid-19 two days after arriving in Beijing, revealed the news to NBC’s Today Show on Saturday.
"I'll be leaving tonight, which is the morning for you guys, and headed to another hotel, so I can start the process of getting back into training and getting everything ready to race," she told NBC's Today Show.
Meyers Taylor, 37, was put into self-isolation after testing positive, where she continued to train during the week, while awaiting to be cleared
The three-time Olympic bobsleigh medalist is scheduled to compete in the women’s monobob and two-woman bobsled events.
From CNN's Jack Bantock
Having arrived in China as the most successful country in Winter Olympics history, Norway was quickly into the groove on day one of Beijing 2022.
Norway got off to a golden start on Saturday, with the Nordic country claiming two top medals to take its all-time gold tally to 134. That's 29 more than the United States, which sits in second on 105.
Norwegian Therese Johaug won the first gold of Beijing 2022 with a dominant victory in the 15-kilometer cross-country skiing race in the women's skiathlon, cruising to her first individual Olympic title in 44 minutes and 13.7 seconds.
The 33-year-old is competing in her third Games, but missed Pyeongchang 2018 due to a positive drug test in 2016.
"I've been training a lot for this for many, many years," Johaug told reporters. "It's been a special week for us."
Johaug finished just over 30 seconds ahead of the ROC's Natalia Nepryaeva, who won silver in a time of 44:43.9.
Austria's Teresa Stadlober completed the podium, securing bronze with a 44:44.2 finish.
Medal tally for Feb. 5:
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