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This week’s roundup also features half-pipe heroics, a snowboarding milestone for Britain’s medal hope and Anglo-Welsh Five and Six Nations memories

1) The Winter Olympics is back, baby. Ample reason to once more open the retro computer games cupboard, featuring Winter Games 1985 (including hot dog ski jumping, biathlon and bobsled!), Winter Challenge in 1991 and everyone’s favourite Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (which includes mild cartoon violence, apparently).

2) To get you in the mood for real-life action, here’s the highest ever snowboarding Olympic half-pipe score, featuring the absurd Shaun White, who won gold in 2010 by finishing his run with a 1260 Double McTwist. White has qualified for the USA team in 2018, despite a gruesome crash last year that left him with 62 stitches. The Olympics produced a mini-documentary on him this week. Billy Morgan is Britain’s best hope for a snowboarding gold – he became the first person to land a 1800 quadruple cork in 2015.

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