Tag: Beijing Winter Olympics
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Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal yesterday in front of a crowd that chanted her name, one day after fellow boxer Imane ... -
Winter Olympic mascot linked to MUST
Liu Pingyun, chief executive of the team that designed one of the mascots for the Beijing Winter Olympics, worked on the project while he was studying ... -
As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia
The Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home, the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China and an ... -
Russians, Belarusians compete as ‘neutral athletes’ in China
Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine, the International ... -
Ukraine’s 20 Paralympic athletes have yet to arrive in China
None of the 20 athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic team has reached Beijing with the Games opening at the end of the week, the International Paralympic ... -
China keeps promises as Winter Olympics draws to ‘triumphant’ close
The Olympic flame has been extinguished, bringing down the curtain on the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, but the passion still lingers from the sports gala that ... -
Beijing Winter Olympics become most watched games in US despite ‘diplomatic boycott’
More than 100 million Americans have watched the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where many U.S. athletes continue to show their talents, skills and sportsmanship, and ... -
Beijing 2022 | Valieva listed two legal oxygen boosters on Olympic forms
Two legal substances used to improve heart function are listed on an anti-doping control form filled out for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva before her drug ... -
After blow of Beijing, Olympians ask: What about Africa?
Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea’s sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games in China — was achieved ... -
China crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators
A spectator’s single clap echoed through the mostly empty National Aquatics Center after the British curling team knocked a Swiss stone out of position, a difficult move ... -
Beijing 2022 | Norway takes Olympic gold medal in biathlon team relay
The Russians took the lead right at the start of the Olympic four-man biathlon relay yesterday and stayed well out front until a shooting meltdown at ... -
Beijing 2022 | Su joins Gu with Olympic big air gold for host China
China’s extreme sports youngsters were ready for a big Olympic stage. The host country built one for them, and they delivered. Su Yiming gave China its ... -
BEIJING SNAPSHOT | At Olympics, differing views of the news
Reporters from other countries and their Chinese counterparts seem to have different approaches to the daily news conferences at the Beijing Olympics. Yesterday’s briefing showcased the ... -
EXPLAINER | Halfway through Olympics, what’s happened so far?
Halfway through the world’s second pandemic Olympics, lots has happened. We have a doping scandal out of Russia, an American skier who faltered unexpectedly, and a ... -
Beijing Winter Olympics exceeds IOC expectations: Chairman
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said that the Olympic Games is perhaps the most complex event on the planet, like a huge and ... -
Beijing2022 | For the aged: Older Olympians in the medal mix, too
When the Beijing Olympics close on Feb. 20, IOC President Thomas Bach, by tradition, will call on the “youth of the world to assemble four years ... -
‘Politics of grandeur’: Two Olympics and China’s love of big
Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City. The Great Wall. The Three Gorges Dam. Dozens of high-end malls in Beijing. China has thousands of years of doing things ... -
BEIJING DIARY | Testing positive at the no-Covid Olympics
The phone call comes in the early afternoon, six hours or so after the mandatory morning test. The number is immediately recognizable because it’s so strange: ... -
First Torch of Beijing Winter Games on display at Wynn
To promote the shared spirit of sportsmanship and the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Macau, Wynn has welcomed the first torch of the Beijing 2022 ... -
Beijing 2022 | Roundup of Olympic gold medals
Wednesday, Feb.9 ALPINE SKIING WOMEN’S SLALOM Petra Vlhova added an Olympic gold medal to her growing list of achievements, winning the women’s slalom at the Beijing ... -
Beijing 2022 | Shiffrin shaken by ‘letdown’ of 2 exits in 2 Olympic races
The first question posed to Mikaela Shiffrin as she met with reporters after her second consecutive quick exit from an Alpine skiing race at the Beijing ... -
Beijing 2022 | EXPLAINER | All those flips and twists on Olympic halfpipe
Australian snowboarder Scotty James calls the process of perfecting his signature trick on the halfpipe akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with ... -
Beijing 2022 | Praise for Eileen Gu breaks Chinese social media
Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu ... -
Beijing 2022 | Chen flips, spins way to world-record score at Olympics
Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics. Next up ... -
SNAPSHOT | Olympic press can grab high-tech naps
With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where competitors ... -
Beijing 2022 | China wins first gold of home Olympics in short track relay
Darting through traffic, zipping around tight turns, avoiding potential disaster with every relay exchange. China eked out its first gold medal of the Beijing Games, winning ... -
Xinhua Insight | Coinciding with Spring Festival, Beijing 2022 celebrates togetherness
Many Chinese New Year customs have been widely observed for thousands of years. The family reunion dinner, pasting couplets and setting off fireworks are must-dos during ... -
China invests billions on Olympics with longer-term goal
The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports ... -
Beijing wants US halt Olympics interference; implement consensus
China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next week, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by ... -
Beijing Olympics | Snowboarding | Tough trip to China ahead, Anderson sees gift of world stage
There is part of Jamie Anderson that wishes these upcoming Olympics weren’t in China. The two-time snowboard gold medalist knows she’s not the only Olympian who ... -
Beijing residents disappointed Olympics will be closed event
With just over two weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, residents of the Chinese capital say they’re disappointed at not being able to ... -
Beijing Winter Olympics bid highlights skiing, hockey growth
Clad in neon-green from head to toe, Chinese snowboarder He Qiang is part of a growing cohort of middle-class enthusiasts in a country with little tradition ...
