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Dundee's Natasha McKay fights back after early fall on Olympic figure skating debut

She scored 52.54 in the women's short programme after the tumble hit her chances of progressing in Beijing.

Daily Record

Figure skaters sound off on Valieva's Olympic doping scandal

Figure skaters competing against 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva shared a range of views about the doping scandal that has caused havoc at the Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Great Britain’s Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson crash out of two-man bobsleigh at Winter Olympics

Team GB were pushing hard at speeds of more than 130 kmph and in need of a perfect run to move into contention for a bronze at Beijing 2022

The Independent UK

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Fears of online censorship in Hong Kong as rights group website goes down

UK-based Hong Kong Watch says outage could be part of wider Beijing crackdown

The Guardian - UK

Dutch Speedskating Legend Ireen Wüst’s Grand Finale

In her fifth and final Olympics, the 35-year-old is preparing to hang up her skates, but not before adding to her illustrious career. She’s already made history in Beijing, becoming the first athlete to capture individual gold medals in five different Games.

Sports Illustrated

Kamila Valieva: What is the medication at the heart of the Russian skater’s doping scandal at the Winter Olympics?

Russian ice skater, 15, controversially allowed to compete in Beijing despite failing drug test

The Independent UK

Norwegian skier blows chance at Winter Olympic gold after going wrong way

A series of last minute disasters befell athletes across three different sports in a gripping and heart-breaking day of action in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

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Russian teen sensation Kamila Valieva to skate for Olympic gold - but still more questions than answers at Beijing 2022

Valieva, just 15, was supposed to be the face of the Games before she tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug

Wales Online

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: Goggia grit and biathlon blues

Italy’s Sofia Goggia fought back from recent injury to win downhill silver as Switzerland savoured two skiing golds

The Guardian - UK

Hanyu thanks fans, looks to future

BEIJING -- Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu looked to the future at a press conference in Beijing on Monday, expressing his desire to perfect his "beloved sport."

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Eileen Gu is the Winter Olympic star navigating two cultures and being judged by both of them

Gu has won gold and silver in Beijing but divides opinion both at home and abroad

The Independent UK

Speed skating one of Beijing Winter Olympics' most beautiful sporting spectacles — and a playground for the Dutch

Athletes simply flow around Beijing’s glorious Ice Ribbon oval, which uses green technology to cool its ice.

ABC News

Washington wakes up to Beijing-Moscow alignment

Beijing and Moscow are often on the same page.

Axios

Blur from the bus: A visiting photographer's view of Beijing

Associated Press photographer Jae Hong had never visited Beijing. He's been here now for several weeks covering the Olympics, riding buses from his hotel to the venues, and the venues to the hotel. And not much more.

The Independent UK

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Rocket Set to Hit Moon Was Built by China, Not SpaceX, Say Astronomers

Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what…

The Independent UK

Russia's Olympic doping case helps China skirt dicey topics

The doping scandal around Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been a Games-changer at the Beijing Olympics

ABC News

Elated family welcome silver-medal-winning Olympian Jaclyn Narracott back home to Brisbane

Tears, flowers and a whole new family member greet silver medallist Jaclyn Narracott as she returns home to family in Brisbane from the Beijing Winter Olympic Games after more than two years away.

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympians champion climate, peace amid muted activism

Around the world, athletes are throwing their support behind political and social causes, part of a wave of sports activism that has flourished in the years since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during games to protest police brutality against Black people

The Independent UK

Eileen Gu: Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them

She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Plight of Beijing's migrant workers exposed

BEIJING -- The destitute lifestyle of a male migrant worker that was revealed after he caught the novel coronavirus last month triggered a huge response online and thrust the stubborn wealth disparities among Beijing's residents under the microscope again.

Sports Illustrated

First Responders Seeking First Place in Beijing

After fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Team USA's Nina Roth and Great Britain's Vicky Wright are competing for gold in women's curling.

Newsroom.co.nz

Zoi's silver completes her Olympic rainbow

Collecting big air silver has completed Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's full set of Winter Olympic medals - and at just 20, she's stomped her mark as one of the greats of the sport.

The Independent UK

Kirsty Muir heads back to school after battling two finals in Beijing

The 17-year-old, who put the final year of her Highers on hold to target the Games, scored 71.30 on her second run.

ABC News

New Zealand's Sydney-born Zoi Sadowski-Synnott falls just short of another Beijing gold in snowboard big air

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins silver in the snowboarding big air, while Australia's Tess Coady starts strongly but slips to ninth.

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