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Japan edges Czechs in shootout to top Group B in women's ice hockey

BEIJING -- The goalkeeper quickly looked back and made a dive for the puck. But it had already come to stop, just over the red line.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Mexico’s Donovan Carrillo giving Latin America hope and excitement in ice skating

Donovan Carrillo might have been in Beijing, but his image was all over Mexico on Tuesday morning.

Los Angeles Times

Petra Vlhova wins gold in slalom as Mikaela Shiffrin suffers more heartache

Petra Vlhova won the Olympic women’s slalom by 0.08sec as Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for a history-making medal haul in Beijing was left in tatters

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Mikaela Shiffrin's 2nd Olympic race also ends early

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event

The Independent UK

Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

Naysayers didn't deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe

The Independent UK

Young U.S. men's hockey team will need to go to school in Beijing

BEIJING — When the NHL opted out of the Olympics in December because of COVID-19 issues that led to a slew of postponed games, USA Hockey turned to the college ranks to assemble its team.

Tribune News Service

Australia backs Lithuania over 'weaponised' economic sanctions from China due to Taiwan ties

Australia and Lithuania have both provoked the ire of Beijing in recent years, with the Chinese government targeting exports and industries with crippling sanctions and tariffs in what has been described as "economic coercion".

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Olympics Live: Downhill champ Goggia back on the slopes

Defending Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia is on the Beijing slopes and training after crashing and injuring her left knee and leg last month

The Independent UK

Stephanie Yang: Life inside the Olympics bubble: Limbo between China and the world

BEIJING — Three rows of fencing, two guard patrols and multiple "no crossing" signs mark the ominous border between the 2022 Winter Olympics and the rest of its host city. It feels like a parallel universe of ID-assigned bar codes, throat swabs and room service delivered by swift staff wearing…

Los Angeles Times

Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer

For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of the skating, the height of the jumps, the delicacy of the movements, the speed of the twirls and the musicality and interpretation of the skaters.

The Conversation

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Guardian - US

Parker overcomes virus to make Games debut

Australian alpine skier Katie Parker has made her Olympic debut after a turbulent 24 hours in Beijing following a positive COVID-19 test on arrival

AAP

Australia's Belle Brockhoff fourth in women's snowboard cross at Beijing Winter Olympics

Belle Brockhoff misses a medal in the women's snowboard cross, while Scotty James and Valentino Guseli book spots in Friday's halfpipe final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News

Shaun White's run as greatest snowboarder ever is coming to an end

BEIJING — By the end of the day, his body ached all over. His ankle and back, a knee still sore from surgery. Shaun White was feeling every bit of 35 years old, worn down from a lifetime spent attacking the halfpipe, launching himself skyward, spinning and twisting and landing…

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La Velle E. Neal III: Quality over quantity. Canada women school Team USA in 4-2 pool play win.

BEIJING — It has been dastardly, diabolical and darn impressive what Canada had done in the Olympic women's hockey tournament leading into Tuesday's game against Team USA.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: China win big air gold as Britain suffer curling blow; latest news, results, medal table

China secured their third gold medal of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as 18-year-old Eileen Gu delivered under huge pressure in the big air final.

The Independent UK

US to remind China of Pacific interests amid Ukraine tension

The Biden administration is making a push to remind China that the U.S. remains involved and active in the Indo-Pacific despite Washington's current preoccupation with a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Beijing’s Winter Games: a very political contest

Editorial: China says the Olympics must be about sport alone. But the party is using this event to send its own message

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The Conversation

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

The Independent UK

Zhu Yi: Who is the Chinese figure skater facing brutal trolling at the Winter Olympics in Beijing?

California-born star suffers nightmare start on the ice

Daily Record

Aberdeen teenage sensation Kirsty Muir soars to stunning fifth-place finish in Beijing Big Air at Winter Olympics

Muir, 17, is the youngest member of the British team in the Chinese capital but delivered a dazzling display on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK

Team USA’s Leif Nordgren becomes a dad as he competes in the Winter Olympics

Biathlete welcomes his first child while competing in Beijing

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s wait for a first medal continues

China’s ‘Snow Princess’ and America’s ‘Quad King’ were the stars of the show on day four of the Beijing Games.

Los Angeles Times

Thrilling freestyle skiing big air event makes big debut at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — A 524-foot-long ramp covered in snow surrounded by rusting industrial equipment ushered in a new age of freestyle skiing Tuesday.

Wales Online

Team GB teenage sensation Kirsty Muir soars to stunning fifth-place finish on Winter Olympic debut

Muir, 17, is the youngest member of the British team in the Chinese capital but delivered a dazzling display in freestyle skiing's Big Air event on Tuesday morning

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