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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

Winter Olympics LIVE: Charlotte Bankes suffers snowboard cross exit as Russia involved in doping claim

There are six gold medals up for grabs on day five of the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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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…

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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.

Los Angeles Times

How long is a speed skating track?

Records are tumbling in the speed skating at the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Dear Olympics Media: Please Spare Us Your Fawning Over China's Digital Surveillance

Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”

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Chinese Embassy defends use of Korean dress in Olympic ceremony

The Chinese Embassy in South Korea on Tuesday defended the use of a Korean traditional costume in last week's Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing, after South Korean politicians and activists criticised what they called "cultural appropriation".

Reuters

Australian Winter Olympics skier Katie Parker tests positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Beijing

Australian Olympic bosses said there was a chance Katie Parker would test positive on her arrival in Beijing — now she's in isolation waiting to hear if she will be allowed to compete.

ABC News

Olympics put China's press intimidation on full display

The press environment in China has deteriorated dramatically in the past two years.

Axios

Peng Shuai Makes Games Appearance as Gu Wins Big Air Gold

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday to watch China's Eileen Gu as she won gold in the Big Air competition in Beijing to put the host nation at the top of the medals table. Peng, who could be seen in the stands wearing a black knit…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID

Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus and that the average time spent in isolation is seven days

The Independent UK

Peng Shuai watches Gu win Olympic gold in freeski big air

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai sat with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and watched American-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu win gold at the women’s big air event

The Independent UK

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day four – as it happened

Day four of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

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Guseli aims to go big in Games halfpipe

Teenaged snowboarder Valentino Guseli has described the Olympics halfpipe as perfect as he looks to follow Australia's Tokyo Games skateboard success.

The Independent UK

The doctor is in (the Olympics): Desmond makes Irish history

Elsa Desmond knows she’s not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Dodds and Mouat in semi-final as Muir soars

Seventeen-year-old Kirsty Muir soared into the women’s freestyle Big Air final.

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympics curling LIVE: Five crash at same turn in luge and skater Vincent Zhou tests positive for Covid

Follow all the latest updates from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as Britain’s Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat lose curling semi-final against Norway

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Olympics Not The Only Games This Year

While China’s many human rights problems have been highlighted as the main reason for the boycott, it can be said that a secondary target is the Olympic movement itself.

AAP

Golden girl Anthony eyes more moguls glory

Australia's newest Olympic champion Jakara Anthony won't return home for long before flying to Europe to target the overall World Cup moguls championship.

The Guardian - AU

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day three – as it happened

The first Monday of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics LIVE: Cancer survivor Max Parrot wins gold for Canada as Mikaela Shiffrin sees shock exit

A total of nine medal events are on today

ABC News

Why Georgian luger Saba Kumaritashvili sums up the true Olympic spirit

Saba Kumaritashvili is carrying on the family Olympic legacy 12 years after his cousin was killed at the Vancouver games.

Reason

Learning the Lessons of the Horrific Beijing Olympics - And How to Reform Future Games

It's too late to boycott. But much can be done to prevent such a travesty from ever happening again. I propose five reforms, and explain how to force their implementation.

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