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The Winter Olympics' COVID strategy worked pretty well

184 athletes have tested positive since Jan. 23.

Axios

Beijing Winter Olympics 50km cross-country race shortened due to high winds and freezing conditions

Cross-country skiers use tape to stop their faces from freezing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but they were still upset when organisers decided to shorten the 50km race for safety reasons.

ABC News

New Zealand Team Performs Haka in Subzero Temperatures After Winning Olympic Gold

Nico Porteous was met with a surprise after becoming the first male gold medalist in New Zealand's Winter Olympic history.

Sports Illustrated

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Team GB’s Vicky Wright determined to earn household bragging rights with Olympic curling gold

Wright watched fiancé Greg Drummond win silver in Sochi and hopes to go one better on Sunday

The Independent UK

Paul Zeise: Olympics' time in the spotlight has come and gone

The Olympics are just about to wrap up. Actually, maybe they did wrap up and I missed it.

Tribune News Service

Sometimes a Competitor, Always a Supporter: Siblings Fill Multiple Roles at Olympics

At least 76 pairs of siblings have participated in Beijing, turning the Winter Games into a family affair with nearly 5% of the total athlete headcount.

Sports Illustrated

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

Hello from Beijing!

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Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, Feb. 19

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Silver for Great Britain as Sweden edge tense extra end in men’s curling final

Bruce Mouat’s side were beaten 5-4 in a tense final which went to the very end

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2022: Gus Kenworthy signs off, bobsleigh hopes, plus latest news, results and medal table

Gus Kenworthy signed off on his Olympic career with an “Openly British” message as he finished eighth in the ski halfpipe.

Evening Standard

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving it

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

The Conversation

Two kids from one small town ski New Zealand to its greatest Games

Nico Porteous has dropped the curtain on New Zealand’s greatest ever Winter Games, overcoming the elements and a field of established champions to win the Olympic freeski halfpipe title

The Guardian - AU

Vicky Wright will return to NHS frontlines as an Olympic curling medallist

Wright and her team-mates will play for gold in tomorrow’s women’s curling final.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics curling result LIVE: Bruce Mouat’s Team GB beaten by Sweden in men’s Beijing 2022 final

Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 as Team GB chase their first medal of the Games

The Independent UK

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The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan makes curling final with more than gold in mind

BEIJING -- Japan pulled off a stunning victory over Switzerland in women's curling on Friday to advance for the first time to an Olympic final, where it will get a chance to address some unfinished business beyond going for a gold medal.

Wales Online

The new world of Jasmine Joyce as everything changes for Wales rugby wonder amid dream come true and marriage plans

Jasmine Joyce is one of the best-known (women's) rugby players in the world, and has just turned professional for Wales, completed her PGCE teaching qualification and got engaged to Wales team-mate Alisha Butchers

The Independent UK

Behind China's Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds

As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a video in rural China has continued to grow

The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics 2022 day 15: Sweden pip GB to curling gold after extra end – as it happened

Rolling report: There are plenty more medals to be won as the Games in Beijing reach their penultimate day. Join Martin Belam for updates

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The Independent UK

Olympic mascots: Creative, cartoonish, at times contentious

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Gu among winners on day 14 of the Winter Olympics

Whether it's on the ice, in the air or on the slopes at the Winter Olympics, Associated Press photographers are there to capture every moment, from the thrilling to the heartbreaking to the whimsical.

Los Angeles Times

Two-time Olympic champion David Wise of U.S. wins silver in freeski halfpipe

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — In a Pyeongchang podium shuffle, New Zealand’s Nico Porteous dethroned two-time gold medalist David Wise on Saturday in the Olympic ski halfpipe final to upgrade a 2018 bronze medal for his first gold. Wise medaled for his third consecutive Games with silver, and Pyeongchang silver medalist Alex…

Los Angeles Times

Beijing Olympics loop life: Tight security, bus trips galore and aggressive swabbing

BEIJING — Not all the questions from back home have been about gold-medal performances. Not everyone wants to know why a certain skier fell in the slalom or those curlers went for broke with the hammer throw.

The Independent UK

Remote school makes academic, Olympic juggling act easier

Here’s one thing the pandemic has made easier for the young stars of the Beijing Olympics: juggling the demands of elite athletic competition with college life

Daily Mirror

CJ Ujah's GB teammate Richard Kilty 'heartbroken' after stripped Tokyo Olympic silver

Richard Kilty has spoken of his devastation at Team GB being stripped of their 4x100m sprint relay silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics after CJ Ujah's doping violation

The Independent UK

Richard Kilty ‘devastated’ by loss of Olympic medal over CJ Ujah positive test

Great Britain were stripped of their silver from the men’s 4×100 metres relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

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