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Winter Olympics: Bruce Mouat ‘excited’ for Sweden clash as Team GB aim for curling semi-finals

Mouat held his nerve to deliver the final stone match-winner to sink Switzerland 6-5 and secure his fourth straight win in the competition

The Independent UK

Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue Stick Together On the Ice to Win Bronze

After more than a decade together as a team—and a stretch as a couple off the ice—the skating pair finally captured an Olympic medal in their last competition.

Sports Illustrated

EXPLAINER: Competing for 'another' country is nothing new

U.S.-born athletes have taken centerstage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality switching

The Independent UK

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Is this Tom Daley’s biggest challenge yet?

Olympian, dad, knit-fluencer — and now a four-day, 269-mile feat of super-endurance for Comic Relief. He talks to Laura Craik about winning gold medals, viral moments and LGBTQ+ activism

Evening Standard

ATHLETES ON: Killing time when not competing

Football, video games and dress-up are just some of the ways athletes at the Beijing Olympics are keeping busy when they’re not competing

The Independent UK

Super Bowl on the minds of Olympic competitors in China

The Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl took place at the same time for the first time

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva Decision Proves IOC Lets Russia Act As Rogue Olympic State

The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared Kamila Valieva to compete in Beijing, sparking questions about the impunity Russia continues to enjoy at the Olympics.

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Olympic skater's entourage could face trouble under US law

After Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s fate is determined at the Olympics, legal trouble for her coach and others in her orbit could emerge in the United States

The Independent UK

Winter Olympic sports can put athletes on the (literal) edge

Skiers skidding into safety nets

The Independent UK

How an NBC reality show helped launch bobsledder Josh Williamson's Olympic career

An Instagram ad changed Josh Williamson's life.

Los Angeles Times

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

Hello from Beijing

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Team GB’s men edge Switzerland on final stone to close in on curling semi-finals

Team GB’s men are closing in on a place in the last four after a close match against Switzerland came down to the final shot

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir qualifies for second final in ski slopestyle

The 17-year-old, the youngest member of the Team GB squad, came fifth in the Big Air final last Tuesday

The Independent UK

At Olympics, the line between photo and painting can blur

A photograph is not a painting. A painting is not a photograph. Yet in the right situation, in the right hands, the two can approach each other and, in the best circumstances, seem to merge.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

A Mascot Star Is Born: Bing Dwen Dwen’s Rise from Obscurity

The mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has been an unexpected star of the Beijing Olympics but the roly-poly panda's fame may prove fleeting after the Feb. 20 closing ceremony. Bing Dwen Dwen, which translates to "Ice Panda", made little splash when introduced about two-and-a-half years ago, eliciting a collective yawn from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Papadakis, Cizeron Claim Olympic Ice Dance Gold in Beijing

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France broke their own ice dance world record Monday, winning the Olympic gold medal that narrowly eluded them four years ago in Pyeongchang. The last figure skaters on the ice for the free dance, Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 points for their performance to…

Al Jazeera

How Beijing residents are taking a ‘closed-loop’ Winter Olympics

Beijing residents lament the absence of foreign spectators but say the Winter Games ambience is still there.

Daily Mirror

Russian skater Kamila Valieva free to compete at Winter Olympics after doping ban overturned

Teenager Kamila Valieva will compete in Tuesday's women's individual figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance.

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The Independent UK

Katie Ormerod fails to qualify for big air snowboard final in latest Winter Olympics disappointment

The snowboard star finished 25th in big air qualification and failed to make Tuesday’s final

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Cleared to Compete at Olympics

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, setting her up for an attempt at a second gold medal in Beijing. The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its ruling less than 12…

The Guardian - UK

Calgary, Irving Jaffee and a time when the Winter Olympics was far from cold

A look back at the history of past Games in warmer climates, plus the tale of a speed skater who had the odds against him

ABC News

Xu Mengtao wins China's first women's aerials gold as Australia's Laura Peel finishes fifth in Beijing

For Xu Mengtao the celebration was one of epic proportions in her home Olympics, but such is the cruel nature of aerials skiing that for Australian star Laura Peel it was the complete opposite.

Radio France Internationale

French ice skaters Papadakis and Cizeron dance their way to Olympic gold

French figure skaters Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won their first Olympic gold in ice dancing Monday in Beijing, breaking their own world record in the process.

The Independent UK

CAS rules Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete at Winter Olympics

The 15-year-old figure skater faced the prospect of becoming the youngest athlete to be banned for doping during the Olympic Games.

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva verdict leaves Winter Olympics under a dark cloud

Valieva will continue competing at the Games despite testing positive for a banned substance

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