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Athletes achieve great feats, but Games leave unpleasant aftertaste

The Beijing Winter Olympics end today. The athletes should be commended for their energetic performances in a difficult environment, in which measures against infection were still in place. At the same time, however, they also were an event in which mismanagement and confusing decisions left an unpleasant aftertaste.

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Jessie Diggins Reveals Food Poisoning Bout Before Winning Historic Silver in 30-Km Race

Jessie Diggins made history as the first American woman to win a long-distance cross-country skiing race at the Olympics.

Sports Illustrated

Curtain falls on Beijing Olympics stalked by politics, doping scandal

Beijing handed the Olympic flag to Milan-Cortina on Sunday after a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva.

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Eve Muirhead claims Beijing gold to live Olympic dream at fourth time of asking

British curling captain Muirhead has finally become a Winters champion after four campaigns on the ice.

The Independent UK

Support for Japan skip Fujisawa always just a stone's throw away

Skip Satsuki Fujisawa of the Japanese women's curling team that earned the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics has always had the support of teammate and third Chinami Yoshida at her side.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Beijing to Close Games Marked by COVID Measures, Valieva Doping Scandal

Beijing hands the Olympic flag to Milan-Cortina on Sunday after a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. The Olympics were stalked by politics, with several countries staging a diplomatic boycott…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Winter Olympics closing ceremony LIVE: Team GB women win first gold medal in curling as Beijing Games end

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

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Finland wins historic Winter Olympics ice hockey gold medal after beating ROC team 2-1 in Beijing final

After medalling in five of the past seven Winter Olympics prior to Beijing, Finland's men finally climb to the top of the podium following a 2-1 defeat of the defending champions.

ABC News

Richard Kilty will "never forgive" CJ Ujah after being stripped of Tokyo Olympics medal

Great Britain have been stripped of the silver medal they picked up for their sprint relay efforts in Tokyo after CJ Ujah failed a drugs test

Daily Mirror

Eve Muirhead savours ‘moment I dreamed of’ Olympic gold medal after long wait

Muirhead guided Great Britain to an emphatic 10-3 women’s curling final win over Japan.

The Independent UK

Ice Hockey-Golden Finnish as Russians Fail to Retain Title

Finland's men's ice hockey team finally reached the top of the Olympic podium on Sunday by beating the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 2-1 to claim the final gold medal on offer at the Beijing Winter Games. Ville Pokka and Hannes Bjorninen each had a goal while Harri Sateri was rock…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Winter Olympics 2022: Curling gold, bobsleigh success for Team GB, plus latest news, results and medal table

Eve Muirhead’s women’s curlers crushed Japan on Sunday to secure Great Britain’s first gold medals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022 | Finland beats Russia for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal

Finland last reached the final in 2006 and lost to Sweden

The Hindu

Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior

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BEIJING SNAPSHOT: 'Close door' — so much more than a button

At an Olympics in a pandemic run by an authoritarian state, the slightest bit of agency matters

Evening Standard

Women’s curling team win gold for Great Britain at Beijing Winter Olympics

Eve Muirhead’s women’s curlers crushed Japan on Sunday to secure Great Britain’s first gold medals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Los Angeles Times

Finland defeats Russian Olympic Committee in historic upset for men’s hockey gold

BEIJING — Finland ended the Olympic hockey tournament with a historic upset, as its men’s team won gold for the first time on the strength of a fiercely contested 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee on Sunday at National Indoor Stadium.

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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympics end with no medal after mixed team near-miss

The knockout event represented Shiffrin’s last chance at a podium in Beijing but the US fell 0.42 seconds short

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The Independent UK

Eve Muirhead pays tribute to her Great Britain gold medal team-mates

Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff and alternate Mili Smith savoured the triumph on the final day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The Independent UK

Taiwan premier wants athlete punished for wearing China suit

Taiwan’s premier has called for a Taiwanese speed skater to be punished for wearing a suit from rival China’s team ahead of the Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

David Murdoch backs Eve Muirhead to be ‘one of the greatest ever’ after GB gold

Muirhead has won Olympic gold and bronze, a world title and three European titles.

The Independent UK

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 20

Wales Online

Eve Muirhead ends long wait for Olympic gold as GB beat Japan in Beijing curling final

Great Britain dominated throughout the final and sealed gold with a 10-3 win on the ninth end

Los Angeles Times

Mikaela Shiffrin and U.S. miss out on medal in mixed parallel team event

BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin’s forgettable Winter Olympics ended just short of a medal Sunday.

The Independent UK

Figure skating age debate also exposes body image challenges

Some figure skaters are hoping an Olympic doping scandal that is fueling a push to raise the minimum age of competitors will also focus attention on what they see as the sport’s most pressing issue: body image, body shaming and disordered eating

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