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Kamila Valieva: How the face of the Winter Olympics became embroiled in another potential Russian scandal

A gold-medal ceremony was postponed amid allegations that the teenager failed a pre-Games doping test

The Independent UK

Reality bites for China’s ice hockey ringers on Winter Olympic debut

China’s men suffered an 8-0 reverse against the United States in their first ever Winter Olympics ice hockey match

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022: environmental cost of world's first Winter Olympics without natural snow – expert Q+A

The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway in the Chinese capital, but winter itself seems far away. To counter the lack of cold weather, the organisers are using vast quantities of water and energy to supply the events with fake snow.

The Conversation

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Trudeau should have withdrawn Canada from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after reports of Chinese residential schools

Last June, Canada’s delegation to the United Nations was part of an international effort calling for UN inspectors to have free and unfettered access to China’s Xinjiang region to assess reports of human rights violations against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.

The Conversation

Fans in stitches at peculiar medal ceremony choreography at Winter Olympics

Viewers of the Winter Olympics have been left in hysterics by a bizarre medal ceremony, which left officials in Beijing with covered faces, let alone blushing ones

Daily Mirror

Helene Elliott: Nathan Chen fulfills his Olympic dream by winning figure skating gold

BEIJING — Twenty years after a young Nathan Chen watched the figure skating competition at his hometown Salt Lake City Olympics and decided he wanted to be like them, a virtuoso Chen became an Olympic gold medalist.

Los Angeles Times

Winter Olympics 2022: Dave Ryding backs US slalom star Mikaela Shiffrin to banish her Beijing demons

Ryding expects her class to shine through on the ‘Rock’ race piste this week after failing to finish her first two races at the Games

The Independent UK

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Yuzuru Hanyu: Japan skater receives support from Chinese fans after Winter Olympics heartbreak

The figure skating star fell on his attempt to win a third consecutive gold medal

The Independent UK

Kirsty Muir will show no fear in Winter Olympics battle with 'Snow Princess' Eileen Gu

Team GB’s youngest athlete Kirsty Muir finished fifth behind Eileen Gu in the Big Air despite being just 17, and is ready for another clash in the freeski slopestyle

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Here's How Alibaba Is Capitalizing To Promote 2022 Beijing Olympics

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) released a virtual idol promoting the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Named "Dong Dong," the virtual idol, a computer-generated character, is "a passionate, Beijing-born 22-year-old woman who loves winter sports." Since early February, Dong Dong has appeared in nightly broadcasts via Taobao Live, Alibaba's live-streaming services. DAMO Academy, Alibaba's research…

Benzinga

Winter Olympics: Contrasting fortunes for GB’s men and women as team curling round-robins begin

Mouat showed no ill effects from missing out on a medal in the mixed team competition as he led his men’s rink to a 7-5 win over Italy.

The Independent UK

Johnson, Jones highlight most infamous Olympic doping cases

Russian star Kamila Valieva is at the center of the biggest doping story of the Beijing Games after Russian newspaper RBC reported that the figure skater tested positive for a banned substance before the Olympics

The Independent UK

Kagiyama takes silver in figure skating; Uno 3rd ahead of Hanyu

Teenager Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno did enough to hold off two-time defending champion and compatriot Yuzuru Hanyu and come away with medals in the men's figure skating on Thursday at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: Kim and Chen soar for US

Chloe Kim and Nathan Chen deliver impressive victories, but still no medal ceremony for the figure skating team event won on the day by ROC

Sports Illustrated

Nathan Chen Caps Four-Year Quest for Redemption with Olympic Gold

The 22-year-old conquered the mounting expectations and the disappointment of the 2018 Games with an out-of-this-world performance in Beijing.

The Independent UK

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AP PHOTOS: Olympic pursuits of glory, captured in a blur

Six days of Olympics, gone in a blur. No surprise, of course, given the way these athletes move.

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Kamila Valieva: IOC refuses to confirm if teen skater is at centre of doping controversy

Multiple reports and sources have named Valieva, 15, as the athlete believed to have tested positive for a banned heart drug before the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Nathan Chen makes up for 2018 disappointment by landing figure skating gold

The American won the men’s free skate in Beijing on Thursday.

AAP

Guseli has a head for halfpipe heights

Australian teenager Valentino Guseli is setting no limits on how high he can go in the Olympic final of the men's halfpipe after qualifying in fifth place.

The Independent UK

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: At Olympics, differing views of the news

Reporters from abroad and Chinese reporters have different approaches to the daily news briefings at the Beijing Olympics

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Rival sisters push each other to new heights

Sena Tomita took the bronze in the women's halfpipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Not far behind was her younger sister Ruki.

ABC News

Australian men upbeat about snowboard cross mixed team medal chances at Beijing Winter Olympics

None of Australia's four men made it past the quarter-finals in the snowboard cross event at Beijing 2022, but they hope for "a little bit of redemption" in Saturday's mixed team event.

Los Angeles Times

Defined by controversy abroad, Beijing Olympics spur pride at home

BEIJING — The international political disputes and human rights concerns surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics have not bothered the Chinese, who have been closely following their favorite athletes, copping near-impossible event tickets and scouring stores for dwindling merchandise of the popular Olympic mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen.

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