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Activists urge UN rights chief to release delayed report on Xinjiang

Now that the Beijing Winter Olympics is over, U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet must release her long-delayed report on alleged violations in China's Xinjiang region against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Stirling curler hopes Beijing Olympic success can help inspire new generation

The women's and men's curling teams - who train in Stirling - were the only medallists for Team GB at the Games.

Daily Record

Ouch! NBC's Winter Olympics Coverage Down 42% From Four Years Earlier

The Beijing Winter Olympics was anything but a gold medal performance for Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniversal division, with viewership down 42% from the 2018 games held in PyeongChang, South Korea.

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Kellie Harrington makes winning return to the ring after Olympic gold medal success

She won via unanimous verdict and advances to the quarter-finals of the tournament

Irish Mirror

Zhang Wenhong: Beijing Winter Olympics Sets Perfect Example for How to Bring People Together Amid Pandemic

The closed-loop management system of the winter games demonstrated a new possibility for pandemic control and communication among people from different part of the world

Caixin Global

First the IOC, now Nato: how Putin’s Russia refuses to play by the rules

The scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the Winter Olympics raises fears the regime may end the teenager’s career before it has a chance to begin

The Guardian - UK

La Velle E. Neal III: China should never have been allowed to hold these Olympics

BEIJING – Sports fans have been forced to gaze toward China this month as it held a Winter Olympics it should have never been allowed to hold.

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Winter Olympics Deliver Smallest Viewing Audience Ever

This year’s ratings saw a sizable drop from the 2018 Winter Games, along with 2021’s Tokyo Games.

Sports Illustrated

Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low

The event still drew a sizable digital audience, per NBC.

Axios

Inside Beijing's Olympic Games spy network - constantly watching athletes and fans

Even Olympic champions described the Winter Games in Beijing, China, as the most controversial since the Berlin Olympics of 1936 under Hitler’s Nazi regime

Daily Mirror

Natasha Jonas the 'snotty nosed kid from Toxteth' who became a World Champion

Natasha Jonas won the WBO Super Welterweight title after making a comeback

Liverpool Echo

Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of the most dramatic escalation of strategic tensions between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold…

The Conversation

Kamila Valieva horror show proves the price of Olympic gold is too high

This is not a problem happening just in Russia – a win-at-all-costs mentality is affecting young athletes more than ever

The Guardian - UK

Bruce Mouat's mum lifts lid on her Winter Olympic pride after silver medal-winning son named Team GB flag bearer at Closing Ceremony

Mouat's rink were edged out of gold by five-time world champion, Sweden's Niklas Edin, in a tense and tactical final - but his medal-winning exploits saw him carry the British flag at the Bird's Nest

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Winter Olympics curling triumph draws new generation to the ice

Scotland’s rinks have been inundated with inquiries since the weekend’s medal-winning performances

Daily Mirror

Richard Kilty on five-year-old son's heartbreaking reaction after Olympic medal stripped

Richard Kilty had his silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics stripped by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Team GB sprint relay teammate CJ Ujah's doping violation

The Guardian - UK

Journalists’ group ‘dismayed’ by treatment at Beijing Winter Olympics

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China says reporters tailed and manhandled by security despite assurances from Games officials

The Independent UK

UK Sport set to make ‘big investment decisions’ over Winter Olympic sports

Funding decisions ahead of the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina will be made this summer

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The Independent UK

Anne congratulates Team GB athletes on ‘making country proud’ at Beijing games

The Princess Royal also paid tribute to Team GB’s women’s curling team who secured Britain’s only gold medal of the Olympics.

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics: highs, lows, heroes and villains of Beijing 2022

Our writers pick their best moments, from Alexandra Trusova’s extraordinary rant to Erin Jackson’s groundbreaking gold

Axios

Beijing avoided Olympics disaster

Controversy simmered, but didn't boil over.

The Independent UK

British Curling boss Nigel Holl hopes to grow sport after Olympic medals

Eve Muirhead’s rink won Team GB’s first Olympic curling gold since 2002 and Bruce Mouat’s team took silver

Caixin Global

Opinion: China’s Olympic Legacy Is About Becoming a Sporting Superpower

China is only at the beginning of its phenomenal winter sports growth, with the country set to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest skiing nation by 2025

The Independent UK

Frazer Clarke eyes rapid heavyweight rise as ticking clock soundtracks pro debut

Having taken bronze for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, the 30-year-old won his first pro fight on Saturday and wants a swift return to the ring

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Simple acts of kindness make things bearable in an Olympics like no other

On the biggest stage, during the most momentous occasions, it's often the small moments that become the most memorable.

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