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How Do Figure Skaters Choose the Music For Their Programs?

Song selection is more than just finding a catchy tune—it’s vital in the quest for Olympic glory. Consider this: If you were competing on the sport's biggest stage, how would you want the world to see you?

Sports Illustrated

Winter Olympics 2022: Team GB’s best medal hopes to watch out for in Beijing

Great Britain will be represented by 50 athletes at Beijing 2022 as they bid to build on the five medals won at the last Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang – Lizzy Yarnold’s skeleton gold and four bronze.

Evening Standard

Omicron Olympics: Critics say “closed loop” protects China, not athletes

The system for the Winter games has been called the strictest ever for a global sporting event.

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Beijing Olympics Coverage Advisory

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The Independent UK

Olympic athletes have 1 more thing to stress about: weather

Winter Olympians in outdoor sports such as Alpine skiing or snowboarding say the weather can be a key factor in success or failure

The Independent UK

Olympians worry as 'Winter' disappears from Winter Games

Olympic athletes in Alpine skiing and other outdoor sports dependent on snow are worried as they see winters disappearing

The Independent UK

CCP-led preparations dictate only success

BEIJING -- Beijing will be the first city in history to have hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics when the Winter Games start on Feb. 4.

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Japan set to pass China human rights resolution before Olympics

Japan’s parliament is set to pass a resolution expressing concern about Uyghur human rights as early as Tuesday, in a move likely to irritate China days before the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Tribune News Service

Olympics-COVID cases mount as athletes, personnel arrive in Beijing

During the past four days China has detected 119 COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with authorities imposing a "closed loop" bubble to keep participants, staff and media separated from the public.

Reuters

Beijing sees Covid cases spike ahead of Winter Olympics

Beijing has seen a spike in Covid cases just days before the beginning of the Winter Olympics.

Evening Standard

Celebrity Hunted's Iwan Thomas: UK sprint record holder and the serious illness faced by his son which spurred him on to another Olympic first

Iwan has said Celebrity Hunted was 'toughest yet most enjoyable experiences ever,' and he knows about tough experiences over the past few years

Wales Online

Watch | India's only athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics

A video profile on alpine skier Arif Khan who will represent India in the Winter Olympics

The Hindu

'Wicked problems': Government involvement in sport is fraught with issues

People will soon be tuning into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics — the second Olympics hosted during the pandemic and one that has come under much criticism.

The Conversation

Free condoms to be handed out at Winter Olympics - but athletes discouraged from hugging

Despite being encouraged not to shake hands and hug athletes at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, athletes will be offered free condoms from event officials

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Los Angeles Times

Mexican cross-country skier won't let pain, age or failure end her Olympic dream

LOS ANGELES — Chaucer wrote that time and tide wait for no man. But he didn't say anything about women, and that's a loophole Karla Schleske believes is big enough to accommodate her dream of skiing in the Winter Olympics.

Tribune News Service

At Beijing's COVID Games, Olympians try to stay negative

In order to get to the Beijing Olympics, Tabitha Peterson and her teammates had to pass a pair of high-stakes tests. They handled both with sure hands and steady nerves, making their way to the Winter Games in women's curling by capturing a bronze medal at the world championships and…

Miami Herald

Beijing Winter Olympics start Feb. 4. Here’s what you need to know, athletes to watch.

The Miami Herald breaks down what you need to know about the 2022 Winter Olympics:

The Guardian - UK

Sport, politics and Covid collide at the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Beijing Games will open on Friday in a country that hopes sport will be the talking point. But political twists or a resurgent virus could leave the event skating on thin ice

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The Guardian - UK

Have the Winter Olympics caught you cold? Here’s our armchair guide

What to follow in Beijing, when – and why snowboard cross might be your new favourite sport

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases since June 2020 as Olympics Loom

Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. China will hold the Games in a strict "closed-loop" bubble as part of its zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns,…

ABC News

Winter Olympics 2022: From COVID-19 to politics, Beijing is set to be a Games to remember

From COVID regulations to ongoing tensions between China and other world powers, this Winter Olympics will be like no other, writes Tracey Holmes.

ABC News

Inspired by her uncle and confident after a World Cup win, skeleton racer Jackie Narracott eyes Winter Olympics medal

Jackie Narracott just set a new track record to win a World Cup and now she's heading to her second Winter Olympics. But this time, the skeleton racer knows she's "good enough to compete with the best".

Irish Mirror

Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington teams up with Roddy Doyle to write her first book

The champion boxer will write her autobiography with the hit author

The Canberra Times

Canberra kids skipping their way to Olympic dreams

The competitive world of jump rope has some talented Canberra kids who recently won gold and intend on taking their sport to the Olympics. Anabelle Julias, 1...

The Guardian - UK

Team GB snowboard medal prospect Charlotte Bankes: ‘Nobody ever knows what’s going to happen. That’s what makes it so fun’

Charlotte Bankes will be in Beijing to compete in snowboard cross yet the 26-year-old has represented France in two Winter Olympics, she tells Sean Ingle

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