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Slovenia snowboarder tests positive for virus in Beijing

A snowboarder from Slovenia has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Beijing for the Olympics

The Independent UK

Asian Champions Trophy disappointment was a good learning experience ahead of busy 2022: Graham Reid

NEW DELHI: Still smarting from the semifinal exit at the Asia Champions Trophy, Indian men's hockey team chief coach Graham Reid on Friday said the setback came as a reality check for the Tokyo Olympic bronze medal winners ahead of a busy calendar year.

The Times of India

Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

Human rights activists have issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.”

The Independent UK

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Shorn of funding and battling bobsleigh’s German goliath, Brad Hall determined to claim Winter Olympics medal

This is David and Goliath on ice; Brad Hall the biggest underdog of the bobsleigh world, Francesco Freidrich the utter behemoth of the sport.

Evening Standard

Dumfries and Galloway curlers getting ready to compete at Beijing Winter Olympics

A total of five curlers will be competing in the games, which get underway on February 4

Daily Record

Commentary: Olympians should be climate activists

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are right around the corner. Even though the torch is not yet lit, the Olympic Games have already thrust China’s human rights abuse record into the spotlight, with the United States leading a diplomatic boycott against the sporting event, the first since 1980.

Tribune News Service

Beijing Olympics Ready to Go but Controversies, Covid Weigh Heavy

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing. Warnings about air pollution, government snooping and the environmental impact of a Games which relies almost entirely on man-made…

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Athletes start arriving in Beijing's Olympic bubble

BEIJING -- The Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages opened Thursday, officially rolling out the welcome mat for about 2,900 athletes from about 90 nations and territories who will compete at the Winter Games that start on Feb. 4.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Dave Ryding 'slapped back to reality' ahead of glory bid at Winter Olympics

"It was a stark and timely reminder that you have to do everything right in the lead up to an Olympics"

Daily Mirror

The numbers behind the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Beijing becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

From Olympic veteran to teenage record-breaker – Five stars to watch in Beijing

Snowboarder Shaun White and 15-year-old Kamila Valieva are among the international superstars to keep an eye out for in China

The Independent UK

Five of the greatest moments in Great Britain’s Winter Olympics history

Team GB are aiming for a record medal haul this year

The Independent UK

Eve Muirhead hoping qualification adversity can boost fresh bid for Olympic curling gold

Muirhead’s inexperienced rink had to battle their way to Beijing after failing to qualify via the World Championships

The Independent UK

Beijing promises to be an off-piste, off-page and off-putting pandemic Olympics

If Covid precautions were strictly enforced at last summer’s delayed Tokyo Games, Beijing will take things to a whole new level

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The Independent UK

5 best bets for podium places as Team GB target record Winter Olympics haul

The Games officially open on February 4 in the Chinese capital Beijing.

The Independent UK

Laura Deas: Public thinking we are all like Eddie the Eagle not a bad thing

The 33-year-old returns to the Winter Olympics looking to build on the surprise bronze she claimed in Pyeongchang in 2018.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics-bound Gerken-Schofield sisters sad to leave brother Tom behind

Tom’s progress was stalled last year when he suffered concussion, which effectively ended his hopes of joining his sisters at the Winter Olympics

The Guardian - AU

Should Australia’s major sports stars really be defined by fossil fuel companies trying to look good?

What is the cost to athletes and sports of accepting money from an influential denier of global warming? And what is the cost to our planet?

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The Independent UK

China skis: Olympics brings on boom in winter sports

The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports

Reuters

China agrees to Xinjiang visit by U.N. rights chief in early 2022-South China Morning Post

China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.

Tribune News Service

As Winter Olympics approach, women's hockey leagues plan their next moves

The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association has told some members it is planning to announce after the Winter Olympics that it will form a new league to debut in the fall, according to multiple sources.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Justin Abdelkader to play for team USA in 2022 Olympics

Justin Abdelkader will be heading to Beijing with Team USA

AAP

Seven urged to drop Beijing Olympics

Disenfranchised ethnic and religious minorities from China are urging the Seven Network to drop its coverage of next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Reuters

Amid pandemic and protest, Olympics return to a changed China

The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the Games into a tightly sealed bubble.

Tribune News Service

John Niyo: For Olympians, 2022 Beijing Games is about more than going for gold

They're in it for themselves. And their teammates, in some cases. Their coaches, their families and their friends, too.

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