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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

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics: Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva immersed in Beijing 2022 doping row

Russia’s teen starlet Kamila Valieva has found herself immersed in a Winter Olympics doping row following the team figure skating competition.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - UK

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Winter Olympics curling LIVE: GB beat Sweden as Netherlands’ Irene Schouten wins speed skating gold

Follow all the latest news and updates from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing with curling, snowboarding cross and freestyle skiing all in action

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2022: Mixed results for GB curlers; Kim wins gold; latest news, results and medal table

Team GB’s curlers endured mixed fortunes on the ice as Bruce Mouat showed no ill effects from missing out on a medal in the mixed doubles to get off to a winning start in the team competition against Italy.

Evening Standard

Can China use the Beijing Olympics to 'sportwash' its abuses against the Uyghurs? Only if the world remains silent

Many issues have cast a shadow over the Beijing Winter Olympics in recent weeks, from China’s controversial “zero-COVID” approach to the looming possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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AP PHOTOS: Stars stand out on day 5 of the Winter Olympics

Whether it's on the ice, in the air or on the slopes at the Winter Olympics, Associated Press photographers are there to capture every moment, from the thrilling to the heartbreaking to the whimsical.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Speed skating ice maker denies being pressured by Dutch team

Canadian Mark Messer says he told Dutch official ‘not to come back’ after conversation

The Independent UK

Skier flees country with family over political views after Winter Olympics ban

Darya Dolidovich had hoped to be skiing for her country at the Winter Olympics this month, but instead has fled with her family over worries about her family's safety.

Daily Mirror

Simone Biles hits out at Mikaela Shiffrin criticism after catastrophic start to Winter Olympics campaign

Shiffrin, one of the most decorated skiers in history and a hot favourite to win multiple medals in Beijing, crashed out of her first two races within just a few seconds.

Daily Mirror

Ski jump: Flying or falling with style?

If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan could stay aloft for almost one second. While there are many events at the Winter Olympics that feature athletes performing feats of athleticism and strength…

The Conversation

Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’

‘All I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does’

The Independent UK

The wrong trousers? Norway’s plain display disappoints curling fans

The team have ditched the tradition of outlandish trouser designs started at 2010 Winter Olympics

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Positive drugs test from 'victorious Russian athlete' delays Winter Olympics medal ceremony

The Russian team won gold in the three-day Olympic figure skating team competition, delivering a dominant display to beat silver medalists USA, while Japan took bronze

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Journalists say Chinese ‘guides’ are following them everywhere

Authorities are intimidating Chinese nationals who come into contact with foreign journalists

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard medal

Farrell Treacy becomes first British man to reach a short-track speed skating final in 16 years.

Daily Mirror

Snowboarder walks away after nasty crash at Winter Olympics - “Somehow he’s survived that”

American snowboarder Lucas Foster has miraculously walked away unharmed after a dramatic crash in the snowboard halfpipe competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics

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The Independent UK

Dame Katherine Grainger ‘not panicking yet’ about GB’s lack of medals in Beijing

Snowboarder Charlotte Bankes and curlers Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat were hopes for an early British medal at the Winter Olympics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexican Skater Is a Rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

They said he should play football. They said figure skating was for girls.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: USA strike gold at last

Lindsey Jacobellis finally takes glory, but it is an agonising day for medal hopes Mikaela Shiffrin and Charlotte Bankes

Daily Mirror

Snowboarder finds redemption 16 years after celebrating gold too soon at Winter Olympics

A final roll of the Winter Olympics dice paid off for American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who finally won snowboarding gold almost two decades after showboating cost her the ultimate prize

The Independent UK

Team GB’s Winter Olympics medal hopes for 2022

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

Salon

The first Olympics with all-fake snow

The lack of real snow at the Winter Olympics in Beijing may hint at the future of winter sports

France 24

Ski's the limit: China's plan to build a winter sport culture

In China, all eyes are on the ongoing Winter Olympics. Although the Games have come under scrutiny for a number of reasons beyond sport, they are also the culmination of an impressive campaign to convert more than 300 million people into winter sport aficionados. Our correspondents report. We also speak…

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