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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

Trudeau should have withdrawn Canada from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after reports of Chinese residential schools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

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Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s curlers bounce back

Meanwhile, a doping offence scandal is looming in Beijing.

The Independent UK

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

17-Year-Old Jordan Stolz Is the Next Big Thing in U.S. Speedskating

The first-time Olympian got his skating start on his family’s backyard pond at age 5. Now, on the heels of a breakout season, he enters Beijing as a legitimate medal contender.

Sports Illustrated

Team GB’s Winter Olympic struggles go on with problems for skeleton crew

After more disappointment the ghosts of Winter Olympics pasts are starting to rattle for Britain’s campaign in Beijing

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Hughes left out of Aussie mixed cross team

Australian selectors have left world champion Jarryd Hughes out of the mixed snowboard cross team event after below par form in the men's event in Beijing.

AAP

Winter Olympics 2022: Hotel manager in Beijing calls food at own restaurant ‘disgusting’

IOC says it is aware of the complaints ‘particularly with regard to food temperature, variety and portion size’

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's zero-covid approach meets growing frustration

Hong Kong residents are growing increasingly frustrated with ever tighter coronavirus restrictions imposed by city leaders in line with Beijing’s zero-COVID policy

The Independent UK

Beijing Olympics Coverage Advisory

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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

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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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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Skeleton star Brogan Crowley pays tribute to Olympic medallist teammate Laura Deas

Brogan Crowley will be making her Olympic debut in Beijing, and credits PyeongChang bronze medallist Laura Deas for helping her at her first Games

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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.

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.

Reuters

China suspends Lithuanian beef, dairy, beer imports as Taiwan row grows

China suspended imports of beef, dairy and beer from Lithuania this week, Lithuania's veterinary control agency said on Thursday, amid a growing trade dispute over the Baltic nation's relations with Taiwan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Panda 'Phenomenon' Surprises Beijing Olympics Mascot Designer

The man behind the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot jokes that he wished he had kept a few more of his cuddly panda creations after they became highly sought after collectables in China. Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot of the Games, has become the latest must-have item for keen fans…

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Russia faces questions over doping reports and figure skating controversy

Olympic organisers said they will not comment on ‘speculation’ amid reports that a Russian figure skater tested positive for a banned substance before arriving in Beijing

Al Jazeera

China suspends Lithuanian beef imports amid escalating Taiwan row

Suspension comes after the UK announces it will join the US and Australia in backing WTO case against China.

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