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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

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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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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

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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.

Sports Illustrated

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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

Manchester Evening News

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

Nathan Chen makes up for 2018 disappointment by landing figure skating gold

The American won the men’s free skate in Beijing on Thursday.

The Independent UK

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

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.

Reuters

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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Iranian Olympic Skier Suspended After Positive Doping Test

Iranian alpine skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki has been suspended from the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said, the first publicly announced doping case at the Games. The 36-year-old, who has never competed on the World Cup circuit and whose best Olympic…

AAP

Hughes shattered after Games 'cross blow

2018 Olympic silver medallist Jarryd Hughes did it tough at the snowboard cross in Beijing, bowing out early on a disappointing day for the Australian men.

Axios

"Rocketman" Nathan Chen wins men's figure skating Olympic gold for U.S. in Beijing

This is Chen's third Olympic medal and his first gold.

The Independent UK

'Politics of grandeur': 2 Olympics and China's love of big

Beijing's Winter Olympics remind us of how everything in China is big, bigger — and even bigger

Al Jazeera

At Beijing 2022, ‘woke capital’ in awkward spot on human rights

Corporate sponsors at Olympic Winter Games are keeping low profile after championing social justice issues in the West.

ABC News

Iranian alpine skier Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki tests positive for steroids at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

The 36-year-old Iranian skier, competing in his third Olympic Games, returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of testosterone and has been banned from competing.

The Independent UK

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Great Wall, a symbol of China's strength

China's most famous landmarks are, for the most, part, outside the Olympic bubble

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