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Winter Olympics 2022 opening ceremony: UK start time, date, how long is it and Team GB flagbearers

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing have arrived and with them comes what is sure to be a show-stopper of an opening ceremony.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics TV schedule, channels and how to watch

Everything you need to know ahead of the opening ceremony

The Independent UK

Olympic advisors at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling

More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but organizers say they aren't worried and expect numbers to drop within days

The Independent UK

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Olympics Torch Begins COVID-Shortened Trek Past Beijing Landmarks

Beijing kicked off its Winter Olympics torch relay early on Wednesday, with Chinese basketball great and Olympian Yao Ming among the first to carry the flame on a journey that will last just three days due to COVID-19 curbs. The relay will carry the flame past landmarks including the Great…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's zero-COVID policy dims sponsors' hopes of Olympic boost

BEIJING -- Chinese companies that are sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics have been devoting themselves to the promotion of their products.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics

Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year.

Dynamite News

Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay

Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last only three days.

Reuters

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Beijing starts low-key torch relay for Winter Olympics

2022 Games takes place inside a ‘closed loop’ bubble that seals off athletes, Olympics personnel and selected guests.

Al Jazeera

Manager of India's Winter Olympics contingent tests positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Beijing

BEIJING: The manager of India's Winter Olympics contingent, Mohammad Abbas Wani, has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at the Beijing Airport.

The Times of India

Covid news: Anger as Tory MP says lockdown breach ‘like parking fine’; Germany could relax restrictions in March – as it happened

Pfizer-BioNTech seeks US approval for under-5s Covid inoculation; Lithuania to scrap Covid pass on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

Follow China's party line or face consequences

In a park in central Beijing, a bust of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was unveiled in January. It was made in a similar style to two other busts already installed there of Bach's predecessors, Jacques Rogge and Juan Antonio Samaranch. Alongside these busts is another statue that was…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Shortened Olympic torch relay starts for Beijing Games

The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics has started with an 80-year-old former speedskater carrying the flame

The Independent UK

Eleven Beijing Games personnel in hospital with COVID, none serious

Eleven Beijing Olympics-related personnel have been hospitalised with COVID-19 in the Chinese capital since Jan. 23 out of a total of 232 positive cases, Brian McCloskey, chair of the Beijing 2022 medical expert panel, said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Tudhope headlines Winter Paralympics team

Australia's 10-person team for the Beijing Winter Paralympics has been named with para-snowboarding young gun Ben Tudhope shaping as a medal hope.

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The Independent UK

Eileen Gu: Who is the California-born superstar freestyle skier aiming to win gold for China?

The 19-year-old athlete from San Francisco is favourite in three Beijing events

The Independent UK

What is Nordic Combined and why won’t there be a women’s event

The sport will be the only one at Beijing 2022 with exclusively male events

The Independent UK

Where was the first Winter Olympics held and where will the next one be?

Norway topped the medal table at the first ever Winter Olympics - almost 100 years ago

The Independent UK

When is Winter Olympics opening ceremony and how can I watch it

Everything you need to know ahead of the opening ceremony

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The Conversation

Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party's legitimacy

Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons.

The Conversation

How will China handle the dual threats of COVID and political protests at the Winter Olympics?

The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics start on Friday – the first time in history the same city has hosted both the summer and winter games.

USA Today Sports Media Group

9 Team USA Olympic champions looking to defend gold at the Beijing Winter Games

Go for gold! (Again!)

ABC News

Australian curling team set to start Beijing Winter Olympics competition before opening ceremony

Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt will take to the ice later today to kick off Australia's Winter Olympics campaign, before the Games' showy opening number.

ABC News

The biggest superstars and storylines to watch at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

A US star coping with the weight of expectation, a dual Chinese-American teen soaring to new heights, and some speedy Dutch skaters aiming to make history are some of the storylines to watch during this Winter Olympics.

Daily Mirror

Inside arriving for Winter Olympics including nose bleeds from swabs and burner phones

Chinese authorities are being extra careful when it comes to Covid ahead of the Winter Olympics 2022 - as Mirror man Alex Spink found out on his arrival to Beijing

USA Today Sports Media Group

When do the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics begin with Opening Ceremony?

Here's what you need to know about when the Beijing Winter Olympics start.

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