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Winter Olympics: Teen figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Beijing after CAS ruling

Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in tomorrow’s individual women’s competition despite her failed drugs test.

Evening Standard

Olympics-Russian Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains

Sport's highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the teenager's doping charge remained a stain on the Games.

Reuters

Winter Olympics day 10 – as it happened

Day ten of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

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At Winter Olympics, virus fight waged with worker sacrifices

So athletes from countries where COVID-19 has raged can compete, China's Winter Games workforce is making a giant sacrifice

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Fears raised over Kamila Valieva’s mental health

The 15-year-old is awaiting the CAS’s verdict on her right to stay in Beijing following a positive test for a banned heart medication.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

BEIJING DIARY: A segmented city, ideal for pandemic Olympics

Some Olympics signs in Beijing talk of staying “together for a shared future.”

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Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Live updates: Norway shot to the top of the medal table with a good day in bad conditions, with Marte Olsbu Røiseland earning her third gold medal

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BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Getting to China's new national ski venue

The journey from the heart of Beijing to the alpine ski venue is only about 120 kilometers (75 miles), but getting there via the Olympic transit system — hermetically sealed against COVID-19 — makes for a rather epic journey

The Independent UK

Helene Elliott: U.S. in the hunt for Olympic medals as ice dance showcases its newfound vibrancy

BEIJING — Ice dance has come a long way from the days of sleepy compulsory waltzes and endless repetitions of foxtrots.

Los Angeles Times

Team GB face prospect of returning empty-handed from Beijing Games

Hopes of winning between three and seven medals at the Winter Olympics have faded due to a combination of bad luck and poor tech

The Guardian - UK

Scottish ice dancer Lewis Gibson pinpoints the key factor that makes him and partner Lilah Fear unique at Winter Olympic Games

Gibson, from Prestwick, and American-born Fear sit tenth in Beijing after their rhythm dance on Saturday

Daily Record

AP PHOTOS: COVID-19 tests at Olympics not just for people

It’s not just people inside Beijing’s Olympic bubble who are getting tested for COVID-19. Workers in hazmat suits are also swabbing door handles, elevator buttons, couches and ATM machines, though health experts say surfaces pose little risk for spreading the virus.

The Independent UK

IOC open to Kamila Valieva 'entourage' investigation after positive drugs test

Kamila Valieva, 15, is facing the prospect of being stripped of her Olympic gold medal after it was revealed that the child skater had tested positive for a banned substance

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The trick that uncorked a gold-medal run for Hirano

BEIJING -- For Ayumu Hirano, it wasn't a big finish that gave him the gold medal in the men's halfpipe, but the mind-boggling way he started his winning run at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Reuters

Olympics - Coach defends skater Valieva, CAS to hold Sunday hearing on case

The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in an Olympic doping scandal broke her silence to defend Kamila Valieva on Saturday, while the sport's highest court said it would hold a hearing on Valieva's Winter Games future on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Jessie Diggins’ parents can only cheer, agonize from opposite side of the world

MINNEAPOLIS — The thrill of the races, the boredom of the mountain bus rides, even the confusion of navigating airports — sure, Deb Diggins wishes she was experiencing the Beijing Olympics like she did the Games in Sochi and PyeongChang.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympian Flashes ‘No War in Ukraine’ Sign after Competing

A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read "No War in Ukraine" to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensions between his country and Russia. Vladyslav Heraskevych's sign was printed on…

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The Guardian - UK

Farewell to the Flying Tomato: how Shaun White left an Olympic legacy

The pioneering Shaun White bowed out after his fifth Games and in doing so passed the torch to Ayumu Hirano

Daily Record

Why Scottish skiing ace Andrew Musgrave was left mystified after competing at Winter Olympic Games

Musgrave, 31, finished 46th in the 15km event after clocking a time of 41 minutes 44.7 seconds

Asharq Al-Awsat

Local Fans Allowed inside Olympic Bubble

Some local fans are getting to watch the Beijing Games in person, though it’s not clear exactly how they were selected for a visit inside the tightly controlled Olympic bubble. As part of the strict measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the Games, athletes, reporters and others…

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: GB suffer skeleton setback, latest news, medal table and results

Britain’s wait for a first Winter Olympics looks set to drag on after Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley finished well down the pecking order at the halfway point of the women’s skeleton.

The Independent UK

Beijing's ambitious Olympic COVID bubble: So far, so good

Bringing in more than 15,000 people for the Winter Olympics poses risks for a country determined to keep COVID-19 out

The Independent UK

Shiffrin finishes super-G in 3rd Olympic race; won't medal

Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics in a time way out of medal contention

The Independent UK

Olympics Live: Shiffrin ready to have fun in super-G race

Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G

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