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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2022

Chloe Kim Wins Second Olympic Gold Medal in Snowboard Halfpipe

Team USA’s snowboarding star came out strong in the halfpipe final, becoming the first woman to repeat her Olympic title.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 10, 2022

Tom Archdeacon: For Vito, Olympics about representing family, heritage this time

"This is about more than just an Olympic medal" Linzee Vito said. "This is bigger than snowboarding."

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

Arthur misses halfpipe final

Australian snowboarder Emily Arthur has missed the Olympic halfpipe finals after placing 14th following the qualification rounds.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022

Petra Vlhova wins gold in slalom as Mikaela Shiffrin suffers more heartache

Petra Vlhova won the Olympic women’s slalom by 0.08sec as Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for a history-making medal haul in Beijing was left in tatters

The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2022

Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

Naysayers didn't deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

Winter Olympics LIVE: Charlotte Bankes suffers snowboard cross exit as Russia involved in doping claim

There are six gold medals up for grabs on day five of the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

The Guardian view on Beijing’s Winter Games: a very political contest

Editorial: China says the Olympics must be about sport alone. But the party is using this event to send its own message

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022

Thrilling freestyle skiing big air event makes big debut at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — A 524-foot-long ramp covered in snow surrounded by rusting industrial equipment ushered in a new age of freestyle skiing Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2022