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Gus Kenworthy interview: ‘I’m going for gold for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for Britain’

Exclusive interview with Team GB’s freestyle skier on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2022

Winter Olympics: What you need to know about Beijing 2022

Beijing becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2022

Olympics-Peng Shuai expected inside Beijing bubble as athletes find their snow feet

The Olympics chief on Thursday pledged to support Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai if she asks for an investigation into her treatment when he meets with her inside Beijing's "closed loop" at the Winter Games.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

Nihao from Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games

It's time to raise the curtain on the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

British curling duo on course for Winter Olympics glory after back-to-back wins

Team GB's Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have won their two opening games at the Beijing Winter Olympics as they chase curling glory.

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2022

Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble

A bartender in the Chinese ski resort of Zhangjiakou wears a blue and white hazmat suit as he pours a cocktail, before passing the drink to a similarly attired waiter who shuffles across the room in blue plastic booties to deliver the drink.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Xi promises ‘safe, splendid’ Winter Olympics as COVID cases rise

IOC reports highest number of cases among Games-related personnel, condemns calls for boycott of Beijing 2022.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2022

Olympics-Beijing Games see 55 COVID-19 cases on Feb 2, highest daily tally

A total of 55 new COVID-19 infections were found among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb. 2, the chair of the Beijing 2022 medical expert panel said on Thursday, the highest daily tally so far.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are opening with the same concerns that loomed over the 2008 Beijing Olympics: China's record on human rights and its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims in western China

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022