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Winter Olympics curling triumph draws new generation to the ice

Scotland’s rinks have been inundated with inquiries since the weekend’s medal-winning performances

The Guardian - UK

Richard Kilty on five-year-old son's heartbreaking reaction after Olympic medal stripped

Richard Kilty had his silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics stripped by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Team GB sprint relay teammate CJ Ujah's doping violation

Daily Mirror

Journalists’ group ‘dismayed’ by treatment at Beijing Winter Olympics

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China says reporters tailed and manhandled by security despite assurances from Games officials

The Guardian - UK

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UK Sport set to make ‘big investment decisions’ over Winter Olympic sports

Funding decisions ahead of the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina will be made this summer

The Independent UK

Anne congratulates Team GB athletes on ‘making country proud’ at Beijing games

The Princess Royal also paid tribute to Team GB’s women’s curling team who secured Britain’s only gold medal of the Olympics.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: highs, lows, heroes and villains of Beijing 2022

Our writers pick their best moments, from Alexandra Trusova’s extraordinary rant to Erin Jackson’s groundbreaking gold

The Guardian - UK

Beijing avoided Olympics disaster

Controversy simmered, but didn't boil over.

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British Curling boss Nigel Holl hopes to grow sport after Olympic medals

Eve Muirhead’s rink won Team GB’s first Olympic curling gold since 2002 and Bruce Mouat’s team took silver

The Independent UK

Opinion: China’s Olympic Legacy Is About Becoming a Sporting Superpower

China is only at the beginning of its phenomenal winter sports growth, with the country set to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest skiing nation by 2025

Caixin Global

Frazer Clarke eyes rapid heavyweight rise as ticking clock soundtracks pro debut

Having taken bronze for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, the 30-year-old won his first pro fight on Saturday and wants a swift return to the ring

The Independent UK

Helene Elliott: Simple acts of kindness make things bearable in an Olympics like no other

On the biggest stage, during the most momentous occasions, it's often the small moments that become the most memorable.

Los Angeles Times

£28m for just two medals as curling glory fails to mask Winter Olympics disappoointment for Team GB

As Team GB depart Beijing, they have their curlers to thank for a disaster averted, but once the glow of Eve Muirhead & Co.’s gold, as well as men’s silver, on the final weekend fades, it will be difficult to judge these Winter Olympics as much more than a disappointment.

Evening Standard

The Olympics face an existential crisis. An American-led effort could save them

The Olympic movement risks lurching even further into an existential crisis if major problems aren’t addressed, and many of the levers for change lie in Americans’ hands

The Guardian - US

Beijing Olympics Closes after Golden Moments and Doping Storm

The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run event and a "safe Games" in the midst of the Covid pandemic, but the gold medals were overshadowed by a doping controversy.

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Bye bye bubble — but 1 final zero-COVID reminder

Leaving the Winter Olympics brings one full circle with a final early morning visit to an eerily empty Beijing airport.

The Independent UK

Analysis: China's bubble Olympics kept reality at a distance

They did it — that much seems obvious

The News Lens

What Happens to Uyghurs After Competing in the Olympics?

“For decades, the stereotypical ‘happily dancing Uyghur’ has served as a puppet of propaganda for China’s official ‘ethnic unity and harmony’ narrative.”

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan's snowboarding medal wins at Beijing Olympics sparking interest in the sport

An increasing number of people are becoming interested in snowboarding after watching Japanese snowboarders win medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Rachel Blount: Olympics contrasted success, safety, shortcomings, controversy

BEIJING – At Sunday's Closing Ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, the keynote speeches were stuffed with words like unity and togetherness and solidarity. While that wasn't surprising at an event that promotes shared ideals, it didn't reflect what made these Winter Games unique.

The Independent UK

At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background

Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops

The Independent UK

Human rights? China won that Winter Olympics battle. Almost.

At the Winter Games, host China succeeded in squelching public discussion by athletes of its human rights record

Tribune News Service

Diggins makes U.S. Olympic history winning silver in 30-kilometer freestyle

BEIJING — Jessie Diggins didn't cry when she lay in bed with food poisoning. She admitted she had a moment of self-pity, but with her final race at the Beijing Olympics only hours away, that wasn't going to do any good.

The New Daily

Beijing Winter Olympics closes with a plea for world peace

Beijing signed off on the 2022 Winter Olympics in style, passing the baton to Italy’s Milano Cortina with a simple but elegant closing ceremony.

ABC News

COVID-affected Beijing Games should not detract from a thrilling Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics were shaped inexorably by the COVID-19 prevention measures put in place, but this did not stop the Games from delivering countless performances that will go down in history, writes Simon Smale.

The Guardian - UK

A Winter Olympics that was farcical, disturbing and often exceptional

The soul-destroying story of the young Russian skater Kamila Valieva will stick in the memory for all the wrong reasons

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