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N.Korea's Kim calls Olympics 'great victory' for China, calls for better relations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a "great victory" and saying he wanted to improve relations between their countries, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.

Reuters

Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin discusses being shaped by loss

The skiing prodigy has endured Covid, injury, and the death of her father in recent years. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Helene Elliott: Figure skater Mariah Bell proud she never gave up on Olympic dream

Each time Mariah Bell lived in one place long enough to make new friends and explore her neighborhood, her father's job in the oil and gas industry would send the family packing.

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Team USA dominates Finland in women’s hockey opener; Decker hurt

BEIJING — One of the consequences of having only a few spectators allowed to watch events like hockey at the Olympics is that those in the arena can hear everything.

Tribune News Service

As Olympics 2022 set to open, avoiding a disaster might be considered success

BEIJING — China had something to prove when it hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Los Angeles Times

Get up to speed with all the events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympics is not so much a multi-sport event as it is an adrenaline junkie convention. Here's the lowdown on what you're about to watch in Beijing.

ABC News

What time does 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony start? Dates and full schedule

From starting dates to the full schedule - here is everything you need to know about this month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing

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Olympic figure skating short program vs. free skate: What’s the difference?

With four years between Winter Olympics, you may need a reminder of how some sports, like figure skating, work.

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Beijing's scant snow offers a glimpse at the uncertainty — and risks — of future Winter Olympics

The postcards and posters from most Winter Olympics call attention to the thick powder and ice-covered mountains we expect from winter mountain sports. But this year will be a little different.

The Conversation

Liberty Sign All-Star Center, Olympic Gold Medalist Stefanie Dolson

She was the only player in the league to win both a gold medal and a WNBA title last season.

Sports Illustrated

Indian diplomats to boycott Olympics over China’s torchbearer

NEW DELHI: The Indian mission in Beijing will not participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, which officially kicks off on Friday, the government announced on Thursday. The decision followed the revelation on Wednesday that a PLA regiment commander involved in the June 2020 Galwan clashes…

The Times of India

Olympics coverage: a gold medal in glossing over

Even those paid to hype the 2022 Winter Olympics have trouble mentioning they’re taking place in China.

Chicago Sun-Times

Winter is here: On India’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

The games in China have taken on political significance, domestically and globally

The Hindu

US hockey star Brianna Decker out of Winter Olympics after suffering serious leg injury

America forward stretchered off ice after collision with Finnish player

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Winter Olympics 2022: Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding to share flag-bearing duties for Great Britain

Eve Murihead and Dave Ryding will share the flag-bearing duties for Great Britain at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Guardian - US

‘It was sickening’: USA women’s hockey team lose star Decker in Olympic opener

The mighty United States women’s hockey team launched their first Olympic title defense in two decades with an air of menace on Thursday night

Tribune News Service

7 films guaranteed to lift your Winter Olympics spirit

The Winter Games, which kick into gear this weekend, are bound to have their fair share of dramatic moments. But there also will be long stretches that could be as dull as shoveling the sidewalk.

The Independent UK

Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding named as Great Britain flag bearers in Beijing

The duo will carry the country’s flag during Friday’s opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics.

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Chicago Sun-Times

NBC begins coverage of another challenging Olympics

The world hasn’t experienced Olympics so close together since 1992. That could lead to some Olympic fatigue among viewers, but NBC has bigger concerns.

Daily Record

How Scottish skier Alain Baxter is inspiring Dave Ryding's pursuit of Winter Olympic glory

Baxter, 48, held the distinction of being the only Brit to win an Olympic alpine skiing medal for approximately one month - before a failed drugs test forced him to return his podium place from the Salt Lake City Games

Daily Record

Eve Muirhead delivers her bold prediction for Team GB's curlers after being unveiled as British flagbearer in Beijing

At tomorrow's opening ceremony at the iconic Bird's Nest, Muirhead will be the second curler to carry the flag after Rhona Martin was given the honour at the Closing Ceremony in 2002 and Opening in 2006

Daily Mirror

Dave Ryding vows to share any Winter Olympic medal with Brit stripped of his 20 years ago

Skier Dave Ryding - one of Team GB's flag bearers for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony - has vowed to share any medal he wins with Alain Baxter who was stripped of his medal after testing positive for a banned substance two decades ago

The Conversation

Silence is golden? Olympic athletes' freedom of speech muted by Games organizers

Beyond the Olympic’s facade of glitz, glamour and gold there’s a glaring and controversial regulation — the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Rule 50. Rule 50 prohibits athletes from demonstrating during competition or on the podium.

ABC News

China's 2008 Olympics heralded its arrival on the world stage, but this year's Games will be very different

China is making a very different statement to the world with the opening of this year's Games when compared to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The clues are hidden in its choice of song and guest list.

Daily Mirror

Team GB Winter Olympic medal hopeful trained for Games on 40m DIY bobsleigh run in garden

Mica McNeill and her family took matters into their own hands when the Covid-19 pandemic ruined her preparations for the Winter Olympics in Beijing

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