The Latest Breaking News from Olympics

La Velle E. Neal III: Disaster looming, Stecklein bails out USA in tough women's hockey win over Czechs

BEIJING — Lee Stecklein scored six goals in 108 career games for Team USA entering the Olympics. So, yeah, she's pretty much a stay-at-home defender.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Restrictive coronavirus countermeasures seem to be working at Olympics

BEIJING — The coronavirus mitigation measures at the Winter Olympics can be invasive and baffling — but they appear to be working.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 11, 2022

After motherhood, COVID isolation, Elana Meyers Taylor readies for bobsled competition

BEIJING — Elana Meyers Taylor was ready. The three-time Olympic medalist who was elected by her peers to carry the United States flag during the opening ceremony pulled on a red, white and blue jacket, white pants, red boots and a blue beanie. The only thing missing from the bobsledder’s…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 11, 2022

Winter Olympics ski jumping a death-defying spectacle

In one of the most visually spectacular sports on the planet, ski jumpers perform death-defying feats each time they descend the ramp.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Israeli Figure Skating Duo Chase ‘Impossible Dream’ To Beijing

Evgeni Krasnopolski and Hailey Kops have secured one of 19 slots allotted to figure-skating pairs at the Winter Olympics. 

Zenger · Feb 11, 2022

'Questions need to be raised' after Team GB skeleton disaster at Winter Olympics

None of Team GB's four skeleton riders have won a medal in Beijing – the first time that has happened at a Winter Olympics since 1998

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2022

Meet 'Dong Dong,' the Winter Olympics' first virtual influencer

Developed by the Alibaba DAMO Academy, the AI persona can answer questions and, more importantly, hawk Olympics merch to viewers.

Input · Feb 11, 2022

Ukraine: Foreign Office tells all Brits to leave immediately as US warns Russia could invade during Olympics

Foreign Office warns against all travel to country as White House says ‘we are in the window of when an invasion begins at any time’

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 11, 2022

Team GB equipment slammed for lack of speed after skeleton disaster at Winter Olympics

Skeleton has delivered every British winter gold for 20 years, but former Olympic star John Jackson slammed Britain’s equipment after a disastrous display

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2022