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Extreme Weather Shows That Even These Olympics Will Have Unpredictable Moments

The men's downhill skiing competition was postponed due to high winds on Sunday, serving as a reminder that the Beijing Games will still have unforeseeable elements and surprising results.

Sports Illustrated

Anthony setting the pace in women's moguls

Jakara Anthony is continuing to set the pace in the women's moguls at the Beijing Olympics.

AAP

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Sunday, Feb. 6

The Independent UK

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‘It has been the craziest 24 hours’: Chaotic Winter Olympics Covid rules exposed in dramatic curling U-turn

The Australian mixed curling team thought their Games were over after a positive Covid test, only to be allowed to continue competing

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

We can’t let China use the Olympics to mask genocide and human rights abuses

As the Games get under way, Britain must stand by the values embodied in Team GB and send a clear message to Beijing

The Guardian - UK

Team GB’s Charlotte Bankes ready for snowboard cross chaos despite absence of rival Eva Samkova

Bankes is one of Team GB’s top medal prospects after switching from France - but a strong field remains in one of the most unpredictable sports at the Winter Olympics

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Shaun White finds perspective as snowboarding great nears end of Winter Olympics run

The American announced that he will retire after his fifth Winter Olympics but is determined to enjoy his final run

The Independent UK

Jakara Anthony wins Australia's first gold at Beijing Winter Olympics with women's moguls victory

Jakara Anthony wins Australia's first gold medal in Beijing with victory in the women's moguls, becoming her country's sixth Winter Olympic champion.

ABC News

Winter Olympics 2022: Britain near curling medal after Aussie Covid drama; latest news, results, medal table

Australia’s eventful debut in the Winter Olympics mixed doubles curling continued on Sunday with the team almost kicked out of the competition following a positive Covid test.

Evening Standard

Covid news: Chinese city of Baise ‘sealed off’ after Omicron outbreak; Papua New Guinea PM tests positive – as it happened

City in Guangxi, with population of 3.7 million, reportedly under lockdown; James Marape tests positive on arrival at Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK

China to Boost Supply of Winter Games Panda Mascot Souvenirs

China will increase the supply of merchandise featuring "Bing Dwen Dwen", the panda mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the organizing committee said on Sunday. The announcement came as Chinese media and internet users reported difficulty in purchasing souvenirs in the likeness of the chubby panda in a hard,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

4 years after disappointment, Horishima's determination brings him medal

Freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima almost made his dream come true. When he was a third-year junior high school student, he was determined to win the gold medal at the Olympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Australia curling team allowed to continue competing at Winter Olympics despite positive Covid test

Tahli Gill tested positive but the Chinese Public Health System said she and Dean Hewiit can compete under close contact provisions

The Independent UK

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Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s mixed curlers one more win off semi-final spot

Russia’s fifteen-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva dazzled on her Olympic debut

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympic Men's Downhill Postponed because of High Winds

The Beijing Olympics men's downhill, one of the Games' signature events, was postponed Sunday because of high winds. "The jury together with the organizers have decided in the best interest of safety and fairness for the racers to delay," organizers said. "More information on a new date and start time…

The Independent UK

An Olympic question that won't go away: Where is Peng Shuai?

The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics

ABC News

Tess Coady embraces power of positive thought to win snowboard slopestyle bronze at Beijing Winter Olympics

Tess Coady has gone from the depths of sporting despair to an Olympic podium in four years, harnessing the knowledge of how quickly things can go wrong to shed her inhibitions and smile her way to a bronze medal.

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The Independent UK

Inside the Olympic bubble, looking for China — or 'China'

The Olympics are usually an opportunity for the host country to showcase its culture

Asharq Al-Awsat

No Large Fluctuations in COVID Cases Expected, Olympics Organizers Say

A sharp drop in COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5 among Beijing Olympics-related personnel was due to fewer arrivals at the airport and organizers said on Sunday that they did not expect any more large fluctuations in infection numbers. China detected 10 new COVID cases among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb.…

The Guardian - AU

‘Just ecstatic’: joy as Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earns New Zealand’s first ever Winter Olympic gold

Everyone from her parents to the deputy prime minister celebrate victory the nation has been aiming for since 1952

Los Angeles Times

Julia Marino claims silver as Jamie Anderson’s golden reign in slopestyle ends

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — As all eyes turned toward the podium positioned at the base of Genting Snow Park’s slopestyle course, Jamie Anderson slipped quietly through a maze of TV cameras, dragging her snowboard by her side.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Horishima grabs 1st Japan medal of Olympics with moguls bronze

BEIJING -- Ikuma Horishima became Japan's first medalist at the Beijing Winter Olympics, winning a bronze in the men's moguls event on Saturday night.

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: Connections forged in shared chills at Olympics

Foreign visitors at the Beijing Olympics are strictly segregated from the public under China’s zero-tolerance virus containment strategy

Newsroom.co.nz

Zoi's last-gasp gold makes Olympic history

The NZ anthem has rung out at a Winter Olympics for the first time in 70 years, after Zoi Sadowksi-Synnott's breathtaking final run in the snowboard slopestyle clinched her gold in Beijing

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