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For Uyghur torchbearer, China's Olympic flame has gone dark

At the age of 17, Kamaltürk Yalqun was chosen to help carry the Olympic flame ahead of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, where he later represented his home region in western China

The Independent UK

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

150,000 fans to be invited to events at Beijing Olympics

About 150,000 spectators are expected to be invited to attend events at the Beijing Olympics

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Around 50 athletes test positive for COVID-19 before Beijing Winter Olympics

Amid China's zero-COVID policy, around 50 foreign athletes scheduled to take part in the Beijing Winter Olympics have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Dynamite News

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

Olympics-Beijing will deliver 'safe and splendid' Games-Chinese President Xi

The Beijing Olympics, which officially opens on Friday, will be streamlined, safe and splendid, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as the head of the IOC decried boycott ghosts "rearing their ugly heads again" over human rights concerns.

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How many medals will the U.S. win during the Beijing Olympics? COVID could alter the forecast.

BEIJING — The sprawling Olympic Green is lined with brightly lit trees, an enormous glowing statue of the Winter Games mascot, an ice suit-wearing panda named Bing Dwen Dwen, and synchronized light shows speed along the sides of the 846-foot Olympic Tower.

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‘Nobody can say anything’: China cracks down on dissent ahead of Olympics

Communist party tightens grip on critics to preserve ‘perfect’ image of Winter Games

The Guardian - UK

Chris Plys helps kick off mixed curling in comeback win for U.S. over Australia

BEIJING — Chris Plys had never been to Beijing's National Aquatic Centre, but he felt like he knew the place. On the wall of his office in Duluth, Minn., he has a signed photo of swimmer Michael Phelps at the 2008 Summer Olympics, racing to one of his eight gold…

Tribune News Service

President Xi Jinping, China's 'chairman of everything'

The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor

The Independent UK

Curler John Shuster named to carry U.S. flag in Olympic opening ceremony

BEIJING — John Shuster already considered it the honor of a lifetime to represent the U.S. in his fifth Olympic Games. Wednesday, the curling skip from Chisholm, Minn., earned an even more meaningful distinction.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: They started the Olympics without me

BEIJING — All the necessary precautions were taken. All forms were filled out properly, and there are confirmations to show we entered China safely.

Tribune News Service

Chinese exiles: Boycott Winter Olympics over Uighur ‘genocide’

Dissidents join rights groups in warning against any effort by Beijing to use Games as ‘sports-washing opportunity’.

Al Jazeera

Team USA Names Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympics

The opening ceremony takes place Friday in the Bird’s Nest.

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Six of the best and worst moments in the games’ history

Whether on ice, snow or concrete, anything can happen, Andrew Naughtie writes

The Independent UK

Mariah Bell: Team USA star who will become the oldest American Olympic skater since 1928

California-based skater is being supported in Beijing by former Olympian Adam Rippon

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Olympics lose their way through grotesque growth and small-minded leadership

BEIJING — My introduction to the Olympics occurred in a quaint town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. You might have heard (or seen a movie) about the U.S. men's hockey team pulling off a stunning upset at Lake Placid in 1980 and confirming the power of believing…

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2022 Winter Olympics live, TV channels, TV schedule, times, how to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics will begin on Wednesday with Alpine Skiing, Curling, and some Women's preliminary hockey.

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COVID remains the most formidable, frightening foe at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — The opening ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics is still days away, but the U.S. has already celebrated its first big win.

ABC News

Australia's best medal chances at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Australia has claimed three medals at each of the last three Winter Olympic Games. These are the athletes looking to improve on that haul in Beijing.

Los Angeles Times

As Beijing Olympics begin, exiled Uyghurs fight for families oppressed in China

ISTANBUL — Surely his son would know his voice, Abdurahman Tohti thought.

The Times of India

Galwan-hurt PLA officer is torch bearer at Winter Olympics

NEW DELHI: A PLA regiment commander, Qi Fabao, who sustained head injury while fighting “bravely” in the Galwan clash with India, was a torchbearer at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Torch Relay on Wednesday, reported the Chinese media.

AAP

Barty, McKeon up for world athlete award

Tennis great Ash Barty and multi-Olympic swimming champ Emma McKeon have both been shortlisted for the honour of world sportswoman of the year.

ABC News

How a trip to Australia turned a Chinese skater into a national hero and an Olympic icon

China's first Winter Olympic gold medallist is one of the country's most adored athletes and has continued advocating for winter sports well into retirement.

Daily Mirror

Celebrating the 5 most shocking and unexpected medal wins from a century of Winter Olympics

A look at five of the most shocking and unexpected at the Winter Olympic Games ahead of the 24th edition of the event in Beijing this month

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