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The IOC’s Quota Decision for Beijing Sends a Message to Black Winter Olympics Athletes

Despite calls to reinstate spots in bobsleigh and skeleton, there will be no sliding sport athletes from African delegations at the 2022 Games in Beijing.

Sports Illustrated

Riled up by torchbearer, India skips China Olympics opening

India will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after one of the torchbearers reportedly chosen by Chinese authorities riled up New Delhi’s anger

The Independent UK

'Shameful', says US lawmaker on China picking PLA soldier as torchbearer for Beijing Olympics

WASHINGTON: A top US lawmaker on Thursday described as "shameful" China picking a PLA soldier, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley in 2020, as a torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Times of India

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Peng Shuai can move freely in China, says IOC president before meeting tennis player in Beijing

Thomas Bach will meet Peng inside the ‘closed loop’ of the Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Who’ll Win In Beijing? SI Picks Every Medal at the 2022 Olympics

Who will win in Beijing? SI’s expert predicts the podium for all 109 events at the Winter Games.

Sports Illustrated

‘Mind-blowing’ how far figure skating has come since Robin Cousins’ 1980 gold

Cousins won figure skating gold in Lake Placid in 1980

The Independent UK

Jakara Anthony nails perfect start for Australia as best qualifier for moguls finals at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Aussie medal hope Jakara Anthony records the highest score in moguls qualifying to roar into the finals, but Australia’s men fail to make the top 10 in freezing conditions at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

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Indian diplomats to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics

China's decision to field PLA Galwan commander as Olympic torchbearer angers New delhi; no diplomat will represent India at opening and closing ceremonies; DD cancels live telecast of ceremonies

The Hindu

Olympics boss set for face-to-face meeting with Peng Shuai after disappearance fears

Fears persist over Peng Shuai's wellbeing after she vanished for several weeks following a sexual assault allegation she made against a former high-ranking Chinese politician last year.

Daily Mirror

China has politicised Winter Olympics, charge d'affaires in Beijing not to attend opening, closing ceremonies, says India

Referring to China choosing a PLA commander injured in Galwan clash for 2022 Winter Olympics torch relay, India on Thursday expressed regret that Beijing has chosen to politicise an event like the Olympics and said its charge d'affaires will not be attending the opening or closing ceremony of the event.

Dynamite News

Boycotts, fake snow and medal contenders: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are upon us

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are hours away from kicking off, barely a year and a half after the Tokyo Games wrapped up.

The New Daily

Kendall Coyne Schofield ready to become the Billie Jean King of her era

Before she was an Olympic hockey gold medalist, before she became the first woman to compete in the NHL's all-star skills contests or was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a player development coach and youth hockey growth specialist, Kendall Coyne Schofield was the Hockey Girl with the Braid.

Los Angeles Times

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Nihao from Beijing

The Independent UK

Beijing 2022 predictions: Guardian US writers on the victors at the Winter Olympics

Norway look set to top the medal table once again but there are plenty of other intriguing storylines elsewhere to follow over the next two weeks

The Guardian - US

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Newcastle Herald

Why Kailani Craine has been burning the midnight oil ahead of the Winter Olympics

The Newcastle figure skater will compete at her second Olympics.

The Independent UK

Dudley Stokes and the legacy of the Jamaican bobsleigh team

A founding member of the team immortalised in the film Cool Runnings tells Ryan S. Gladwin the inside story of one of the most loved tales in Winter Olympics history

The Independent UK

Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games

It's time to raise the curtain on the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Biennial World Cup will do ‘immeasurable damage’ to global sport, IOC members warn

Fifa’s plans for a biennial World Cup have come under attack from International Olympic Committee members in Beijing

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The Independent UK

The tragedy fuelling Rupert Staudinger’s Winter Olympics journey

Staudinger’s friend and mentor, AJ Rosen, passed away shortly before Christmas

The Guardian - UK

The Georgian luger racing 12 years after his cousin’s death at Olympics

Saba Kumaritashvili will compete at Beijing in the event which cost his cousin, Nodar, his life at the 2010 Vancouver Games

AAP

Peel, Kerry to lead Australian Games team

Aerial skier Laura Peel and figure skater Brendan Kerry will be Australia's flag bearers at the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night.

ABC News

Laura Peel and Brendan Kerry announced as Australia's flag-bearers for Winter Olympics

Aerial skier Laura Peel and figure skater Brendan Kerry have been named Australia's flag-bearers for the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Figure skaters Uno, Kagiyama practice at Beijing venue for first time

Shoma Uno and Yuma Kagiyama practiced for the first time Thursday at the Capitol Indoor Stadium in Beijing, the venue for the figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics.

Reuters

Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble

A bartender in the Chinese ski resort of Zhangjiakou wears a blue and white hazmat suit as he pours a cocktail, before passing the drink to a similarly attired waiter who shuffles across the room in blue plastic booties to deliver the drink.

The Independent UK

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

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