Beijing Winter Olympics open under shadow of human rights criticism Several western nations have criticised China’s rights record while protests are unfolding worldwide The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
China, Russia partner up against West at Olympics summit China and Russia on the opening day of the Winter Olympics declared a "no limits" partnership, backing each other over standoffs on Ukraine and Taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the West. Reuters · Feb 4, 2022
Beijing Winter Olympics backed to inspire LGBTQ+ athletes The 2022 Games held in the Chinese capital will take place during LGBTQ+ History Month The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Winter Olympics opening ceremony: Beijing 2022 Games are officially open after stirring ceremony at the Bird's Nest The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are underway, after a stirring opening ceremony. Australia's team make their entrance to the Bird's Nest stadium where a shirtless American Samoan steals the show. Look back on all the action. ABC News · Feb 4, 2022
Exclusive poll: China, COVID turn Americans off from the Olympics Seven in 10 disapprove of allowing China to host these Olympics, but half plan to tune in anyhow. Axios · Feb 4, 2022
Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop? The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2022
Team GB star Katie Ormerod under 'extra pressure' at Winter Olympics after 2018 nightmare Ormerod was cruelly denied a shot at an Olympic medal after suffering a horror injury four years ago, but is now out to show what she can do Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022
Team GB ‘pushing boundaries’ to bring home record Winter Olympics medal haul British Skeleton have been working with performance innovation specialists to seek ‘marginal gains’ The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
‘We’re Not Best Friends’: Ukrainian and Russian Olympic Athletes Keep Distance With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped along by coronavirus restrictions meant to keep competitors apart. Ukraine has advised its athletes to avoid Russians where possible and instructed them how to behave in case they… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022
Winter Olympics LIVE: China officially open Games as TV reporter dragged away by Beijing security The Winter Olympics formally begin today with the opening ceremony in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
China's pandemic Olympics begins, with lockdown and boycotts China, the country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago, is launching a locked-down Winter Olympics The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Amazin LeThi hopes Beijing Winter Olympics inspire LGBTQ+ athletes The 2022 Games held in the Chinese capital will take place during LGBTQ+ History Month. The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Britain ‘pushing the boundaries’ of technology to keep skeleton medal run going Britain have earned a medal in the discipline at every Winter Olympics since 2002. The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Olympics-'We're not best friends': Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped along by coronavirus restrictions meant to keep competitors apart. Reuters · Feb 4, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022 Nearly 80% of US Olympians signed up for opening ceremony The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says 177 of its 223 athletes signed up to go to the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022 US Hits Belarusians with Visa Bans The US State Department said Thursday said it placed visa bans on "multiple" Belarusians for attacks on dissidents, including a runner who the government tried to forcibly repatriate from the Tokyo Olympics last year. The department did not identify the individuals blacklisted or give a precise number, but said they…
Reuters · Feb 4, 2022 Putin arrives in Beijing for Winter Olympics with gas supply deal for China Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supplies to China amid rising tension with the West.
Reuters · Feb 4, 2022 Olympics-Beijing Games are like IOC's reward to China for bad behaviour: Rippon The selection of Beijing as the 2022 Winter Games host is like the International Olympic Committee rewarding China for bad behaviour on human rights, former U.S. champion figure skater Adam Rippon said.
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022 EXPLAINER: Why India won't send diplomat to China Olympics India won’t be sending its top diplomat in Beijing to the Winter Olympics after a Chinese soldier wounded in a deadly border clash between the countries carried the symbolic torch
Reuters · Feb 4, 2022 Olympics-Opening ceremony ends with Uyghur skier lighting cauldron The Beijing Winter Games opened on Friday night in a snow- and ice themed ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium that concluded with the cauldron lit by two young Chinese Olympians, one of them a member of China's Uyghur minority.
France 24 · Feb 4, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kick off amid Covid fears, diplomatic frost A Winter Olympics overshadowed by human rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble kicked off in Beijing on Friday with a glittering opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2022 TV tonight: the Winter Olympics are here Clare Balding kicks off the daily Games roundup with the Beijing opening ceremony. Plus, Uma Thurman joins Graham Norton. Here’s what to watch tonight
Sports Illustrated · Feb 4, 2022 Former ESPN Star Katie Nolan to Cover Olympics With NBC This will not be her first Olympics experience.
Al Jazeera · Feb 4, 2022 At Winter Olympics, Beijing tries to sell world on digital yuan The e-CNY is one of three forms of payment available to foreign athletes and visitors at the Winter Games.
The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 4, 2022 Japan gets off to winning start in women's ice hockey BEIJING -- They are nicknamed "Smile Japan" and that's just what the women's ice hockey team did after starting its campaign at the Beijing Winter Olympics with a victory over an old nemesis.