Team GB star adamant LGBTQ+ voices must be heard at Winter Olympics The 22-year-old came out as pansexual last year The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022
Luger Staudinger pays tribute to teammate at Winter Olympics Rupert Staundinger has paid tribute to his teammate and friend AJ Rosen as the first day of the Beijing Winter Olympics kicks off Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022
World Cup medal is my next target, says hockey goalkeeper Sreejesh after Tokyo high NEW DELHI: At 33, PR Sreejesh is in the twilight of his career, but the veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper is in no mood to call it quits anytime soon as he is eyeing a World Cup medal to add to his Tokyo Olympics bronze before deciding the future course of… The Times of India · Feb 2, 2022
Alpine skiing hill at Beijing Olympics is a new test for all None of the elite athletes competing when Alpine skiing starts Sunday at the Olympics ever has been on the course that will be used to determine who takes home the medals The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022
Best Team GB medal hopes for 2022 Winter Olympics Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022
Olympics-Russia should not assume doping sanctions will be lifted, says WADA Russia should not assume sanctions imposed for running a state sponsored doping programme will be automatically lifted when its suspension is completed at the end of year, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday. Reuters · Feb 2, 2022
IOC ‘have blood on their hands’ by opting for China for Winter Olympics When London passengers step into the back seat of Enver Tohti’s Mitsubishi hybrid, none know about the back story of the former oncology surgeon. Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022
What comes first, baby or Olympics? Race is on for biathlete Leif Nordgren. No matter how many big events you've packed into your 2022 calendar, Leif Nordgren probably has you beat. Competing at the Beijing Winter Games is just the start for the Minnesotan, a three-time Olympian in biathlon. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022
Commentary: Time to call out China’s Olympian invasions of privacy and other abuses Former NBC sportscaster Bob Costas called it perfectly. The International Olympics Committee’s decision to award China the 2022 Winter Olympics deserves nothing but “disdain and disgust.” Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022
American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins bears the weight of gold happily The gold medals awarded at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics were the heaviest ever, weighing in at 20.6 ounces. Jessie Diggins didn't notice it at first, when she stood on a podium in the South Korean mountains with her newly won prize around her neck. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022
Focused on hectic 2022 calendar, short-term target is to play for one more year, says 'World Games Athlete of the Year' PR Sreejesh When PR Sreejesh met former India coach Harendra Singh back in 2002, he didn't have proper pads. Wearing a lungi, the last thing anyone could imagine was that the young boy from Kerala was a budding goalkeeper. The Times of India · Feb 2, 2022
Winter Olympics 2022 opening ceremony live stream: How can I watch for FREE on TV in UK? The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing today to herald the start of the Games. Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022
Organisers downplay fears as 11 at Winter Olympics in hospital with Covid Eleven people at the Winter Olympics are in hospital with Covid, Beijing 2022 officials have revealed, although none are in a life threatening condition The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022
Team GB eyeing more curling success as Winter Olympics begin Team GB can win medals in all three curling disciplines with the mixed doubles getting underway on Wednesday The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022
The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 2, 2022 Fewer Japanese companies sponsor Team Japan for Beijing Games amid Tokyo 2020 woes, issues in China A few Japanese companies are among the Olympic sponsors supporting the Games and Japan's delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start Friday.
Reuters · Feb 2, 2022 Olympics-Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, loomed over an event already transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Torch relay gets under way ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony The Beijing Winter Olympic torch relay got underway on Wednesday with an 80-year-old former speedskater among the first to carry the flame.
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022 Winter Olympics TV schedule, channels and how to watch Everything you need to know ahead of the opening ceremony
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022 Olympic advisors at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but organizers say they aren't worried and expect numbers to drop within days
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2022 Olympics Torch Begins COVID-Shortened Trek Past Beijing Landmarks Beijing kicked off its Winter Olympics torch relay early on Wednesday, with Chinese basketball great and Olympian Yao Ming among the first to carry the flame on a journey that will last just three days due to COVID-19 curbs. The relay will carry the flame past landmarks including the Great…
The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 2, 2022 China's zero-COVID policy dims sponsors' hopes of Olympic boost BEIJING -- Chinese companies that are sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics have been devoting themselves to the promotion of their products.
Dynamite News · Feb 2, 2022 Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year.
Reuters · Feb 2, 2022 Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last only three days.
Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022 Beijing starts low-key torch relay for Winter Olympics 2022 Games takes place inside a ‘closed loop’ bubble that seals off athletes, Olympics personnel and selected guests.
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022 For Taiwan's Olympics team, everything is in a name For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics — and even more so when that stage is China