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Commentary: Olympians should be climate activists

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are right around the corner. Even though the torch is not yet lit, the Olympic Games have already thrust China’s human rights abuse record into the spotlight, with the United States leading a diplomatic boycott against the sporting event, the first since 1980.

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Beijing Olympics Ready to Go but Controversies, Covid Weigh Heavy

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing. Warnings about air pollution, government snooping and the environmental impact of a Games which relies almost entirely on man-made…

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Athletes start arriving in Beijing's Olympic bubble

BEIJING -- The Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages opened Thursday, officially rolling out the welcome mat for about 2,900 athletes from about 90 nations and territories who will compete at the Winter Games that start on Feb. 4.

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Dave Ryding 'slapped back to reality' ahead of glory bid at Winter Olympics

"It was a stark and timely reminder that you have to do everything right in the lead up to an Olympics"

Daily Mirror

The numbers behind the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Beijing becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

From Olympic veteran to teenage record-breaker – Five stars to watch in Beijing

Snowboarder Shaun White and 15-year-old Kamila Valieva are among the international superstars to keep an eye out for in China

The Independent UK

Five of the greatest moments in Great Britain’s Winter Olympics history

Team GB are aiming for a record medal haul this year

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Eve Muirhead hoping qualification adversity can boost fresh bid for Olympic curling gold

Muirhead’s inexperienced rink had to battle their way to Beijing after failing to qualify via the World Championships

The Independent UK

Beijing promises to be an off-piste, off-page and off-putting pandemic Olympics

If Covid precautions were strictly enforced at last summer’s delayed Tokyo Games, Beijing will take things to a whole new level

The Independent UK

5 best bets for podium places as Team GB target record Winter Olympics haul

The Games officially open on February 4 in the Chinese capital Beijing.

The Independent UK

Laura Deas: Public thinking we are all like Eddie the Eagle not a bad thing

The 33-year-old returns to the Winter Olympics looking to build on the surprise bronze she claimed in Pyeongchang in 2018.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics-bound Gerken-Schofield sisters sad to leave brother Tom behind

Tom’s progress was stalled last year when he suffered concussion, which effectively ended his hopes of joining his sisters at the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Should Australia’s major sports stars really be defined by fossil fuel companies trying to look good?

What is the cost to athletes and sports of accepting money from an influential denier of global warming? And what is the cost to our planet?

The Guardian - AU

China skis: Olympics brings on boom in winter sports

The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports

The Independent UK

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China agrees to Xinjiang visit by U.N. rights chief in early 2022-South China Morning Post

China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.

Tribune News Service

As Winter Olympics approach, women's hockey leagues plan their next moves

The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association has told some members it is planning to announce after the Winter Olympics that it will form a new league to debut in the fall, according to multiple sources.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Justin Abdelkader to play for team USA in 2022 Olympics

Justin Abdelkader will be heading to Beijing with Team USA

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Seven urged to drop Beijing Olympics

Disenfranchised ethnic and religious minorities from China are urging the Seven Network to drop its coverage of next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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Amid pandemic and protest, Olympics return to a changed China

The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the Games into a tightly sealed bubble.

Tribune News Service

John Niyo: For Olympians, 2022 Beijing Games is about more than going for gold

They're in it for themselves. And their teammates, in some cases. Their coaches, their families and their friends, too.

Bangkok Post

Beijing steels itself for the Winter Games

Back in July last year, the International Olympic Committee announced a change to the Olympic motto, adding the word "Together" to its old 125-year-old "Faster, Higher, Stronger" banner. It was meant to signify the importance of standing together in solidarity. But as Beijing readies itself to host this year's Winter…

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Beijing Olympics: Meet some of Team USA’s best athletes ahead of the 2022 Winter Games

For The Win is helping you get to know some Team USA athletes competing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stefanie Dolson’s time in Chicago appears to be coming to an end

After meeting with the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta Dream, Seattle Storm and Sky, the Olympic gold medalist is deciding between the Liberty and Storm.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwi women to fly at the Winter Olympics

Will it be a Kiwi woman who finally tops the podium at a Winter Olympics? Merryn Anderson gives a run-down of our strong female contingent at the Beijing games starting next week.

Irish Mirror

Olympics hero Kellie Harrington set to release autobiography this year

The Tokyo boxing gold medalist has teamed up with Roddy Doyle and will release the book in October

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