Five stand-out moments from the Beijing Winter Olympics A memorable Games in China with highlights and lowlights at both ends of the spectrum The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022
Team USA's Winter Olympics social starpower lags way behind summer games The numbers suggest a broader branding problem for the Winter Olympics. Axios · Feb 20, 2022
Eve Muirhead: 'It is such an incredible, incredible moment' The Perthshire skip was full of pride after guiding Team GB to glittering gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics Daily Record · Feb 20, 2022
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony: the parade of nations, the handover to Milan-Cortina, the farewell and the fireworks, as it happened The Winter Olympics come to an end with an emotional ceremony in Beijing, following the handover to the next hosts in Milan-Cortina. Follow our live blog. ABC News · Feb 20, 2022
Pleasant or difficult? Olympic Village experiences at Beijing Games varied by athlete. BEIJING — Lime-green buses, temporary buildings and volunteers braced against zero-degree wind whipping off the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area are scattered around the desolate parking lot that served as an important waystation for new arrivals at the Winter Olympics. Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2022
Athletes achieve great feats, but Games leave unpleasant aftertaste The Beijing Winter Olympics end today. The athletes should be commended for their energetic performances in a difficult environment, in which measures against infection were still in place. At the same time, however, they also were an event in which mismanagement and confusing decisions left an unpleasant aftertaste. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 20, 2022
Winter Olympics closing ceremony LIVE: Team GB women win first gold medal in curling as Beijing Games end Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 as Team GB chase their first medal of the Games The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022
Finland wins historic Winter Olympics ice hockey gold medal after beating ROC team 2-1 in Beijing final After medalling in five of the past seven Winter Olympics prior to Beijing, Finland's men finally climb to the top of the podium following a 2-1 defeat of the defending champions. ABC News · Feb 20, 2022
Winter Olympics 2022: Curling gold, bobsleigh success for Team GB, plus latest news, results and medal table Eve Muirhead’s women’s curlers crushed Japan on Sunday to secure Great Britain’s first gold medals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2022
Mikaela Shiffrin and U.S. miss out on medal in mixed parallel team event BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin’s forgettable Winter Olympics ended just short of a medal Sunday. Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2022
Perthshire curler Eve Muirhead leads Team GB to GOLD at Winter Olympics It was a dream come true for Muirhead and her team as they defeated Japan to be crowned champions in Beijing Daily Record · Feb 20, 2022
Eve Muirhead leads Great Britain to first gold medal at Winter Olympics in women’s curling It is the first curling gold medal in 20 years with redemption for the Team GB skip after defeat to the same opposition in the bronze medal match at PyeongChang 2018 The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022
Australians had Beijing hits and misses While Australia secured its biggest return of Winter Olympics medals in Beijing, chef de mission Geoff Lipshut is also disappointed by missed chances. AAP · Feb 20, 2022
Sami Kennedy-Sim named Australia's flag-bearer for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The freestyle skier turns to YouTube tutorials after being unexpectedly named Australia's closing ceremony flag-bearer. ABC News · Feb 20, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2022 China to turn steel-mill Olympic ski jump into giant water slide The Shougang Big Air ski jump, built on the site of a decommissioned steel mill, has been the most talked-about venue of the Winter Olympics. While there’s been praise, it has also been criticized as dystopian and dreary. Beijing hopes not to add white elephant to that list as well.
The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2022 Winter Olympics day 16: GB win women’s curling gold before closing ceremony – as it happened Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022 Winter Olympics curling final LIVE: Eve Muirhead and Team GB women win first gold medal at Beijing 2022 Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 as Team GB chase their first medal of the Games
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 19, 2022 How to watch the Olympics Closing Ceremony on TV and streaming After two-and-a-half weeks of triumph, loss and all kinds of controversy in and out of competition, the Winter Olympics in Beijing come to a close on Sunday.
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022 What is the curling power play? Explaining the rules of Winter Olympics sport Mixed doubles returns to the programme in Milano-Cortina, with the power play a crucial element of the discipline
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022 What is the hammer in curling and how does it work? Winter Olympics rules explained Ten nations are competing in each of curling’s three disciplines at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2022 US skating team ask for medals after being given cuddly toys amid Kamila Valieva controversy No medals have been awarded for the team figure skating event at the Winter Olympics after Russian teenager Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance
Axios · Feb 19, 2022 Elana Meyers Taylor becomes most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history The bobsledder is now the most decorated most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2022 China's 'closed loop' Olympics limited coronavirus, even with some head-scratching measures BEIJING — On a recent morning, the sound of gagging from credential-holders undergoing their daily coronavirus throat swab from a woman in a hazmat suit echoed off the marble floors of a hotel inside the Winter Olympics bubble.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2022 Germany’s women slide to Winter Olympics glory with bobsleigh one-two Germany extended their historic sliding dominance at the Beijing Games with a one-two finish in the women’s bobsleigh
Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2022 British skier escapes injury after landing on back in horror crash in Winter Olympics final Gus Kenworthy fell twice in the final, the second of which was a sickening blow as he smashed into the lip of the halfpipe but fortunately was uninjured