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Beijing 2022: environmental cost of world's first Winter Olympics without natural snow – expert Q+A

The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway in the Chinese capital, but winter itself seems far away. To counter the lack of cold weather, the organisers are using vast quantities of water and energy to supply the events with fake snow.

The Conversation

Fans in stitches at peculiar medal ceremony choreography at Winter Olympics

Viewers of the Winter Olympics have been left in hysterics by a bizarre medal ceremony, which left officials in Beijing with covered faces, let alone blushing ones

Daily Mirror

Team GB "not panicking yet" despite risk of first medal-less Winter Olympics since 1992

Team GB have reached the half-way mark of the Winter Olympics in Beijing with no podiums but there are still hopes with the men's and women’s curling teams, together with Brad Hall’s bobsleigh boys

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Team GB’s Winter Olympic struggles go on with problems for skeleton crew

After more disappointment the ghosts of Winter Olympics pasts are starting to rattle for Britain’s campaign in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Muir will show no fear in Winter Olympics battle with 'Snow Princess' Eileen Gu

Team GB’s youngest athlete Kirsty Muir finished fifth behind Eileen Gu in the Big Air despite being just 17, and is ready for another clash in the freeski slopestyle

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: Kim and Chen soar for US

Chloe Kim and Nathan Chen deliver impressive victories, but still no medal ceremony for the figure skating team event won on the day by ROC

The Guardian - UK

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Winter Olympics: Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva immersed in Beijing 2022 doping row

Russia’s teen starlet Kamila Valieva has found herself immersed in a Winter Olympics doping row following the team figure skating competition.

Evening Standard

Kamila Valieva: IOC refuses to confirm if teen skater is at centre of doping controversy

Multiple reports and sources have named Valieva, 15, as the athlete believed to have tested positive for a banned heart drug before the Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Defined by controversy abroad, Beijing Olympics spur pride at home

BEIJING — The international political disputes and human rights concerns surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics have not bothered the Chinese, who have been closely following their favorite athletes, copping near-impossible event tickets and scouring stores for dwindling merchandise of the popular Olympic mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen.

Los Angeles Times

Winter Olympics curling LIVE: GB beat Sweden as Netherlands’ Irene Schouten wins speed skating gold

Follow all the latest news and updates from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing with curling, snowboarding cross and freestyle skiing all in action

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2022: Mixed results for GB curlers; Kim wins gold; latest news, results and medal table

Team GB’s curlers endured mixed fortunes on the ice as Bruce Mouat showed no ill effects from missing out on a medal in the mixed doubles to get off to a winning start in the team competition against Italy.

Evening Standard

Can China use the Beijing Olympics to 'sportwash' its abuses against the Uyghurs? Only if the world remains silent

Many issues have cast a shadow over the Beijing Winter Olympics in recent weeks, from China’s controversial “zero-COVID” approach to the looming possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Conversation

AP PHOTOS: Stars stand out on day 5 of the Winter Olympics

Whether it's on the ice, in the air or on the slopes at the Winter Olympics, Associated Press photographers are there to capture every moment, from the thrilling to the heartbreaking to the whimsical.

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Winter Olympics: Speed skating ice maker denies being pressured by Dutch team

Canadian Mark Messer says he told Dutch official ‘not to come back’ after conversation

Daily Mirror

Skier flees country with family over political views after Winter Olympics ban

Darya Dolidovich had hoped to be skiing for her country at the Winter Olympics this month, but instead has fled with her family over worries about her family's safety.

Daily Mirror

Simone Biles hits out at Mikaela Shiffrin criticism after catastrophic start to Winter Olympics campaign

Shiffrin, one of the most decorated skiers in history and a hot favourite to win multiple medals in Beijing, crashed out of her first two races within just a few seconds.

The Conversation

Ski jump: Flying or falling with style?

If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan could stay aloft for almost one second. While there are many events at the Winter Olympics that feature athletes performing feats of athleticism and strength…

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’

‘All I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does’

The Guardian - UK

The wrong trousers? Norway’s plain display disappoints curling fans

The team have ditched the tradition of outlandish trouser designs started at 2010 Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Positive drugs test from 'victorious Russian athlete' delays Winter Olympics medal ceremony

The Russian team won gold in the three-day Olympic figure skating team competition, delivering a dominant display to beat silver medalists USA, while Japan took bronze

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Journalists say Chinese ‘guides’ are following them everywhere

Authorities are intimidating Chinese nationals who come into contact with foreign journalists

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard medal

Farrell Treacy becomes first British man to reach a short-track speed skating final in 16 years.

Daily Mirror

Snowboarder walks away after nasty crash at Winter Olympics - “Somehow he’s survived that”

American snowboarder Lucas Foster has miraculously walked away unharmed after a dramatic crash in the snowboard halfpipe competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Dame Katherine Grainger ‘not panicking yet’ about GB’s lack of medals in Beijing

Snowboarder Charlotte Bankes and curlers Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat were hopes for an early British medal at the Winter Olympics.

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