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Figure skater Kamila Valieva helped Russia to team gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but it was then confirmed the teenager had tested positive for a banned substance

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French Gold medallists in this year’s Winter Olympics. There’s all you need to know about the Hindu festival Holi from RFI Listeners Club member Jayanta Chakrabarty, Music from Erwan, and of course, the new quiz…

Suzanne Otterson from Ayr, was just 17 when she took to the ice for Great Britain during the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed … robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby. They even passed the Olympic flame underwater. Yet even if you’re not an Olympian, your travels these…

Mica Moore was in contention to feature at the 2022 Winter Olympics but withdrew herself from the women's bobsleigh team

Russian Nikita Mazepin will not race in Formula One this season after US-owned Haas said on Saturday it has terminated the driver's contract. The team also ended its title sponsorship deal with Russian potash producer Uralkali, owned by Mazepin's father. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shortly after the Winter Olympics wrapped…

As always, impressive athleticism was on display during the Winter Olympics, despite the pandemic and its restrictions that brought about major changes, both in training as well the output. But being at the top of one's game doesn't necessarily protect against digestive distress resulting from exercise.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics amid the invasion of Ukraine, following a U-turn from the IPC.

War began just four days after closing ceremony in Beijing