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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.

Daily Mirror

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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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Independent UK

Mexican Skater Is a Rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

They said he should play football. They said figure skating was for girls.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: USA strike gold at last

Lindsey Jacobellis finally takes glory, but it is an agonising day for medal hopes Mikaela Shiffrin and Charlotte Bankes

The Guardian - UK

Snowboarder finds redemption 16 years after celebrating gold too soon at Winter Olympics

A final roll of the Winter Olympics dice paid off for American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who finally won snowboarding gold almost two decades after showboating cost her the ultimate prize

Daily Mirror

Team GB’s Winter Olympics medal hopes for 2022

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

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Salon

The first Olympics with all-fake snow

The lack of real snow at the Winter Olympics in Beijing may hint at the future of winter sports

France 24

Ski's the limit: China's plan to build a winter sport culture

In China, all eyes are on the ongoing Winter Olympics. Although the Games have come under scrutiny for a number of reasons beyond sport, they are also the culmination of an impressive campaign to convert more than 300 million people into winter sport aficionados. Our correspondents report. We also speak…

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: What you might have missed overnight including snowboard cross and skiing

Favourite Charlotte Bankes suffered a quarter-final exit in the snowboard-cross

Daily Mirror

Charlotte Bankes' historic GB snowboard medal quest ends in tears at Winter Olympics

Gold medal favourite Charlotte Banks suffered a shock quarter-final exit in the women's snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics as Britain's wait for a medal goes on

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Axios

Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis wins U.S. its 1st Winter Olympics gold in Beijing

Jacobellis at 36 is the oldest Olympian to win a snowboard medal — male or female.

The Guardian - UK

Hanbok at Beijing Winter Olympics opening sparks South Korean anger

Appearance of traditional dress denounced as further attempt by China to appropriate Korean culture

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard cross gold as Britain’s medal wait continues

Charlotte Bankes’ hopes of gold in the snowboard cross were dashed as the world No1 failed to make it through her quarter-final in Beijing on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out again, latest news, results and medal table

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of her second successive alpine race at Beijing 2022 in another disastrous run for the American.

Wales Online

World news snapshot: Japan's reaction to the Ukraine crisis, Winter Olympics souvenirs and shootings at schools in Rio de Janeiro

Reports include a build-up of corpses in San Francisco and a missing Belgian backpacker

Los Angeles Times

Stephanie Yang: Life inside the Olympics bubble: Limbo between China and the world

BEIJING — Three rows of fencing, two guard patrols and multiple "no crossing" signs mark the ominous border between the 2022 Winter Olympics and the rest of its host city. It feels like a parallel universe of ID-assigned bar codes, throat swabs and room service delivered by swift staff wearing…

The Conversation

Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer

For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of the skating, the height of the jumps, the delicacy of the movements, the speed of the twirls and the musicality and interpretation of the skaters.

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