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Knock on the door: Covid stalks athletes at Beijing Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/02/2022
» BEIJING: For athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics, testing positive for Covid is one of their worst nightmares, and it can begin with a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
Valieva fate in balance as heavy snow disrupts Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/02/2022
» BEIJING - Sport's top court was to hold a hearing Sunday to decide the Beijing Olympics fate of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva after she failed a drugs test, as snow disrupted the Games.
Shiffrin left 'low' at Beijing Olympics as Chloe Kim stars and falls
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» BEIJING - Mikaela Shiffrin's Beijing Olympics threatened to turn into a winter nightmare after she slid out of the slalom as fellow American star Chloe Kim starred and then sprawled in snowboard Wednesday.
US-born Gu wins thrilling gold for China as Hanyu makes Beijing bow
AFP, Published on 08/02/2022
» BEIJING - Californian-born teenage freestyle skier Eileen Gu won gold for China on her Olympic debut at the Beijing Winter Games on Tuesday as Japanese figure skating icon Yuzuru Hanyu made his eagerly awaited appearance.
China's Gu strikes freeski Big Air gold at Beijing Olympics
AFP, Published on 08/02/2022
» BEIJING - Californian-born Eileen Gu won a spectacular gold for China at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday as she triumphed in the inaugural women's freeski Big Air at the Winter Games.
Defending champion Shiffrin slides out of Olympic giant slalom
AFP, Published on 07/02/2022
» YANQING (CHINA) - US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin's bid for a third Olympic gold medal failed at the first hurdle as she dramatically slid out of the women's giant slalom on Monday.
New Zealand win historic Olympic gold but wind delays downhill
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» BEIJING - "Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing.
Beijing Olympics set to open under cloud of Covid, rights fears
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» BEIJING: A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium.
Olympic giants China face tough medal fight at home Games
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» BEIJING - China topped the medals table at its 2008 Summer Olympics but expectations are much lower for next month's Beijing Games as the country attempts to build a winter sports industry nearly from scratch.
Resurgent Halep sweeps into last 16
AFP, Published on 22/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: World number two Daniil Medvedev steps up his march towards the Australian Open men's title later but the early action on Saturday was dominated by the resurgent former finalist Simona Halep, who swept into the second week in Melbourne.