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BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Local fans allowed inside Olympic bubble

Some local fans are getting to watch the Beijing Games in person, but it’s not clear exactly how they were selected for a visit inside the Olympic bubble

The Independent UK

Lindsey Jacobellis waits 16 years to celebrate gold after blunder for the ages

BEIJING — Lindsey Jacobellis on Wednesday won the first gold medal for USA at the Beijing Games, besting the field in snowboard cross.

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Golden moment: Nathan Chen wins long-sought Olympic title

Nathan Chen followed his record short program at the Beijing Games with a near-perfect free skate Thursday that earned him a long-awaited Olympic gold medal and standing ovation from a crowd of supporters inside historic Capital Indoor Stadium

The Independent UK

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Chloe Kim overcomes 'mental battle' to scorch to Olympic gold again

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - Chloe Kim said she was "not in a good place" when she woke up for the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Beijing Games on Thursday -- but she certainly was when it was all over.

AFP

Chloe Kim successfully defends Olympic title, wins gold in snowboard halfpipe

ZHANJIAKOU, China — Chloe Kim, the teenage snowboarding sensation from the 2018 Olympics, successfully defended her halfpipe title Thursday, winning gold for the United States at the Beijing Games.

Los Angeles Times

US star Chloe Kim scorches to Olympic snowboard halfpipe gold again

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - American sensation Chloe Kim gave a snowboarding masterclass as she successfully defended her Olympic halfpipe title at the Beijing Games on Thursday.

AFP

Olympics Live: Germany sweeps luge golds with team relay

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Helene Elliott: U.S. men's hockey decides to go with young players

BEIJING — The U.S. men's hockey team hasn't won Olympic gold since Herb Brooks' young, energetic college kids overcame prohibitive odds — and the mighty Soviets — before becoming champions in 1980. Hoping to end that drought, architects of the U.S. men's roster for the Beijing Games reached back to…

Los Angeles Times

Shiffrin’s Washout Olympics Reminiscent of Biles and Osaka’s Tokyo Flop

Mikaela Shiffrin was expected to cement her position at the top of her sport at the Beijing Games, but after not being able to finish any of her races so far, her story echoes that of fellow elite athletes Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Games. But while…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AP PHOTOS: Olympic rings easy to find at Beijing Games

Five interlocking rings — sometimes in different colors, sometimes not. That simplest of symbols is easy to take for granted after all these years. When a city hosts the Olympics, it becomes ubiquitous, easy to take for granted but still a powerful reminder of the significance of this event.

The Independent UK

Cochran-Siegle skis to US Olympic medal 50 years after Mom

Ryan Cochran-Siegle's silver in the super-G at the Beijing Games has given the United States its first men's Alpine skiing Olympic medal since 2014

The Independent UK

Olympic Organizers: 32 Athletes in Isolation for COVID

More than 30 athletes at the Beijing Olympics are in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus, organizers said Tuesday. The average stay in isolation is seven days. “We will allow as many people out of isolation as we can, but only as many as we can do safely,”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympics Live: Klaebo keeps title, Sundling win women's gold

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Slovenia's historic ski jump gold overshadowed by disqualifications

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - Slovenia won the inaugural Olympic ski jumping mixed team competition at the Beijing Games on Monday but the event was dominated by an unprecedented spate of disqualifications.

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Figure Skating-Russians Win Team Gold, Valieva First Woman to Land Games Quads

Russian figure skaters claimed the team gold medal at the Beijing Games on Monday, with Kamila Valieva landing the first quadruple jumps by a woman in Olympic competition. The United States took silver while Japan clinched the bronze. The Russians had sewn up the gold even before the women's singles…

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Olympics Live: China's Ren wins gold in contentious final

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The Independent UK

Olympics Live: Defending champ Shiffrin out of giant slalom

Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games on Monday and been disqualified from the event

AFP

US-born Chinese skater savaged online after Olympics blunder

Beijing (AFP) - China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumble at the Beijing Games and nearly cost the hosts dear.

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Sports Illustrated

Extreme Weather Shows That Even These Olympics Will Have Unpredictable Moments

The men's downhill skiing competition was postponed due to high winds on Sunday, serving as a reminder that the Beijing Games will still have unforeseeable elements and surprising results.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Miho Takagi places 6th in her first race

BEIJING -- Japan Olympic team captain Miho Takagi finished sixth on Saturday in her first event of the Beijing Games, the women's 3000 meters.

AFP

'Run of my life' brings historic New Zealand Winter Olympic gold

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott produced the "best run of my life" to win New Zealand's first Winter Olympics gold medal ever at the Beijing Games on Sunday.

The Canadian Press

Olympics Live: Ambassador to UN says China tried to distract

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Australia gets late reprieve, returns to mixed doubles curling competition at Games

BEIJING — The Australian mixed doubles curling team was back in the Beijing Games after getting a "late reprieve" Sunday before their round-robin games against Switzerland and Canada.

AFP

'Full gas' as Shiffrin takes aim at first Beijing Games gold

Yanqing (China) (AFP) - Alpine ski star Mikaela Shiffrin says she must be "full gas, full precision" as she begins her bid for a third Olympic gold medal, and first of the Beijing Games, in Monday's giant slalom.

AFP

New Zealand win historic first Winter Olympics gold

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - Zoi Sadowski Synnott gave New Zealand their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal after winning the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Beijing Games on Sunday.

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