The Latest Breaking News from Winter Olympics

Russian ice skater, 15, controversially allowed to compete in Beijing despite failing drug test

Italy’s Sofia Goggia fought back from recent injury to win downhill silver as Switzerland savoured two skiing golds

The fate of a 15-year-old girl skating at the Winter Olympics for a country stripped of its name and competing without its flag because it ran a state-sponsored doping program is being decided in the most modern of Olympic ways.

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.

Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Norwegian athlete Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold collapsed after crossing the finishing line in the women's biathlon 10km pursuit at the Winter Olympics

Los Angeles (AFP) - US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson on Monday slammed the decision to allow Kamila Valieva to continue to compete at the Winter Olympics despite a positive drugs test, contrasting the case with her own doping suspension from the Tokyo Games last year.

15-year-old ice skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance before the Winter Olympics but she has been cleared to compete in the Individual event this week

The Beijing Games are on course to beat the previous coldest Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994, when it averaged at around -25C. A mind-boggling -34C is forecast this week