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La Velle E. Neal III: As China grabs the Olympic spotlight, let’s turn it to the athletes

BEIJING — There will be time to get into why the Winter Olympics should or shouldn't be held here in China. To question if politics should play a role in determining what country should host this showcase of athletic excellence. To argue if China's human rights record, suppression of cultures…

Tribune News Service

Beijing Games start at Bird's Nest

Beijing: The 2022 Winter Olympics officially started off Friday night as China attempts to turn the page on a troubled build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns and Covid.

Bangkok Post

Angst all round as Beijing's moment nears

China's borders have been virtually closed off for the past two years. Now, in a way, it's opening on a massive scale for the Winter Olympics. To pull this off in the middle of a pandemic, China is holding the Games in a fortress.

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Winter Olympics puts brands under pressure over rights abuses in China

Brands such as Coca-Cola, Airbnb and Visa have paid millions to sponsor the Winter Games, which began Friday in Beijing. In doing so, rights groups say they are endorsing human rights violations, including the detention of millions of Uighur Muslims.

France 24

The high-speed physics of how bobsled, luge and skeleton send humans hurtling faster than a car on the highway

Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. But beneath the thrilling descents of the winding, ice-covered track, a myriad of concepts from physics are at play. It is how the athletes react to…

The Conversation

Giant snowflake lights up a stripped-back Winter Olympics opening ceremony

A giant snowflake has been lit to signal the official start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing during a stripped-back opening ceremony which had been

The New Daily

Uyghurs surprise at Winter Olympics opening ceremony doesn't alter sportswashing claims

China has been inundated with accusations of human rights abuses and "sportswashing" which not even the opening ceremony finale including Uyghur Dinigeer Yilamujiang can over look

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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kicks off with a 'simple' show and a message of 'One World, One Family'

Fourteen years on from the bombastic sights of the Beijing Summer Games opening ceremony, China's tone at these Winter Olympics is more conciliatory amid a message on how the Olympics can bring people together.

ABC News

BBC Winter Olympics presenter thought she had 'lost her boobs' after horror snowboard crash

Snowboarder Aimee Fuller was gunning for a medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics slopestyle final in Pyeongchang, but in the end was just grateful to escape with her breasts

Daily Mirror

Winter Olympics: TV reporter dragged away by Chinese security official live on air

China has been widely criticised for its treatment of free and foreign press

The Independent UK

The Latest: Dutch VJ manhandled during Olympic live shot

BEIJING (AP) — The latest on the Beijing Olympics:

The Canadian Press

At the Winter Olympics, NBC's Mike Tirico highlights China's human rights issues

Entering this year's Winter Olympics, many observers wondered if NBC would address the geopolitical and humans rights issues involving host country China.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Skier Arif Khan leads Indian contingent at Beijing Winter Olympics

Arif is the first Indian to secure qualification in two events of the same edition of the Games and his competitions are slated for February 13 and 16

The Hindu

Vladimir Putin pretends to sleep as Ukraine athletes emerge at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

While attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at Bird's Nest stadium, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appeared to fall asleep as Ukraine's athletes emerged

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AFP

Beijing Olympics open under shadow of rights fears and Covid

Beijing (AFP) - President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing Winter Olympics open Friday as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, Covid and a US-led diplomatic boycott.

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Xinjiang athlete a final torchbearer at Olympics opening ceremony

Beijing (AFP) - China chose a cross-country skier born in the troubled Xinjiang region to be a joint final torchbearer at the climax of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night.

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics: 11 key moments from Beijing 2022 opening ceremony

Spectacular lighting of the Olympic flame follows an understated but beautifully realised opening ceremony

Daily Mirror

Luger racing at Winter Olympics 12 years after cousin died in same event

Georgian luger Saba Kumaritashvili has paid the perfect tribute to his late cousin Nodar after qualifying to compete in this month's 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

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The Independent UK

Breaking EU ranks, Polish leader in Beijing diplomacy push

Alone among his fellow European Union leaders, Poland’s president is in Beijing for the Winter Olympics opening in what his office said was a bid to maintain good ties with China and lobby for an easing of Russia-Ukraine tensions

The Independent UK

Opening ceremony fireworks kickstart Winter Olympics left under a cloud

The Winter Olympics got underway with a typically spectacular ceremony but a backdrop of human rights concerns and the ongoing pandemic loom large over Games

AFP

Son of Inter Milan legend Facchetti regrets readiness to demolish San Siro

Rome (AFP) - "Strange that a stadium supposed to host the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics is already considered outdated and dead, isn't it?" asks Gianfelice Facchetti, son of Inter Milan legend Giacinto Facchetti, of the lack of debate surrounding the future of the iconic San Siro stadium.

The Independent UK

Beijing welcomes Winter Olympics against backdrop of politics and the pandemic

Half full Bird’s Nest Stadium hosts a short but colourful opening ceremony.

The Independent UK

Protesters denounce Winter Olympics with mock medals for China’s ‘record-breaking atrocities’

Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Konger demonstrators in London claim IOC is helping China to ‘sportswash’ global image

The Conversation

Beijing Olympics: why Pakistan is sending one athlete and eight ministers to the winter Games

There may be a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics by a number of western countries, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, but Pakistan is sending a high level delegation. The prime minister, Imran Khan, and seven of his ministers were at the opening ceremony…

Sports Illustrated

Inside Beijing's Closed Loop at the Winter Olympics

From tall fences covered in fake grass, to an army of people dressed in hazmat suits, here's a look at life on the ground at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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