Even Olympic champions described the Winter Games in Beijing, China, as the most controversial since the Berlin Olympics of 1936 under Hitler’s Nazi regime These Winter Olympics were dubbed “The Genocide Games” because of China’s appalling human rights record ( Image: Valery Sharifulin/TASS) Almost 2,000m up a mountain 55 miles from Beijing, a guard stands … Read more
The Beijing Winter Olympics is drawing to a close Sunday, rounding off the Games that will go down in history as much for their coronavirus restrictions and geopolitical tensions, as their nail-biting competitions and emotional moments. The closing ceremony kicks off at 8 pm local time (7 am ET) at Beijing’s famous Bird’s Nest stadium. … Read more
Four years ago, Japan and Great Britain’s women’s curling teams met up in the bronze medal game. This week, Great Britain came out ahead when they faced Japan for an even bigger medal. In 2018, Japan got the best of Great Britain in the 10th after skip Eve Muirhead made a mistake on the final … Read more
Eve Muirhead guided Great Britain to curling gold with a comprehensive win over Japan in the Olympic final. Twenty years after Rhona Martin’s famous victory in Salt Lake City, Muirhead needed no ‘Stone of Destiny’ drama to achieve her lifelong ambition of leading her Great Britain women’s curling team to glory. In her fourth Winter … Read more
Greg Rutherford questioned Brad Hall’s Olympic bobsleigh bottle after the dramatic high-speed crash that capped more British calamity in Beijing. Piloting Team GB’s two-man sled, Hall and brakeman Nick Gleeson overturned at 83mph on their third run to cross the finish line upside down, finish 11th and extend Britain’s miserable, medal-less run at these games. … Read more
When Gus Kenworthy competed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 he was afraid that someone would find out that he is gay — fast-forward eight years and he is out and proud as are dozens of other athletes at the Beijing Games. The British-American freestyle skier, who won silver for the United States in Sochi … Read more
US star skier Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of the slalom section of the Alpine combined at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, ending her last chance for an individual gold at these Games. It was the third early exit in five events for Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who had been a favorite going into … Read more
Chinese social media users have reacted strongly to an accidental voice reveal of Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen.Aaron Favila/AP Photo The voice of Beijing Games mascot Bing Dwen Dwen was accidentally revealed on February 8. The mascot spoke during an interview with Chinese freestyle skier Yang Shuorui. Chinese social media users expressed alarm at the … Read more
Russian figure skating phenom Kamila Valieva can continue to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics, an international body ruled Monday, after it was reported that she had tested positive for a banned substance before the Games. The ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a global sports arbiter, came one day before the … Read more
For an Olympics that has made headlines for its man-made snow, the weather has a mind of its own. The China Meteorological Administration issued a blizzard warning for Sunday saying significant snowfall is expected in large parts of northern China including Beijing, the capital and current site of the Winter Olympics. The weekend snowfall, which … Read more
