>"This is not a problem happening just in Russia – a win-at-all-costs mentality is affecting young athletes more than ever"

>"The US government will protect American athletes participating in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and their freedom of speech, US _...Read More_

>"Just two days into the event organisers are facing a litany of complaints from multiple athletes and countries on _...Read More_

Julia Marino wins first medal for U.S., claiming silver in women’s slopestyle; Zoi Sadowski-Synnott takes gold.

>"Defying a raging pandemic and months of international controversy, the 2022 Winter Olympics kicked-off as scheduled in the Chinese _...Read More_

>"An Olympic rule and warnings from the Chinese government have made it risky for athletes to speak out at these Games."

The leaders of Russia and China pushed back against U.S. pressure on Friday, declaring their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirming that _...Read More_

Chinese and Russian leaders call on west to abandon ‘cold war’ approach at pre-Olympic meeting.

"The ice rinks have been smoothed out, the brown mountain slopes draped with artificial snow. The Olympic flame is on its final journey to the heart of Beijing, ready to light up the night sky."

The Summer and Winter Games took place in the same year, meaning no Olympic Games for four years.Here's more on why the games were moved to every two years.

"The first time China hosted the Olympics, it was a moment of hope and promise. The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing proved to be a coming-out party for an emergent China—rich, influential, technologically advanced, and, most of all, more and _...Read More_

Omicron dashes China’s hopes of Olympics boosting its economy Coronavirus flare-ups and pollution curbs are weighing on consumer and industrial activity ahead of Winter Games.

"China’s preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have been characteristically extensive. Poorly advertised, but no less far-reaching, though, are the preparations of its security state. High-profile political events provide an _...Read More_

Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China _...Read More_

>"As the Winter Olympics nears, the Chinese capital has locked down some neighbourhoods and is setting up 19 testing points"