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Athletes achieve great feats, but Games leave unpleasant aftertaste

The Beijing Winter Olympics end today. The athletes should be commended for their energetic performances in a difficult environment, in which measures against infection were still in place. At the same time, however, they also were an event in which mismanagement and confusing decisions left an unpleasant aftertaste.

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Winter Olympics closing ceremony LIVE: Team GB women win first gold medal in curling as Beijing Games end

Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 as Team GB chase their first medal of the Games

The Independent UK

Finland wins historic Winter Olympics ice hockey gold medal after beating ROC team 2-1 in Beijing final

After medalling in five of the past seven Winter Olympics prior to Beijing, Finland's men finally climb to the top of the podium following a 2-1 defeat of the defending champions.

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Winter Olympics 2022: Curling gold, bobsleigh success for Team GB, plus latest news, results and medal table

Eve Muirhead’s women’s curlers crushed Japan on Sunday to secure Great Britain’s first gold medals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Evening Standard

Mikaela Shiffrin and U.S. miss out on medal in mixed parallel team event

BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin’s forgettable Winter Olympics ended just short of a medal Sunday.

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Perthshire curler Eve Muirhead leads Team GB to GOLD at Winter Olympics

It was a dream come true for Muirhead and her team as they defeated Japan to be crowned champions in Beijing

Daily Record

Eve Muirhead leads Great Britain to first gold medal at Winter Olympics in women’s curling

It is the first curling gold medal in 20 years with redemption for the Team GB skip after defeat to the same opposition in the bronze medal match at PyeongChang 2018

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Australians had Beijing hits and misses

While Australia secured its biggest return of Winter Olympics medals in Beijing, chef de mission Geoff Lipshut is also disappointed by missed chances.

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Sami Kennedy-Sim named Australia's flag-bearer for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

The freestyle skier turns to YouTube tutorials after being unexpectedly named Australia's closing ceremony flag-bearer.

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China to turn steel-mill Olympic ski jump into giant water slide

The Shougang Big Air ski jump, built on the site of a decommissioned steel mill, has been the most talked-about venue of the Winter Olympics. While there’s been praise, it has also been criticized as dystopian and dreary. Beijing hopes not to add white elephant to that list as well.

Tribune News Service

Winter Olympics day 16: GB win women’s curling gold before closing ceremony – as it happened

Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics curling final LIVE: Eve Muirhead and Team GB women win first gold medal at Beijing 2022

Follow latest updates from Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 as Team GB chase their first medal of the Games

The Independent UK

How to watch the Olympics Closing Ceremony on TV and streaming

After two-and-a-half weeks of triumph, loss and all kinds of controversy in and out of competition, the Winter Olympics in Beijing come to a close on Sunday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

What is the curling power play? Explaining the rules of Winter Olympics sport

Mixed doubles returns to the programme in Milano-Cortina, with the power play a crucial element of the discipline

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What is the hammer in curling and how does it work? Winter Olympics rules explained

Ten nations are competing in each of curling’s three disciplines at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

US skating team ask for medals after being given cuddly toys amid Kamila Valieva controversy

No medals have been awarded for the team figure skating event at the Winter Olympics after Russian teenager Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance

Axios

Elana Meyers Taylor becomes most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history

The bobsledder is now the most decorated most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history.

Los Angeles Times

China's 'closed loop' Olympics limited coronavirus, even with some head-scratching measures

BEIJING — On a recent morning, the sound of gagging from credential-holders undergoing their daily coronavirus throat swab from a woman in a hazmat suit echoed off the marble floors of a hotel inside the Winter Olympics bubble.

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The Guardian - UK

Germany’s women slide to Winter Olympics glory with bobsleigh one-two

Germany extended their historic sliding dominance at the Beijing Games with a one-two finish in the women’s bobsleigh

Daily Mirror

British skier escapes injury after landing on back in horror crash in Winter Olympics final

Gus Kenworthy fell twice in the final, the second of which was a sickening blow as he smashed into the lip of the halfpipe but fortunately was uninjured

Daily Record

Family of GB curling team celebrate in Edinburgh with silver Winter Olympics win

Bruce Mouat's mother, partner and mixed doubles coach watched at Edinburgh Curling Club along with other friends and supporters.

The Independent UK

Family and friends thrilled as curlers win silver for first Team GB medal

The men’s curling team lost in the Winter Olympics final against Sweden but supporters are backing them for gold in the future.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: second gold for NZ and a medal at last for GB

Nico Porteous wins New Zealand’s second ever Winter Olympics gold as GB men take curling silver

Axios

The Winter Olympics' COVID strategy worked pretty well

184 athletes have tested positive since Jan. 23.

ABC News

Beijing Winter Olympics 50km cross-country race shortened due to high winds and freezing conditions

Cross-country skiers use tape to stop their faces from freezing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but they were still upset when organisers decided to shorten the 50km race for safety reasons.

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