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Rachel Blount: Olympics contrasted success, safety, shortcomings, controversy

BEIJING – At Sunday's Closing Ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, the keynote speeches were stuffed with words like unity and togetherness and solidarity. While that wasn't surprising at an event that promotes shared ideals, it didn't reflect what made these Winter Games unique.

Tribune News Service

COVID-affected Beijing Games should not detract from a thrilling Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics were shaped inexorably by the COVID-19 prevention measures put in place, but this did not stop the Games from delivering countless performances that will go down in history, writes Simon Smale.

ABC News

A Winter Olympics that was farcical, disturbing and often exceptional

The soul-destroying story of the young Russian skater Kamila Valieva will stick in the memory for all the wrong reasons

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Winter Olympics review: From politics and human rights to doping and Covid, Beijing Games leaves a sour taste

Despite the magic of Team GB’s curlers and some special moments of sporting achievement, the Beijing Games have been a headache for Olympic organisers

The Independent UK

Beijing’s Winter Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

The next Olympics will be the Summer Games in Paris in 2024. Milan-Cortina in Italy will host the 2026 Winter Games.

Chicago Sun-Times

Five stand-out moments from the Beijing Winter Olympics

A memorable Games in China with highlights and lowlights at both ends of the spectrum

The Independent UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony: the parade of nations, the handover to Milan-Cortina, the farewell and the fireworks, as it happened

The Winter Olympics come to an end with an emotional ceremony in Beijing, following the handover to the next hosts in Milan-Cortina. Follow our live blog.

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Pleasant or difficult? Olympic Village experiences at Beijing Games varied by athlete.

BEIJING — Lime-green buses, temporary buildings and volunteers braced against zero-degree wind whipping off the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area are scattered around the desolate parking lot that served as an important waystation for new arrivals at the Winter Olympics.

Los Angeles Times

Team GB finally win first Winter Olympic gold medal after "perfect performance"

Eve Muirhead guided her women's curling team to Olympic glory to double Team GB's total medal tally on the final morning of the Beijing Games

Daily Mirror

Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior

The Independent UK

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympics end with no medal after mixed team near-miss

The knockout event represented Shiffrin’s last chance at a podium in Beijing but the US fell 0.42 seconds short

The Guardian - US

How Team USA made these Beijing Olympics as fun as possible

BEIJING — Life inside the Beijing Olympics bubble comes with a long list of rules. Wear a high-grade mask at all times. Disinfect your hands. Don't stand within 6 feet of anyone, and don't forget the daily COVID-19 test.

Tribune News Service

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

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Chicago Sun-Times

Panel denies U.S. figure skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals

Losing the case means the U.S. skaters will receive their medals months, maybe even years, from now, after Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case winds its way through hearings and appeals.

Sports Illustrated

Sometimes a Competitor, Always a Supporter: Siblings Fill Multiple Roles at Olympics

At least 76 pairs of siblings have participated in Beijing, turning the Winter Games into a family affair with nearly 5% of the total athlete headcount.

Dynamite News

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Defending champions Russia to play with Finland for gold in men's ice hockey

After a pair of thrilling semi-final matches on Friday, it will be defending champions ROC against Finland in Sunday's gold medal men's ice hockey game at the ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Treatment of Kamila Valieva shows why age limit for figure skaters should be raised

BEIJING — On the morning after figure skating's night of infamy, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach awoke to the deplorable way the adults who are supposed to look after 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva instead emotionally abused her.

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Evening Standard

Eve Muirhead inspires Team GB’s women curlers into Winter Olympics final after Sweden win

Team GB will have a shot at two curling gold medals at the Winter Olympics after a stunning win by Eve Muirhead’s rink over Sweden in Beijing on Friday.

The Conversation

Would adding a minimum age limit for the Olympic Games protect youth athletes from doping?

Kamila Valieva isn’t the first young athlete accused of doping at the Olympics, and she surely won’t be the last unless we start taking the special circumstances of youth athletes seriously.

The Conversation

What's the IOC – and why doesn't it do more about human rights issues related to the Olympics?

The International Olympic Committee, a nongovernmental organization based in Switzerland that’s independent of any one nation, was founded in 1894. It’s a group of officials who supervise and support the Olympics and set Olympic policies about everything from whether break dancing can be added as an official sport to what’s…

Daily Record

Mathematical Eve Muirhead navigates Olympic permutations to steer Team GB into seismic medal showdown

Britain downed Russia 9-4 and watched on nervously as the Swiss prevailed 9-4 and then Sweden held off South Korea's 'Garlic Girls' 8-4

The Guardian - UK

China’s human rights record made Winter Olympics ‘irresponsible’, says Swedish athlete

Gold medallist Nils van der Poel criticises Chinese regime and decision to hold games in Beijing

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Takagi emptied the tank in golden 7th race

BEIJING -- After finally reaching the top of the medal podium in her seventh race of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Miho Takagi exchanged an emotional hug with her Dutch coach Johan de Wit, who had always believed in her.

France 24

Skater Timothy LeDuc: First non-binary athlete to compete in Winter Olympics

US skater Timothy LeDuc will become the first non-binary athlete to participate in a Winter Olympics when he takes to the ice with partner Ashley Cain-Gribble on Friday as new guidelines aim to make future Games more inclusive for trans athletes.

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