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Blur from the bus: A visiting photographer's view of Beijing

Associated Press photographer Jae Hong had never visited Beijing. He's been here now for several weeks covering the Olympics, riding buses from his hotel to the venues, and the venues to the hotel. And not much more.

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Rocket Set to Hit Moon Was Built by China, Not SpaceX, Say Astronomers

Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what…

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Russia's Olympic doping case helps China skirt dicey topics

The doping scandal around Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been a Games-changer at the Beijing Olympics

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Elated family welcome silver-medal-winning Olympian Jaclyn Narracott back home to Brisbane

Tears, flowers and a whole new family member greet silver medallist Jaclyn Narracott as she returns home to family in Brisbane from the Beijing Winter Olympic Games after more than two years away.

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Winter Olympians champion climate, peace amid muted activism

Around the world, athletes are throwing their support behind political and social causes, part of a wave of sports activism that has flourished in the years since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during games to protest police brutality against Black people

The Independent UK

Eileen Gu: Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them

She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics

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Plight of Beijing's migrant workers exposed

BEIJING -- The destitute lifestyle of a male migrant worker that was revealed after he caught the novel coronavirus last month triggered a huge response online and thrust the stubborn wealth disparities among Beijing's residents under the microscope again.

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First Responders Seeking First Place in Beijing

After fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Team USA's Nina Roth and Great Britain's Vicky Wright are competing for gold in women's curling.

Sports Illustrated

Zoi's silver completes her Olympic rainbow

Collecting big air silver has completed Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's full set of Winter Olympic medals - and at just 20, she's stomped her mark as one of the greats of the sport.

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Kirsty Muir heads back to school after battling two finals in Beijing

The 17-year-old, who put the final year of her Highers on hold to target the Games, scored 71.30 on her second run.

The Independent UK

New Zealand's Sydney-born Zoi Sadowski-Synnott falls just short of another Beijing gold in snowboard big air

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins silver in the snowboarding big air, while Australia's Tess Coady starts strongly but slips to ninth.

ABC News

Scott Morrison's remarks about China being 'chillingly silent' over Ukraine labelled 'belligerent rhetoric' by Chinese foreign ministry

The Prime Minister says China's suggestion that it wants peace and harmony are at odds with its silence over Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border, prompting a strong response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry that his "belligerent rhetoric" will "escalate the tensions".

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Olympics Live: 'Tired' Valieva ready to compete for gold

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva says she is happy but worn out after a grueling doping hearing ended with her being allowed to skate at the Beijing Games

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Winter Olympics day 11: Valieva leads after short program – as it happened

Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more

The Independent UK

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Why a Russian figure skater who tested positive for doping is still competing at the Olympics

There is no shortage of those shouting from the balconies that a 15-year-old Russian skater should be sanctioned, suspended and expelled from the Games, but sports law is designed to be just, not popular, writes Tracey Holmes.

The Conversation

The slippery science of Olympic curling: we still don't know how it works

Australia’s first ever Olympic curling team scored an historic win but missed the medal podium at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. It was a remarkable performance for a team lacking any dedicated curling facilities at home.

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Team GB looking to ‘make corrections’ in bobsleigh after tough first day in Beijing

Medal hopes hang in the balance after errors on the track

Wales Online

Kirsty Muir's dad tells Covid-ridden story of watching her star at Winter Olympics in middle of Aberdeen night

Muir, 17, is the youngest member of the British team in Beijing and sparkled in the Big Air event to finish fifth

Wales Online

Star teen Kamila Valieva pitched into doping legal battle between Russia and Olympic Games

Valieva, 15, was meant to be the face of these Games and was already being hailed as the greatest women’s skater of all time, but her future is currently being decided in an unedifying legal wrangle between Russia and the IOC

Wales Online

Olympic champion Amy Williams on why Britain's Beijing skeleton setback is only a temporary blip

Williams, who sped to a stunning gold medal at Vancouver 2010, insists Britain's misfiring skeleton stars can get back on track after a stuttering Olympic campaign in the Chinese capital

The Guardian - UK

Don’t blame Cas for Valieva situation – blame those who have failed her

The mess in Beijing is not down to the court of arbitration for sport but a collective failure of coaches and organisations

Daily Mirror

Winter Olympics blasted by -24C freeze as it becomes one of the coldest games ever

The Beijing Games are on course to beat the previous coldest Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994, when it averaged at around -25C. A mind-boggling -34C is forecast this week

Daily Mirror

Snowboarder hits slope dressed as tiger and roars at camera at Winter Olympics

French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre wanted to retire from the sport with a roar, as well as a bang, on what proved her final run at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

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