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Jakara Anthony wins Australia's first gold at Beijing Winter Olympics with women's moguls victory

Jakara Anthony wins Australia's first gold medal in Beijing with victory in the women's moguls, becoming her country's sixth Winter Olympic champion.

ABC News

Covid news: Chinese city of Baise ‘sealed off’ after Omicron outbreak; Papua New Guinea PM tests positive – as it happened

City in Guangxi, with population of 3.7 million, reportedly under lockdown; James Marape tests positive on arrival at Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK

China to Boost Supply of Winter Games Panda Mascot Souvenirs

China will increase the supply of merchandise featuring "Bing Dwen Dwen", the panda mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the organizing committee said on Sunday. The announcement came as Chinese media and internet users reported difficulty in purchasing souvenirs in the likeness of the chubby panda in a hard,…

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Olympics- Alpine Skiing- Cold Food Riles Germany Coach, US Bring Own Pasta

It's not only the wind whipping the pistes that is cold up on the mountains hosting the Beijing Olympics. After high winds on Sunday forced organizers to postpone the Alpine flagship event, the men's downhill race, Germany's coach lamented there was no hot food available for athletes racing on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden rattles his sabre at Putin … but it’s Xi he really wants to scare

Tub-thumping talk of all-out war in Ukraine seems overblown but the White House knows the fledgling Sino-Russian axis is a real threat, in Taiwan and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

PNG's PM Marape tests positive for COVID-19 in Beijing, cancels France trip

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Beijing on Thursday for the opening of the Winter Games and will not be traveling to France next week for an Indo-Pacific summit, his office said on Sunday.

Reuters

An Olympic question that won't go away: Where is Peng Shuai?

The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics

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Tess Coady embraces power of positive thought to win snowboard slopestyle bronze at Beijing Winter Olympics

Tess Coady has gone from the depths of sporting despair to an Olympic podium in four years, harnessing the knowledge of how quickly things can go wrong to shed her inhibitions and smile her way to a bronze medal.

ABC News

Inside the Olympic bubble, looking for China — or 'China'

The Olympics are usually an opportunity for the host country to showcase its culture

The Independent UK

No Large Fluctuations in COVID Cases Expected, Olympics Organizers Say

A sharp drop in COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5 among Beijing Olympics-related personnel was due to fewer arrivals at the airport and organizers said on Sunday that they did not expect any more large fluctuations in infection numbers. China detected 10 new COVID cases among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Miho Takagi places 6th in her first race

BEIJING -- Japan Olympic team captain Miho Takagi finished sixth on Saturday in her first event of the Beijing Games, the women's 3000 meters.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Cheering for China on cold, dark night

China may not have a strong winter sports tradition, but skating is one of the areas where its athletes have excelled

The Independent UK

Zoi's last-gasp gold makes Olympic history

The NZ anthem has rung out at a Winter Olympics for the first time in 70 years, after Zoi Sadowksi-Synnott's breathtaking final run in the snowboard slopestyle clinched her gold in Beijing

Newsroom.co.nz

Australian curler withdraws from Beijing Olympics with positive Covid test

The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed Tahli Gill returned a series of positive results late on Saturday.

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Winter Olympics: British curlers sink China 6-5 in Beijing

A win over Norway later on Sunday would secure them a semi-final slot

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Snowboarder Julia Marino wins Team USA’s first medal of Beijing Olympics with surprise slopestyle silver

Team USA has its first medal in Beijing!

Tribune News Service

U.S. Olympian dilemma: Protest China's human rights abuses, or just play?

BEIJING – Noah Hoffman understands the desire to speak up. For the athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics, the Winter Games will provide a global megaphone, a platform to voice their concerns about human rights abuses in China.

The Independent UK

Olympics Live: Men's downhill postponed due to high winds

The start of the men’s downhill at the Beijing Games has been postponed because of high winds

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Helene Elliott: U.S. women's hockey team adjusts without Brianna Decker, wins second game, 5-0

BEIJING — No matter what came at them, no matter how many of their pre-Olympic plans were shredded by the impact of the coronavirus, the mantra of the U.S. women's hockey team has remained the same: Adjust and adapt.

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day two: curling, ski jumping, luge and freestyle skiing – as it happened

Team GB face Norway in mixed doubles and there are medals up for grabs in the luge, moguls and ski jumping. Join Martin Belam for the latest

Daily Record

Beijing 2022: Kilmarnock speed skating ace Kathryn Thomson falls just 15 seconds into Winter Olympics opener

The 26-year-old was left frustrated that her race wasn't restarted, writes James Toney.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: U.S. mixed doubles curling team trying to get on the same page

BEIJING — The mixed doubles curling team of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys has not played up to its capabilities. That makes Team USA a potential threat as they look to advance out of round-robin play and into the semifinals of the Olympic tournament.

Tribune News Service

Jessie Diggins finishes sixth in skiathlon, first race of loaded Beijing Games

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins didn't win a medal Saturday in her first race of the Beijing Olympics. That was hard to tell from her upbeat mood after a sixth-place finish in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon.

Reuters

Ecuador sees trade deal with China at end of year, debt talks to begin

Ecuador expects to pull together a trade deal with China at the end of this year and will begin formal debt re-negotiations with the Asian country, Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Saturday, after a Beijing visit with his counterpart Xi Jinping.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Xi Meets More Heads of State in Winter Games Diplomatic Push

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of several more countries on Saturday as Beijing used the start of the Winter Olympics to score diplomatic points amid simmering tensions with the United States. Following a groundbreaking agreement with Russia on Friday over Taiwan and against NATO expansion, Xi held meetings…

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