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Fireworks ban pays off as Beijing records best air quality for Lunar New Year's eve

A ban on fireworks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics helped China's capital record its cleanest air for a Lunar New Year since it first started monitoring air pollutants, known as PM2.5, nine years ago.

Reuters

Arif Khan-led Indian team leaves for Winter Olympics

NEW DELHI: Skier Arif Khan, the only athlete representing India at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, left for the Games in the Chinese capital along with Chef De Mission Harjinder Singh and support staff.

The Times of India

‘A Cool Runnings story’: Australian curlers prepare to make Olympic history

Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt hail from a country without a single dedicated curling facility yet this week they will mix it with the world’s best on the grandest stage

The Guardian - AU

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The seven new events debuting at the Winter Olympics

The new events will take place in bobsled, short track skating, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, and snowboarding.

Axios

Winter Olympics 2022: The international stars to watch out for at the Beijing Games

The Winter Olympics officially get under way with the opening ceremony in Beijing on Friday ahead of two weeks of competition.

Evening Standard

Amy Williams plays down political impact of Winter Olympics on Team GB athletes

EXCLUSIVE: Olympic skeleton champion Williams has some advice for those athletes looking to success in a Games overshadowed by political tensions in Beijing

Daily Mirror

Winter Olympics 2022: Team GB’s best medal hopes to watch out for in Beijing

Great Britain will be represented by 50 athletes at Beijing 2022 as they bid to build on the five medals won at the last Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang – Lizzy Yarnold’s skeleton gold and four bronze.

Evening Standard

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Richardson Viano: The Haitian skier ready to make history at the Winter Olympics

The 19-year-old wants to show the world his ‘country is about more than earthquakes and other disasters’

The Independent UK

Beijing Olympics Coverage Advisory

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympics hit by Covid chaos on eve of games as Beijing charts stark rise in cases

Beijing has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases for a year and a half, less than a week before the city hosts the opening ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Curler Bruce Mouat: ‘I realised it really didn’t matter what my sexuality was’

Curler Bruce Mouat is bidding for double gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing and says the decision to come out helped shape his life and sporting career

The Guardian - UK

CCP-led preparations dictate only success

BEIJING -- Beijing will be the first city in history to have hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics when the Winter Games start on Feb. 4.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Olympics-COVID cases mount as athletes, personnel arrive in Beijing

During the past four days China has detected 119 COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with authorities imposing a "closed loop" bubble to keep participants, staff and media separated from the public.

Reuters

This You Gotta See: America the underdog? It’s always the case at Winter Olympics

Apparently, American exceptionalism comes with a temperature threshold.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Evening Standard

Beijing sees Covid cases spike ahead of Winter Olympics

Beijing has seen a spike in Covid cases just days before the beginning of the Winter Olympics.

The Hindu

Watch | India's only athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics

A video profile on alpine skier Arif Khan who will represent India in the Winter Olympics

The Conversation

'Wicked problems': Government involvement in sport is fraught with issues

People will soon be tuning into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics — the second Olympics hosted during the pandemic and one that has come under much criticism.

The Times of India

Skier Arif Khan eyes top-30 finish at Beijing Winter Olympics

MUMBAI: Beijing Winter Olympics-bound Indian skier Arif Khan, who will participate in two events, is aiming a modest top-30 finish in the showpiece which begins on Friday.

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Daily Mirror

Free condoms to be handed out at Winter Olympics - but athletes discouraged from hugging

Despite being encouraged not to shake hands and hug athletes at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, athletes will be offered free condoms from event officials

Miami Herald

Beijing Winter Olympics start Feb. 4. Here’s what you need to know, athletes to watch.

The Miami Herald breaks down what you need to know about the 2022 Winter Olympics:

Los Angeles Times

Mexican cross-country skier won't let pain, age or failure end her Olympic dream

LOS ANGELES — Chaucer wrote that time and tide wait for no man. But he didn't say anything about women, and that's a loophole Karla Schleske believes is big enough to accommodate her dream of skiing in the Winter Olympics.

The Guardian - UK

Sport, politics and Covid collide at the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Beijing Games will open on Friday in a country that hopes sport will be the talking point. But political twists or a resurgent virus could leave the event skating on thin ice

The Guardian - UK

Spotify to add advisory notices to podcasts mentioning Covid; protests in Prague over curbs – as it happened

Czech demonstrators are opposed to measures such as a restaurant ban for the unvaccinated; Harry and Meghan express concerns to Spotify about misinformation on platform

The Guardian - UK

Have the Winter Olympics caught you cold? Here’s our armchair guide

What to follow in Beijing, when – and why snowboard cross might be your new favourite sport

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases since June 2020 as Olympics Loom

Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. China will hold the Games in a strict "closed-loop" bubble as part of its zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns,…

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