Uyghur athlete is final torchbearer at Beijing Games
A cross country skier born in Xinjiang was one of two final torchbearers who ended the Olympic opening ceremony by sending a flame into the sky on a giant snowflake.
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Charm, character and pyrotechnics headline Opening Ceremony as controversy-fuelled Winter Olympic Games kick off in Beijing
There's a conventional wisdom, unless perhaps you work in Downing Street, that when you want to deflect attention from something really bad then you throw a really big party.
Pelosi fears 'for the physical safety' of US Olympic athletes who speak out against China
'Fox & Friends' hosts discuss the 'insanity' of Nancy Pelosi's request for US athletes to remain silent on the human rights abuses in China while at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Cross-country skiing-Brit Musgrave braves 'hellfire' virus to make it to Beijing
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : As the whole world worried about COVID-19, British cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave was struck down by a virus of a different kind as a bout of shingles derailed his Olympic preparations in November.
Daughter of imprisoned Uyghur scholar concerned China using Olympics as a propaganda tool
A Uyghur refugee and human rights advocate said she's worried the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will benefit the communist regime's credibility.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Spectacular ceremony opens Games, first medals to come on Day 1 - Best of Beijing
BEST MOMENTS OF THE DAY Lift off! Ad/> The XXIV Olympic Winter Games are officially… open! Beijing 2022Team GB underdogs 'have to try that little bit more' — Morgan2 HOURS AGO Beijing 2022 launched with a spectacular new-age ceremony, which harnessed an 11,600 square metre LCD screen to bring the Bird’s Nest stadium to life. Fireworks, mesmerising green rods and an unavoidably cute choir, what’s not to like? Flag bearers Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding, curling and slalom hopefuls respectively, diligently led Team GB into the arena, while China’s arrival delighted the fans allowed into the arena amid Covid restrictions. The Olympic cauldron (aka just a small flame) was intended to convey China’s commitment to tackling climate change – and all in all it was a terrific spectacle.
Where is the next Olympics? Where 2024, 2028, 2032 Olympic Games and next Winter Olympics are - and 2036 bids
As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics get underway, here’s what we know so far about where future Olympic summer and winter games will be held.