Snowboarding-"Stoked all around" for Games says Aussie Brockhoff
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff said on Thursday she was excited to compete in Beijing and mark her return to the Olympics after a number of injuries.
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Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : A bartender in the Chinese ski resort of Zhangjiakou wears a blue and white hazmat suit as he pours a cocktail, before passing the drink to a similarly attired waiter who shuffles across the room in blue plastic booties to deliver the drink.
IOC members fume over plans for biennial soccer World Cup
BEIJING : Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday vented their frustration over plans for a biennial soccer World Cup instead of the current four-year cycle, saying it would have a major negative impact on other sports.
Winter Olympics 2022 LIVE: Team GB’s Jen Dodds and Bruce Moat beat Canada in curling
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Uyghur activist urges Olympians to put pressure on China with podium gesture
Kabir Qurban remembers being proud of his new home as he and his parents attended the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.
Actor Jackie Chan carries Olympic torch atop Great Wall
BEIJING : The Olympic torch relay began its second day on Thursday atop the Great Wall, with Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Chinese Olympic medallists among those taking turns carrying the flame along a route shortened to three days because of COVID-19.
Beijing will deliver 'safe and splendid' Games: Chinese President Xi
BEIJING: The Beijing Olympics, which officially opens on Friday (Feb 3), will be streamlined, safe and splendid, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as the head of the IOC decried boycott ghosts "rearing their ugly heads again" over human rights concerns.