A mascot star is born: Bing Dwen Dwen's rise from obscurity
BEIJING : The mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has been an unexpected star of the Beijing Olympics but the roly-poly panda's fame may prove fleeting after the Feb. 20 closing ceremony.
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BEIJING : The mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has been an unexpected star of the Beijing Olympics but the roly-poly panda's fame may prove fleeting after the Feb. 20 closing ceremony.
YANQING, China : Elana Meyers Taylor has overcome many challenges in the 15-year bobsleigh career, but for the 37-year-old mother of a toddler to have overcome COVID-19 and win a silver Olympic medal for the U.S. has to be among the most impressive feats this Games.
Kamila Valieva has been cleared to continue to compete at the Winter Olympics in Beijing despite testing positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine following a test during the Russian National Championships on Christmas Day.
Kamila Valieva has been cleared to continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed. The CAS cited "exceptional circumstances" for its decision, after the 15-year-old submitted a positive sample for banned heart medication trimetazidine on Christmas Day. It included Valieva's status as a "protected person" under the World Anti-Doping Code, "serious issues" in the process of notifying Valieva of her result, and the fact a suspension could cause her "irreparable harm".
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