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Winter Olympics 2022: From COVID-19 to politics, Beijing is set to be a Games to remember
Diplomatic boycotts, Peng Shuai, Uyghurs, genocide, human rights and COVID-19 … these are words, terms and controversies that have defined the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Kobayashi and Kramer claim top prize at Olympic prelude in Willingen
Ryoyu Kobayashi underlined his status as front-runner for the Olympic large hill title with gold in the final competition before Beijing 2022 in Willingen. The Four Hills champion has recaptured the top form he showed in 2019 in perfect time for his second Olympics and was a convincing winner in Germany.The Japanese leapt 145m and top stylistic points saw him claim victory with a total of 115.6 points, well clear of closest challenger Halvor Egner Granerud.
Jarl Magnus Riiber foiled by elements as Vinzenz Geiger takes advantage in Seefeld to claim second World Cup win
Olympic favourite Jarl Magnus Riiber narrowly avoided a ski jump crash on the eve of the Games as windy conditions allowed Vinzenz Geiger to claim a second World Cup victory of the season. The Norwegian won the first of three back-to-back World Cup events in Seefeld but the second saw him struck by an untimely gust of wind just as he was taking off on the large hill.
Beijing 2022 - From a back garden to the Olympics - how DIY helped Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas reach the Games
Every athlete has adapted to training during the coronavirus pandemic in different ways — but you can bet there is only one who built a bobsleigh push track in a County Durham back garden. That is exactly what Mica McNeill’s dad and brother did for her — and now she is preparing for the Winter Olympics with Montell Douglas in the two-woman bobsleigh. Ad/> With training already derailed by initial lockdowns at the start of the pandemic, McNeill took matters into her own hands and once the track was built, she invited the entire women’s squad to her home.
Jamaican bobsleigh team committed to overcome challenges at Beijing
BEIJING : Jamaica's bobsleigh team are determined to overcome financial issues and challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic as their four-man line-up returns to the Winter Games for the first time in 24 years.
China says United States plans to pay athletes to 'sabotage' Beijing Olympics
China's foreign ministry and an official newspaper have accused the United States of planning to interfere with and "sabotage" the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticize China.
