Freestyle skier Gu representing China to inspire girls
Eileen Gu did not expect the level of controversy that resulted from her choosing to represent China rather than the United States at the Beijing Olympics, she said on Wednesday (May 4).
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Toto Wolff wants three Chinese Grands Prix to mimic F1's American dream
Toto Wolff has called for China to host more Grands Prix ahead of F1 returning to the country in 2023. The Shanghai International Circuit hosted 16 consecutive races between 2004 and 2019, the last of which was won by Lewis Hamilton en route to his sixth world title that season.
President Biden to Olympic, Paralympic teams at White House: You’ve been through so much
President Joe Biden feted about 600 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams from the Tokyo and Beijing Games. in one of, if not the largest gathering of Team USA athletes at the White House on Wednesday.
Mercedes boss Wolff hopes China can host several races in future
The Chinese Grand Prix is absent from the calendar for the third straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Formula One can have a "strong footprint" in the country and hopes it will one day host three races each season.
U.S. Olympic, Paralympic teams from Tokyo, Beijing set White House visit
For the first time in recent history, U.S. Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic teams will visit the White House together.
EU anti-fake news agency starts debunking in Chinese
After seven years of tracking and debunking pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns in the bloc, the EU's anti-fake news agency is now looking even further east in a bid to counter Chinese propaganda.
Figure skating-ISU proposes raising minimum age to 17 for competitions
The International Skating Union (ISU) has proposed raising the minimum age for senior figure skating competitions to 17 from 15 before the 2026 Winter Olympics to help young athletes cope with the physical and psychological demands of the sport.
Australia Says It Won't Send Athletes To Asian Games In China
Australia said Sunday it will not be sending athletes to this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Olympic-sized event is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou from September 10-25, less than 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Shanghai, which is battling a large Covid-19 outbreak. The Olympic Council of Asia had invited a total of 300 athletes and 150 support staff from nations in Oceania to participate for the first time in the multisports event. "No athletes from Australian sports" will take part, an Australian Olympic Committee spokesman said in a message to AFP.