Torch begins three-day trek past iconic Beijing landmarks
BEIJING : Beijing kicked off the Winter Olympics torch relay on Wednesday during which more than 1,000 torch-bearers will carry the flame past historical landmarks including the Great Wall.
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EXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924 in Chamonix, France.
After turbulent 2008 relay, torch to begin modest three-day route
BEIJING : The Olympic torch begins its three-day relay on Wednesday, its path abbreviated by COVID-19 and nothing like the 130-day, 137,000 km (85,130 mile) odyssey that proved a magnet for protest ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.
For Beijing's chief hockey ice maker, it's all about the layers
BEIJING : Most fans at an ice hockey game devote their attention to the whizzing puck and crunching body checks.