Team Canada remains without formal medal targets for 2nd straight Olympics
For the second consecutive Olympic Games, Canada's athletes won't have any formal medal targets.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB's underdog athletes have to 'try that little bit more' says Billy Morgan
Billy Morgan says Team GB's underdog status means the athletes have to work even harder. The pressure back home on Team GB is massive during the Summer Olympics but the Winter Games do not carry the same level of expectation. Ad/> With its mild climate and lowland geography, the culture around winter sports is not as strong in the United Kingdom, giving the nation an underdog status they do not enjoy at the Summer Games.
Athletes at Winter Olympics 2022 praise new adjustable beds over carboard beds used in Tokyo
Two-time Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the upcoming games as athletes are warned against speaking out against China's human rights abuses.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics underway with spectacular opening ceremony
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway following the start of a spectacular opening ceremony taking place at the iconic Beijing National Stadium.
After fraught Games run-up, Beijing turns to opening ceremony
BEIJING : The Beijing Olympics, wrapped in a bubble against COVID-19, shadowed by a diplomatic boycott over human rights and devoid of most spectators, begin on Friday with a return to the scene of China's triumphant 2008 Summer Games launch.
After fraught Winter Olympics build-up, Beijing turns to opening ceremony
The Beijing Olympics, wrapped in a bubble against Covid-19, shadowed by a diplomatic boycott over human rights and devoid of most spectators, begin today with a return to the scene of China's triumphant 2008 Summer Games launch.
Thomas Bach Says Controversial Beijing Olympics "Will Change Winter Sports"
The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid. China's ruling Communist Party hopes the Olympics will be a soft-power success but they have been overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts, fears for tennis player Peng Shuai's safety, warnings about surveillance and the environmental impact. The Games, which launch with an opening ceremony on Friday at Beijing's "Bird's Nest" stadium and last until February 20, are taking place in one of the driest regions of China and rely almost entirely on man-made snow.
Torch relay begins final stretch ahead of Beijing Winter Games opening ceremony
BEIJING: The Olympic torch relay began its final stretch on Friday (Feb 4) through former imperial gardens in northwest Beijing, with Chinese Olympic medallist Ding Ning among those carrying the flame along a route shortened to three days because of COVID-19.