Olympics-Canada and U.S. rivalry heats up Beijing Winter Games
By Steve Keating
Winter Games Sport News
Canada and US rivalry heats up Beijing Winter Games
BEIJING : As sporting rivalries go the United States and Canada does not reach the intensity of Argentina and Brazil but when it comes to Winter Olympics the North American neighbours turn the heat up.
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.
Winter Olympics 2022: Are Winter Olympic gold medals made of real gold? Why do athletes bite their medals?
When Beijing hosts the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on 4 February, it will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Games, which this year's medals have been designed to reflect. They will feature the «jade-inlaid medals of the Summer Games in 2008» to showcase Beijing as the first «dual Olympic city,» according to the official Olympic website.
Canadian Olympic Committee signs up to explore feasibility of First Nations-led bid for 2030 Winter Games
Four First Nations, along with the municipalities of Vancouver and Whistler, have signed an agreement with the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees to start exploring the feasibility of hosting the 2030 Winter Games in British Columbia.
Indigenous-led bid to bring 2030 Games to B.C. takes next step
VANCOUVER — An Indigenous-led partnership has taken the next step in exploring a potential bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Familiar faces, unfamiliar names as China takes to the ice
BEIJING : Growing up Jake Chelios and Jeremy Smith might have dreamed of playing for the United States men's Olympic ice hockey team but instead will faceoff against them at the Beijing Winter Games, coming to the rescue of a China squad in need of help.
US gold medal hopeful Elana Meyers Taylor in race against time after positive Covid test at Winter Olympics
By Nectar Gan and Lizzy Yee, CNN