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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

What it's like to fly into Beijing's Olympic 'bubble'

By Selina Wang, CNNUpdated 0553 GMT (1353 HKT) February 1, 2022Beijing (CNN)The Beijing Winter Olympics is

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.

Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony

TAIPEI: Taiwan's team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it was required to participate.

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Winter Olympics 2022: Are Winter Olympic gold medals made of real gold? Why do athletes bite their medals?

Canadian Olympic Committee signs up to explore feasibility of First Nations-led bid for 2030 Winter Games

Indigenous-led bid to bring 2030 Games to B.C. takes next step

Familiar faces, unfamiliar names as China takes to the ice

US gold medal hopeful Elana Meyers Taylor in race against time after positive Covid test at Winter Olympics

What it's like to fly into Beijing's Olympic 'bubble'

EXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics

Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony