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Mikaela Shiffrin, Yuzuru Hanyu, Ester Ledecka and more – 7 global stars set to light up Beijing

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games start on Friday and you can watch every moment on discovery+ and across Eurosport platforms. Four years after Pyeongchang the best winter athletes in the world have gathered in Asia once more for the chance to write their names into the history books. Ad/> For some this might be their first experience of that unique spectacle that is an Olympics, for others it is their swansong.

Olympic athletes, team officials testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rate than others

BEIJING — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics, organizers said Tuesday.

Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster

BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics, organizers said Tuesday.

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

Conflict zone to slalom for India's only Beijing Olympian

NEW DELHI: At the age of four, Arif Mohammad Khan put on skis for the first time, just a few kilometres from the Line of Control that divides the disputed, conflict-ridden region of Kashmir.

Skier Arif Khan Eyes Top-30 Finish At Beijing Winter Olympics

Beijing Winter Olympics-bound Indian skier Arif Khan, who will participate in two events, is aiming a modest top-30 finish in the showpiece which begins on Friday. The 31-year-old Khan is the lone Indian participant in the February 4-20 quadrennial event. He secured his berth in the Winter Olympics in a qualifying event in Dubai last year. "To be honest, if you want to be a medal contender, you require at least 10 years of training and preparation, (need) to have (decent) budget and funding, only then it's possible to be in medal contention," Khan, an Alpine skier, said at a virtual interaction, organised by the Sports Authority of India, on Sunday.

Alpine skiing-Haitian on snow is more than Cool Runnings sequel

BEIJING : When the Alpine skiing events start at the Beijing Olympics, Haiti will be presenting their own version of "Cool Runnings" - the film that shot the Jamaican bobsleigh team to fame in the 1990s - but with fresh ambition.

Beijing Olympics 2022 - ‘I'm not some kind of superhuman’ - how pure dedication paid off for Dave Ryding

Dave Ryding says there is nothing particularly special about him, describing himself as “not some kind of superhuman”, despite becoming Britain’s first ever alpine skiing World Cup winner. The 35-year-old is preparing for his fourth Olympic Games after making British sporting history when he won the slalom title in Kitzbuhel recently, an achievement which has seen his profile rise to higher than it has ever been before. Ad/> The reaction has left Ryding “exhausted” and “pumped” in equal measure.

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Mikaela Shiffrin, Yuzuru Hanyu, Ester Ledecka and more – 7 global stars set to light up Beijing

Olympic athletes, team officials testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rate than others

Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster

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

Conflict zone to slalom for India's only Beijing Olympian

Skier Arif Khan Eyes Top-30 Finish At Beijing Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing-Haitian on snow is more than Cool Runnings sequel

Beijing Olympics 2022 - ‘I'm not some kind of superhuman’ - how pure dedication paid off for Dave Ryding