Athletes arrive and train in Beijing ahead of Winter Olympics - in pictures
The 2022 Beijing Olympics is only a few days away and athletes have been getting used to their new surroundings ahead of Friday's Opening Ceremony.
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Winter Olympics: Speed skater Kathryn Thomson goes from furniture shop to second Games
Of the hundreds of athletes competing at the Winter Olympics, some will have their sights firmly on a shiny medal. There are plenty of others, though, for whom just being there is a success story in itself.
Winter Olympics freestyle: The difference between moguls, slopestyle and big air
Katie Ormerod is scheduled to get her Winter Olympic campaign under way in the women’s snowboard slopestyle qualification round on Saturday.
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.
Beijing welcomes Winter Olympics against backdrop of politics and the pandemic
Fourteen years ago in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium, ninety thousand fans roared Usain Bolt down the home straight to shatter the men’s 100 metres world record and instantly establish one of the Olympic Games’ most indelible images.
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 Olympics opens under shadow of rights fears and Covid
Winter Olympics open Friday as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, Covid and a US-led diplomatic boycott. Fireworks exploded over the "Bird's Nest" as the lattice-shaped stadium took centre stage, just as it did at the 2008 Games, as Beijing becomes the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics: Games officially under way after opening ceremony in Beijing
The 24th edition of the Winter Olympics is officially under way after the Olympic cauldron was lit in a restrained opening ceremony in Beijing.