2022 Beijing Olympics

Georgia's Saba Kumaritashvili competes in the men's singles luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Yanqing on February 5, 2022.

Sports

A Beijing Olympic luge racer honors his cousin who died at the Vancouver Games

3:10am February 06, 2022

by Brian Mann

Twelve years after Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a luge crash at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, his cousin Saba is racing in Beijing. "I wasn't afraid. I wanted to be in the Olympics to race."

A courseworker removes a gate flag following the postponement of the men's downhill due to high winds on day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Center.

High winds derail men's downhill ski final at the Winter Olympics

2:49am February 06, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Referees postponed the men's downhill alpine ski event after officials decided high winds at the Yanqing course posed a safety risk. This comes after multiple days of practice cancellations.

Emily Sweeney of the United States reacts after a training run at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. She would crash in a later race, breaking her neck and back. Her recovery and return to the Olympics has been a long but important mission for her.

U.S. luge racer Emily Sweeney's return to the OIympics is a story of survival

2:18am February 06, 2022

by Brian Mann

"I think the more important part of my story for myself at least is that I'm still here," said U.S. luger Emily Sweeney, who suffered a devastating crash at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

USA's Jamie Anderson competes in the snowboard women's slopestyle final run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The U.S. wins its first medal at the Beijing Olympics in women's snowboarding

10:15pm February 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

American snowboarder Julia Marino took silver in the women's snowboard slopestyle final on Sunday coming in second after New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott.

Flag bearers Apostolos Angelis and Maria Ntanou of Team Greece carry the flag of Greece during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 04, 2022.

Why Malta enters before Australia, and other facts about the Parade of Nations

3:57pm February 04, 2022

by Nell Clark

Hint: The order of countries presented in the Olympics opening ceremony doesn't follow the English Alphabet.

Pita Taufatofua makes an entrance during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Taufatofua competed in taekwondo and cross-country skiing, but he's most famous for carrying the flag of Tonga for three consecutive Games, stealing the

Tongan flag bearer Pita Taufatofua is skipping the Games to focus on volcano relief

3:06pm February 04, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Taufatofua made headlines as Tonga's bare-chested flag bearer at the last three opening ceremonies. He's missing the 2022 Games to help his country recover from January's deadly tsunami.

The team from the United States arrives during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing.

World News

These are the largest teams competing at the Winter Olympics

11:16am February 04, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

More than 220 athletes will represent the United States at the Olympics in Beijing, making it the largest delegation at the Games. Other large teams include China and the Russian Olympic Committee.

Nathan Chen of the United States wraps his performance in the men's single skating short program team event during the 2022 Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium on Friday.

Figure skater Nathan Chen kicks off redemptive Beijing Olympics with a bang

7:22am February 04, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Chen's showing at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing clenches a season-best international score and helps put U.S. figure skating on top in the team event.

Team USA at a Biathlon Training Session ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on January 31, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China

U.S. biathletes focus on process in their quest for a first-ever Olympic medal

2:40am February 04, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The U.S. Biathlon team has never won an Olympic medal — the only U.S. athletes not to do so. New innovations may lead to a medal finish in the combined cross-country skiing and target shooting event.

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People walk past the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2021. Exactly a year later, it is hosting the opening ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Winter Olympics start Friday. Here's how to follow along

4:45pm February 03, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The 2022 Olympics kick off in Beijing on Friday. Here's how to watch the opening ceremony and follow NPR's coverage for the next two weeks.