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Kamila Valieva skates during the women single skating free skating team event. She is the first woman to land a quad jump in Olympic history.

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At 15, Kamila Valieva just became the 1st woman to land a quad in Olympic history

1:11pm February 07, 2022

by Nell Clark

The teenage Russian athlete landed one of the hardest jumps in figure skating — one that is so difficult, no other woman ever performed it at an Olympics before — and then she did it a second time.

Taffy Abel was the 1924 Olympic USA Flag Bearer in Chamonix, France.

Taffy Abel medaled in the 1924 Olympics. Few knew of his Indigenous heritage

11:28am February 07, 2022

by Troy Oppie

At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, hockey player Taffy Abel became the first Indigenous athlete to carry the flag at the Olympics — and, days later, to medal.

A skier takes a selfie on a course covered with artificial snow at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing.

No snow? No problem. How Beijing made the white stuff in time for the Olympics

8:12am February 07, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Beijing Games are just the latest winter sporting event to use nearly all human-made snow for competitions. Winter sports experts say this is just the new reality.

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It's been a tough start at the Olympics for some U.S. athletes in Beijing

6:35am February 07, 2022

Many Olympic athletes competing in Beijing face tracks and terrain they've never competed on before because of COVID-19 limitations. They are scrambling to learn the turf during test runs.

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This combination of file photos shows tennis player Peng Shuai of China (L) during her women's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in 2017; and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli (R) during a visit to Russia in 2015

Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star, denies sexual assault by government leader

11:33pm February 06, 2022

by Emily Feng

In a carefully-managed interview with a French magazine, Peng also said she was retiring from tennis and said her private life should not be brought up in politics or sport.

Mikaela Shiffrin falls during the women's giant slalom on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

U.S. ski champ Mikaela Shiffrin is out of Olympic giant slalom event after falling

9:44pm February 06, 2022

Shiffrin, known as the reigning queen of the slopes, fell in her first run in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics. It was the first time she did not finish a giant slalom race in four years.

Here's how the athletes did in the first weekend of the Winter Olympics

5:04pm February 06, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The 2022 Beijing Games are underway and already the drama is brewing from stellar performances on the ice rink — both figure skating and hockey — and on the slopes.

For many Native Americans, the Washington Commanders' new name offers some closure

12:07pm February 06, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Two women central to efforts to get the NFL team to drop its offensive name say the name change marks an end to a dark chapter that celebrated a harmful stereotype. And yet, their fight isn't over.

Norway's team, from left, Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Tarjei Boe, Tiril Eckhoff and Johannes Thingnes Boe celebrate their first place finish during the medal ceremony in the Biathlon Mixed Relay 4x6km event on Feb. 5, 2022 at the Beijing Olympics.

The first 2022 Winter Olympic medals have been awarded. Here's what they look like

10:51am February 06, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Beijing Olympic Committee organizers pulled from Chinese culture and relied on the 2008 medal design for the 2022 gold, silver, and bronze medallions.

A health worker collects swab samples to test for COVID-19 from a participant of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

No internet, bad food and dirty rooms: Olympic athletes struggle in COVID quarantine

6:03am February 06, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Olympic organizers scrambled to address major complaints from athletes isolating in Beijing due to positive COVID-19 tests.