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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva reacts in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing.

The Olympics will begin awarding medals to runner-ups after the Kamila Valieva ban

8:27am January 30, 2024

by Ayana Archie

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, violated doping rules during the 2022 Winter Olympics and temporarily banned her from international competition.

China's politics — not sports — spill out during heated Olympic news conference

3:48am February 17, 2022

by Emily Feng

Each day the International Olympic Committee holds a press conference to answer a variety of press questions. Today, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Games interjected several times to defend China.

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the Women Single Skating Short Program on day eleven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 15, 2022 in Beijing, China.

In the midst of scandal, 3 Russian figure skaters hope to elevate their sport

4:17pm February 16, 2022

by Tom Goldman

A triple jump used to be the gold standard in figure skating. Now it's the quad. For the first time at an Olympics, a woman — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva — landed a quad in competition.

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Norway's Therese Johaug gestures as she wins the women's skiathlon 2x7,5km event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on February 5, 2022.

Norway is dominating the Winter Olympics. What's its gold medal secret?

3:55am February 16, 2022

by Brian Mann

With a population roughly equal to Minnesota, Norway is a global superpower in winter sports. The Scandinavian country leads in Beijing by a lot - both in golds and total overall medals.

The mascot of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Bing Dwen Dwen, made his debut in 2019 at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing.

A fluffy panda mascot is all the rage at the Winter Olympics

10:39am February 09, 2022

by Emily Feng

The stuffed animal version of mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has become so sought after that people are camping overnight to buy it in Beijing.

Tara Geraghty-Moats, from the U.S., soars through the air during a trial round at the Gundersen Nordic combined jumping event at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Feb. 27, 2021.

Nordic combined remains the only Winter Olympic sport women can't compete in

6:47am February 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Organizers of the Beijing Olympics are touting greater gender equity at this year's Games, but Nordic combined remains the only event not open to women.

A firework display is seen during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium on Friday.

The Winter Games have begun. See photos and highlights from the opening ceremony

11:58am February 04, 2022

The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. The city has made history as the first to host both the Summer and Winter Games.

Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaysha Love of USA look on after competing in the two-woman bobsled. Meyers Taylor recently tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating in Beijing.

Third U.S. Olympic bobsledder tests positive for COVID-19 before Beijing Games

8:04am February 01, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

37-year-old Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist, announced on Twitter that she tested positive for COVID-19 two days after arriving in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games.

A child practices ice hockey near the Beijing Olympics Tower in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

China is using the Beijing Olympics to push a winter sports boom

1:51am January 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The ruling Communist Party is using the Games to promote winter sports, many of which are new to most Chinese, for fitness and business opportunities.

Rosie Brennan of the United States competes in a Tour de Ski, women's 10-kilometer freestyle, interval start cross-country ski event, in Dobbiaco (Toblach), Italy, on Jan. 5, 2021. She is planning to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month.

Could the world become too warm to hold Winter Olympics?

7:16pm January 21, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

If nations don't address high greenhouse gas emissions, by the 2080s, all but one of the 21 cities that previously hosted the Winter Games would be able to do so again, a new study has found.

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