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American-Born Olympic Skier Defends Decision to Compete for China
Gu Ailing Eileen of China reacts after her run in the women’s freestyle skiing freeski big air at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China, February 8, 2022, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters) American-born skier Eileen Gu defended
U.S. women’s hockey takes home Olympic silver after losing to rival team Canada
Jumping to an early lead that they never lost, Canada’s women’s hockey team defeated the U.S. 3-2 for the gold medal at the Beijing Games on Thursday. The U.S. women will go home with the silver after the loss. Canada
Cross-Country Skier’s Wrong Turn Costs Him Olympic Gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) ― Norwegian favorite Jarl Magnus Riiber took the wrong turn early in the 10K cross-country race at the Olympics, a little more than 24 hours after coming out of isolation, and two teammates took advantage. “Maybe it’s
Chloe Kim Makes Olympic History With Halfpipe Gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — No way was snowboarder Chloe Kim taking an easy ride down the halfpipe for her victory lap on her third and final run. Not with the perfect stage — and the pressure off — to see
U.S.-Born Skier Eileen Gu Wins Olympic Gold For China
BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu amassed an army of cynics when she spurned Team USA to represent China at the Beijing Games. Moments after the biggest run of her life, the 18-year-old freestyle skiing prodigy was asked about her status
U.S. Ambassador: China Trying to ‘Distract’ from Human-Rights Abuses by Choosing Uyghur for Olympic Opening Ceremony
The Chinese flag is raised during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China, February 4, 2022. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that China’s decision to prominently include a Uyghur athlete
U.N., WHO Chiefs Celebrate Beijing’s Olympic Propaganda
Platitudes about ‘peace’ and ‘mutual respect’ abound — but not a word about genocide. Editor’s note: If you value reporting like this, we hope you will support our campaign to counterprogram Chinese propaganda during the Olympic Games. More here. NRPLUS
International Olympic Committee Says Its President Spoke with Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai
China’s Peng Shuai at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, January 21, 2021. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) International Olympic Committee officials held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, weeks after she disappeared from public view, the IOC announced on
Mendoza presented an award to Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas
The president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, met with the Olympic medalist, Yulimar Rojas, on Monday in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, to deliver a recognition on behalf of the pioneer organization and talk a about
U.S. Women’s Basketball Rolls Past Serbia to Olympic Final
TOKYO — The U.S. women’s basketball team has many advantages during the Olympic tournament, including a coterie of W.N.B.A. stars that seem to have a lot of chemistry. But one of the most important could be that several of them
Nevin Harrison Goes for Rare Olympic Medal in Canoeing
TOKYO — When Nevin Harrison first tried canoe racing at age 12, becoming an Olympian was not the first thing on her mind. Staying out of the water was. By age 17, she was going fast enough to be a
Ryan Crouser Set a New Olympic Record, Again
Ryan Crouser, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, gave track and field fans a glimpse in June of what to expect at the Tokyo Games. On his fourth throw of the evening during the U.S. Olympic trials, he shattered the world
Why India Struggles to Win Olympic Gold Medals
TOKYO — On Wednesday, in a sumo wrestling hall where women are not normally allowed to enter the ring, Lovlina Borgohain punched for all the girls out there. She jabbed for her far-flung home state of Assam, known for its
Outside the Olympic Cocoon, a Tokyo Abuzz Only With Cicadas
TOKYO — Outside the Olympic bubble is a city that does not want us. Like many of the tens of thousands of people visiting Tokyo for the Games, I am in a permeable cocoon that is supposed to keep me