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National and International 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

4th place can't spoil White's Olympic goodbye: 'I'm not sad'

4th place can't spoil White's Olympic goodbye: 'I'm not sad'

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White bent down to one knee, set his snowboard on its edge and raised his left hand toward the sky.
Marie-Michele Gagnon top Canadian in women's super-G at Beijing Olympics

Marie-Michele Gagnon top Canadian in women's super-G at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — Under normal circumstances, Marie-Michele Gagnon would be disappointed after placing 14th at an Olympics. Not this time.
Dance Dominance: Montreal school keeps producing Olympians

Dance Dominance: Montreal school keeps producing Olympians

BEIJING (AP) — After missing out on the U.S. figure skating team four years ago in Pyeongchang, Kaitlin Hawayak and Jean-Luc Baker made a brutally difficult but carefully crafted decision that they hoped would land them in the Beijing Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 9th in super-G in 3rd Olympic race

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 9th in super-G in 3rd Olympic race

BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a time way out of medal contention — but for the first time in three races at the 2022 Games, she made it to the finish.
Narracott on cusp of Australia's 1st Olympic sliding medal

Narracott on cusp of Australia's 1st Olympic sliding medal

BEIJING (AP) — The last time Australia won an Olympic medal in a sliding sport? That would be never. Never even been close, with the country’s best result in any bobsled, skeleton or luge race being a 10th-place showing in 2010.
Narracott on cusp of Australia's 1st Olympic sliding medal

Narracott on cusp of Australia's 1st Olympic sliding medal

BEIJING (AP) — The last time Australia won an Olympic medal in a sliding sport? That would be never. Never even been close, with the country’s best result in any bobsled, skeleton or luge race being a 10th-place showing in 2010.
Dining options closed in hotel complex at Beijing Olympics due to COVID concerns

Dining options closed in hotel complex at Beijing Olympics due to COVID concerns

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — The dining options at a Beijing Olympics hotel have been halved due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims

EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims

BEIJING (AP) — To stage the Winter Games in the Chinese capital, organizers embarked on a massive public works campaign, constructing new venues and piping millions of gallons of water up into the arid surrounding mountains to create fake snow for sk
Home of the huge: China has long history of going really big

Home of the huge: China has long history of going really big

BEIJING (AP) — Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City. The Great Wall. The Three Gorges Dam. Dozens of high-end malls in Beijing.
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Local fans allowed inside Olympic bubble

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Local fans allowed inside Olympic bubble

BEIJING (AP) — Some local fans are getting to watch the Beijing Games in person, though it’s not clear exactly how they were selected for a visit inside the tightly controlled Olympic bubble.
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