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National and International 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Nearly 80% of US Olympians signed up for opening ceremony

Nearly 80% of US Olympians signed up for opening ceremony

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — About 80% of the U.S. team’s athletes signed up to go to Friday’s opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics, dimming any notion that they would skip the celebration in a show of protest. The U.S.
Russians win in women's hockey after quarantine at Olympics

Russians win in women's hockey after quarantine at Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — The Russian women's hockey team has gone from quarantine to an Olympic win in two days.
EXPLAINER: Why India won't send diplomat to China Olympics

EXPLAINER: Why India won't send diplomat to China Olympics

NEW DELHI (AP) — India won’t be sending its top diplomat in Beijing to the Winter Olympics after the honor of carrying the Olympic torch went to a Chinese soldier wounded in a deadly border clash between the countries two years ago.
Going big: Olympic slopestyle course has its own Great Wall

Going big: Olympic slopestyle course has its own Great Wall

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Two-time defending Olympic champion Jamie Anderson and her fellow snowboarders will soon be riding right past the Great Wall — a snow replica of it, anyway.
'Nothing is impossible': Injured Polish luger makes Olympics

'Nothing is impossible': Injured Polish luger makes Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Polish luge athlete Mateusz Sochowicz went back to the Peking University hospital this week, entering the facility for the second time this season. The first trip was so doctors could tend to his badly injured legs.
Olympics a sweet, complex homecoming for Chinese diaspora

Olympics a sweet, complex homecoming for Chinese diaspora

BEIJING (AP) — When Madison Chock looks outside here in the Chinese capital, the U.S. Olympic ice dancer sees glimpses of herself.
EXPLAINER: Biathlon combines physical demands, mental calm

EXPLAINER: Biathlon combines physical demands, mental calm

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — One analogy often used to describe how it feels to compete in a biathlon race goes like this: “Run up 20 flights of stairs as fast as you can and then try to thread a needle.
Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics

Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — When the artist Ai Weiwei was picked to help design Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics, he hoped the Games and the venue's distinct architecture — the instantly recognizable weave of curving steel beams — would
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