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Stars on Ice back after pandemic with Olympic, world champs

Editorial Bureau April 15, 2022

When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years. Spicing up the tour: an Olympic gold medalist and two world champions. The 24-city tour was idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns with Beijing winner Nathan Chen and pairs

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IOC President writes to Olympic Movement regarding humanitarian assistance for the Olympic Community of Ukraine

Editorial Bureau March 8, 2022

The IOC President, Thomas Bach, today wrote a letter to the Olympic Movement, setting out information on the next steps to provide humanitarian assistance for the Olympic Community in Ukraine. Dear colleagues, In response to the continued humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, the IOC and the NOC of Ukraine have been overwhelmed with an outpouring of solidarity […]

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China’s Fast Train, an Olympic Highlight

Editorial Bureau February 19, 2022

We hurtle past rows of new apartment blocks on the outskirts of Beijing. The train glides into a tunnel 1,400 feet beneath the Great Wall of China, and emerges onto a plain where the 110-foot-long blades of hundreds of wind turbines tower over rows of newly planted pines. This is the passing panorama on the […]

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It’s showtime: Hanyu Yuzuru hits the ice in Beijing

Editorial Bureau February 7, 2022

It’s where Hanyu Yuzuru belongs. On the ice that is, as the double Olympic figure skating champion went through his first practice at Beijing 2022 on Monday (7 February), saying he was happy with his form on the eve of the short programme. “I feel like I’ve put in the work I need to”, Hanyu said, speaking for the […]

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The Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay Held at the Summer Palace on 4 February

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

On 4 February, the Beijing 2022 Olympic torch was passed across the Summer Palace by about 97 torchbearers over a total distance of 6.182 kilometres. The torchbearers in uniforms featuring red and yellow patterns carried the torch amid the lakes and historical buildings and sites in the Summer Palace, which is a masterpiece of Chinese […]

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Moguls skiing: Everything you wanted to know and more

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

Moguls often has fans of the Olympic Winter Games scratching their heads. How did this intriguing freestyle skiing event come into being, what are the rules, and why is Mikaël Kingsbury so good at it? Of all the mindboggling events that make up the discipline of freestyle skiing at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, moguls is perhaps the

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Kiwi prodigies Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous on the cusp of historic runs

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

No longer teenagers or underdogs, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous are poised to win New Zealand’s first gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games. Heading into Beijing 2022 they will carry the weight of expectations on their young shoulders. Four years ago, the pair broke the country’s 26-year medal drought in PyeongChang 2018, where they took […]

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Freeskier Eileen Gu Will Compete for China in the Olympics

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

Gu has impressed Chinese fans with her successes, charmed them with her knowledge of Chinese culture and endeared herself with her strong Beijing accent. Rumors have percolated that she might carry the Olympic torch. She did so in a Chinese promotional short film that reportedly had 100 million views in two days. At the end, […]

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Chris Mazdzer: Dancing with the Stars gave me a different mindset

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

Team USA luge star Chris Mazdzer has competed in three Olympic Games. However, an experience completely away from the Olympic spotlight is what could perhaps help to bring him his first gold medal at Beijing 2022: learning how to dance in front of millions of people. Mazdzer took part in the 26th season of Dancing with the Stars in U.S.

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Olympic records to be broken at Beijing 2022

Editorial Bureau February 4, 2022

Among the thousands of athletes set to compete at Beijing 2022 are several serial Olympic Winter Games stars who are seeking to extend their record-breaking performances. From Ester Ledecka to Shaun White, here’s a selection of those aiming to create history from 4 – 20 February. Hanyu Yuzuru (JPN): Figure skating The Japanese athlete became […]