Category: Beijing 2022 Olympics

Nathan Chen, US Lead Team Figure Skating at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING—It was supposed to be a foregone conclusion that Russia’s powerful stable of figure skaters, including world champions in three of the four disciplines, would run away with the team gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Nathan Chen and the rest of the Americans must have taken exception. The three-time world champ’s winning short program…


Beijing 2022 Olympics: Belgian Skeleton Star Protests Continued Isolation

Belgian skeleton star Kim Meylemans updated on Feb. 3 that after the IOC’s involvement, she was finally given a room at the Beijing Olympic Village. The 25-year-old cried on social media on Feb. 2 as she explained that she was in an isolation facility after being quarantined for three days despite a number of negative…


Beijing 2022 Olympics: Belgian Skeleton Racer Moved to Olympic Village After Emotional Plea While in COVID Isolation

Belgian skeleton star Kim Meylemans, in a tearful social media video on Feb. 2, said she was placed in isolation after being quarantined for three days despite a number of negative COVID-19 tests, and worried that she couldn’t participate in the competition. The 25-year-old provided an update on Feb. 3, saying that after the IOC’s involvement, she…


Japan’s Yoshika to Return Home after Slopestyle Crash

ZHANGJIAKOU, China—Japanese snowboarder Rina Yoshika suffered a heavy fall in training on the slopestyle course at the Genting Snow Park on Thursday and will return home, a Team Japan spokesperson said in a statement. Yoshika crash-landed from one of the jumps during a practice run and lay motionless before a medical team rushed to help….


Australian Human Rights Groups Rally to Call for Boycott of the ‘Genocide Games’

The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on the evening of Feb. 4 amidst a wave of international boycotts, with a number of Australian human rights groups joining together to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued human rights violations. Human rights activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, and mainland China held a rally at…


Skeleton Medalist Out of Beijing Olympics With Virus

MOSCOW—Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus and other athletes are also in doubt, Russian officials said Monday. “Yesterday it became clear that there was no longer a chance of making it,” Tregubov wrote on Instagram. He said he felt…


German Figure Skater Seegert Tests Positive for COVID-19

BEIJING—German figure skater Nolan Seegert’s participation at the Beijing Olympic Games is in doubt after he tested positive for COVID-19, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Wednesday. Seegert, who competes in pairs with Minerva Fabienne Hase, does not have any symptoms and is isolating in a hotel room. “There is currently a confirmed…


FBI Urges Athletes to Avoid Using Personal Phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The FBI on Monday urged athletes not to use personal phones at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will begin on Friday, citing the risk of “malicious cyber activities.” “The FBI urges all athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and use a temporary phone while at the Games,” the FBI said in…


Beijing Isolates Foreign Olympic Athletes and Officials After COVID Testing

Over 200 foreign athletes, officials, and related personnel who went to China for the Winter Olympics have been isolated by the Chinese regime on Feb. 1. There’s little chance that these people can attend the Games due to Beijing’s “COVID-Zero” policy. Beijing tests all athletes, officials, and related personnel every day, according to the regime’s…


Taiwan Changes Decision to Participate in Beijing Olympics Ceremonies After Getting ‘Several Notices’

Taiwan has acceded to the International Olympic Committee’s demands to have delegations take part in the Beijing Winter Olympics ceremonies, following “several notices” over the country’s withdrawal from the ceremonies, its Olympic Committee said on Monday. Taiwan had previously said that its 15-member athletic delegation, which includes athletes and coaches, will not be attending the…