Category: Beijing 2022 Olympics

World Anti-Doping Agency Warns Athletes Over Contaminated Chinese Meat Ahead of Beijing 2022

Olympic athletes must “exercise extreme caution” as they eat Chinese meat, which can be contaminated with the prohibited substance clenbuterol, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) warned last week. A WADA spokesperson said its guidelines for traveling athletes to “only to eat at places given the all-clear by event organizers” in countries such as China remained…


China Cancels Olympic Ticket Sales After Omicron Cases Found in Beijing

Beijing Olympic Organizers on Jan. 17 stopped selling tickets to the general public after the city reported its first case of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19. Tickets will only be distributed to a selected group of spectators for the Winter Games taking place from Feb. 4, according to an announcement posted on the…


To Protest CCP Abuses, US Athletes Should Not Participate in Beijing Winter Olympics: Reggie Littlejohn

The president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and co-founder of the genocidegames.org taskforce, Reggie Littlejohn, said she wants the U.S. Olympic Committee to urge U.S. athletes not to attend the 2022 Games in Beijing for their own protection and to stand against the various human rights abuses perpetrated by the CCP. “What’s the Chinese Communist…


To Protest CCP Abuses, US Athletes Shouldn’t Participate in Beijing Winter Olympics: Reggie Littlejohn

The president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and co-founder of the GenocideGames.org taskforce, Reggie Littlejohn, said she wants the U.S. Olympic Committee to urge U.S. athletes not to attend the 2022 Games in Beijing for their own protection and to stand against the various human rights abuses perpetrated by the CCP. “What’s the Chinese Communist…


US Athletes Should Boycott Beijing Olympics in Protest of CCP’s Abuses: Rights Advocate

The president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and co-founder of the GenocideGames.org taskforce, Reggie Littlejohn, said she wants the U.S. Olympic Committee to urge U.S. athletes not to attend the 2022 Games in Beijing for their own protection and to stand against the various human rights abuses perpetrated by the CCP. “What’s the Chinese Communist…


US Lawmakers Seek Proof From Olympic Committee That Uniforms Will Not Be Made Using Forced Labor

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for assurances that uniforms for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Games are not made using forced labor, according to a Jan. 12 letter (pdf). The Congressional-Executive Commission on China asked IOC President Thomas Bach for further information about its contracts with uniform supplier Anta…


Dutch Athletes Warned to Keep Phones and Laptops out of China: Media

AMSTERDAM—Dutch athletes competing in next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics will need to leave their phones and laptops at home in an unprecedented move to avoid Chinese espionage, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on Tuesday. The urgent advice to athletes and supporting staff to not bring any personal devices to China was part of a set…


Speed Skating-American Jackson Olympic-Bound After Friend Gives Up Spot

American speed skater Erin Jackson’s dream of chasing gold in her signature 500 meters event at next month’s Beijing Olympics is back on after a selfless act from a good friend and teammate who gave up her own spot on Sunday. Jackson, who is ranked number one in the world in the 500 meters, slipped…


Global Imams Council Bans Muslims From Attending Beijing Winter Olympics

The Global Imams Council (GIC) of Muslim faith leaders on Dec. 30 banned followers of Islam from participating in and attending the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing the oppression of Uyghurs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The GIC is the world’s first and largest transnational non-governmental body of Muslim religious leaders from all Islamic denominations and…


US Olympic Skier Shiffrin Tests Positive for COVID-19

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away. “I wanted to let you all know that I’m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive COVID test,” the American wrote on her social media accounts Monday. “I’m following protocol…