Tag: Beijing 2022 Olympics

Corruption Investigations in Chinese Sports Cast Doubt on Eileen Gu’s Contract Renewal

Eileen Gu, the freestyle skiing champion at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has recently become a hot topic on the Chinese internet since her contract with the Chinese team has expired. Gu’s contract renewal is put on hold due to ongoing corruption investigations in Chinese sports. Hu Guangyu, the former deputy director of China’s General…


RUSADA Files CAS Appeal Seeking ‘Appropriate Consequences’ for Valieva

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has performed an about-turn in the case of Kamila Valieva and asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to sanction the figure skater and set aside a ruling from RUSADA’s own disciplinary tribunal. Sport’s highest court said on Friday that RUSADA had lodged an appeal seeking a ruling that…


RUSADA Rules Figure Skater Valieva Did Not Commit Doping Offence: WADA

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test has ruled that the teenager was not guilty of any doping infraction, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday. WADA said in a statement that RUSADA had determined that although Valieva had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore “no…


RUSADA Rules Figure Skater Valieva Did Not Commit Doping Offense: WADA

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test has ruled that the teenager was not guilty of any doping infraction, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday. WADA said in a statement that RUSADA had determined that although Valieva had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore “no…


Beijing Hired ‘Real Housewives’ Star, Paralympian, TikTok Influencers to Boost Winter Olympics

A “Real Housewives” star, a Paralympian, and a top TikTok celebrity are among social media influencers the Chinese regime financed to help boost the image of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the minds of millions in the United States and elsewhere, new Justice Department records show. The social media posts promoting Beijing’s narrative on the…


Beijing Hired ‘Real Housewives’ Star, Paralympian, TikTok Influencers to Boost Winter Olympics in US

A “Real Housewives” star, a Paralympian, and a top TikTok celebrity are among social media influencers the Chinese regime financed to help boost the image of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the minds of millions in the United States and elsewhere, new Justice Department records show. The social media posts promoting Beijing’s narrative on the…


Beijing Hired Prominent American Influencers to Boost Winter Olympics in US

A “Real Housewives” star, a Paralympian, and a top TikTok celebrity are among social media influencers the Chinese regime financed to help boost the image of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the minds of millions in the United States and elsewhere, new Justice Department records show. The social media posts promoting Beijing’s narrative on the…


US Athlete’s Family Surveilled by CCP Agents Prior to Beijing Olympics

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged five Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents with spying on, harassing, and smearing Chinese dissidents on behalf of the Chinese secret service. One of the men was a non-Chinese national, Matthew Ziburis, who was assigned to spy on U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father, Arthur Liu….


Ukrainian Athletes Sweep the Podium at Beijing Winter Paralympics, Finishing Second in Medal Count

Ukrainian Paralympic athletes have pushed through their fears and won their biggest haul of gold medals in Beijing as a crisis unfolds at home. The 2022 Winter Paralympic Games just ended in Beijing. The Ukrainian team stole the show by finishing second in the medal count, winning a record 29 medals, including 11 golds. Ukraine…


Friars Tote First Top Seed as Big East Hits Big 4-0 at MSG

NEW YORK—For the past four decades, the Providence Friars have been coming to Madison Square Garden to play the Big East Tournament. But in a sense, they’ve never really been here before. Not as the No. 1 seed, anyway. As the conference celebrates 40 years at “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” the 11th-ranked Friars enter…