The selection of Beijing as the 2022 Winter Games host is like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rewarding the Chinese regime for bad behavior on human rights, former U.S. champion figure skater Adam Rippon said. Rights groups have long criticized the IOC for awarding the Feb. 4–20 Games to China, citing its treatment of Uyghurs…
Beijing Games Are Like IOC’s Reward to China for Bad Behaviour: Rippon
Beijing Games Are Like IOC’s Reward to China for Bad Behavior: Rippon
The selection of Beijing as the 2022 Winter Games host is like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rewarding the Chinese regime for bad behavior on human rights, former U.S. champion figure skater Adam Rippon said. Rights groups have long criticized the IOC for awarding the Feb. 4–20 Games to China, citing its treatment of Uyghurs…
Papua New Guinean PM Tests Positive to COVID-19 During Trip to Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony
February 6, 2022
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Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arriving in Beijing on Feb. 3 for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games. His office revealed on Feb. 6, that the prime minister will not travel to France the following week for the Indo-Pacific summit, where he was slated to meet…
‘Shame on the IOC’: China Should Not Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says
February 6, 2022
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Olympic Games in China, said Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…
‘Shame on the IOC’: China Shouldn’t Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says
February 6, 2022
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Winter Olympic Games, according to Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…
‘I Cry Every Day’: Olympians Blast Conditions at Beijing’s Quarantine Hotels
February 5, 2022
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Winter Olympic athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 are having enough of Beijing’s quarantine hotels. “My stomach hurts, I’m very pale and I have huge black circles around my eyes. I want all this to end. I cry every day. I’m very tired,” said Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova on Instagram from one of the hotels….
The Last Run: White Says Olympics Will Be His Final Contest
February 5, 2022
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China—This really is it for Shaun White. The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics, they’ll mark his final contest, too. During a reflective, sometimes emotional news conference Saturday, not far from the halfpipe where he’ll take his last competitive ride, the 35-year-old said…
Men’s Downhill Highlights First Day of Olympic Medals
BEIJING—The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men’s downhill—one of the marquee events of NBC’s prime-time coverage Saturday—and fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug looks poised to add to the three Olympic medals she’s already won in…
A Hug, a Wave, a Big Win for American Mixed Doubles Curlers
BEIJING—American mixed doubles curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys survived an extra end against Sweden for a much-needed victory in the Olympics on Friday, quickly hugged and then found two friendly faces to wave to in a far corner of the eerily quiet and mostly empty Ice Cube. Masked faces, of course, but definitely friendly…
Melbourne Car Parade to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
February 4, 2022
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Around 20 vehicles took to the metropolitan Melbourne streets for a car parade to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in the Australian state of Victoria on Feb. 4 just hours before the opening ceremony kicked off. The protest was led by the Uyghur Association of Victoria but included activists from the Tibetan community,…
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