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Victory Ceremony - Snowboard - Mixed Team Snowboard Cross

World Feb 18

Snowboarder Nick Baumgartner discusses winning gold at the Winter Olympics

By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris

World Feb 18

Figure Skating - Women Single Skating - Free Skating
After fraught end to Olympic figure skating final, some call for raising age limit

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games.

By Dave Skretta, Associated Press

World Feb 14

Figure Skating - Training
Russian skater in doping case can compete, but Olympic medal ceremony won’t be held

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

By James Ellingworth, Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

World Feb 11

Silver medallist Ohno of the U.S. celebrates during the medal ceremony for the men's 1500 metres short track speed skating...
Watch 8:05
Olympic great Apolo Ohno on this year’s ‘unprecedented’ Winter Games

We are near the midpoint of the Winter Olympics, one of the stranger and more controversial Games, given the advent of COVID and China's record on human rights. Even so, athletes are trying to compete under enormous pressure at the…

By Amna Nawaz

World Feb 08

Victory Ceremony - Freestyle Skiing - Women's Freeski Big Air
Eileen Gu and Zhu Yi, both American-born athletes competing for China in the Olympics, polarize Chinese social media

Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics.

By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

Jan 28

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Olympian skier Lindsey Vonn on what drove her success, and the ‘heavy price’ of her career

The Beijing Winter Olympics are a week away. Judy Woodruff talks about the upcoming games with Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic gold medal-winning Alpine skier. She holds four overall World Cup titles, and is one of only six women to have…

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Jan 27

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Jamaica’s bobsled team qualifies for Winter Olympics for the first time in 24 years

Viewers may remember the unlikely but true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that made it to the Olympics. It was a feat popularized in the 1993 film, "Cool Runnings." Now, Jamaica's bobsled team is back at it again. Lucy…

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Jan 19

Beijing residents disappointed Olympics will be closed event

By Associated Press

With just over two weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, residents of the Chinese capital are disappointed at not being able to attend events because of coronavirus restrictions.

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Dec 06

U.S. plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses.

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Jun 24

Italy chosen to host the 2026 Winter Olympics

By Graham Dunbar, Daniella Matar, Associated Press

International Olympic Committee members voted for the long-favored Milan-Cortina bid over Stockholm-Are from Sweden.

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