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2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022
Eileen Gu soars to gold in halfpipe to claim third medal of Games
Gu, who has become the popular face of the Beijing Games, was in full command of the contest from the start.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022
Miho Takagi praises team after capping grueling Beijing Olympic schedule with gold in 1,000
Takagi won a medal in all but one of the five events she competed in at the Beijing Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022
Kaori Sakamoto eyeing quad jumps as way to keep up with Russians
Kaori Sakamoto is feeling the pressure to do quadruple jumps as more Russian skaters successfully land them.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022
Beijing got all ready for Olympic curling. But about the ice …
The ice makers of Olympic curling are part physicist, part meteorologist, part engineer. They know that creating a stage for a world-class event is all about the process.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022
Kaori Sakamoto wins figure skating bronze ahead of ROC's Valieva
The competition was overshadowed by the doping controversy involving the ROC's Kamila Valieva, who dropped to fourth overall following a mistake-riddled free skate.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Japan wins Nordic combined relay bronze at Beijing Olympics
A strong finish by an athlete better known for jumping than skiing secured third place and Japan's first podium finish in the event since winning gold in 1992 and 1994.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Japan curlers advance to semis despite loss to Swiss
Japan advanced to the Beijing Winter Olympic women's curling semifinals Thursday despite losing 8-4 to Switzerland in its last preliminary round game.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Miho Takagi wins women's 1,000 in record time to collect fourth medal of Beijing Olympics
Takagi finally won gold after earning three silver medals at the 2022 Winter Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
'Team Riku-Ryu' hoping to reach rarefied air for Japan in Olympic pairs competition
'Miura and Kihara, the true stars of pairs skating this season,' tweeted Meagan Duhamel, who helped Canada win gold in the team event in 2018.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Japan's Olympians connect with fans in 'video calls'
Olympic fans are being given a chance to connect virtually "one-on-one" with their favorite winter sports athletes through short simulated video calls posted on social media by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2022
Beijing Olympics reports no new COVID-19 cases for the first time
'The daily COVID cases are falling, thanks to everyone strictly following the COVID prevention measures,' said Huang Chun, a top virus-control official.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Japan and U.S. teams may receive torches instead of medals while Kamila Valieva's doping case remains open
The torches are seen as placeholder gifts for the figure skaters who will leave the Olympics without their medals.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Adam Rippon calls Kamila Valieva ruling 'slap in the face' to clean athletes
'This situation is super unfortunate and it's also unprecedented that someone with a failed doping test is allowed to compete in the Games,' Rippon said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
China’s gamble on a new Olympic strategy pays off in gold medals
China's most successful Winter Olympics team ever is a motley lineup that includes the son of hockey legend Chris Chelios, a former child actor and a Louis Vuitton model.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
The Olympians caught up in the U.S.-China rivalry
American athletes of Chinese descent at the Games are targets of patriotic and even nationalistic sentiment from both countries: sometimes adoring, sometimes hostile.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
With indoor ski resorts and curling schools, China lifts Xi’s sports dream
China said it succeeded on a vow by Xi Jinping, the country's top leader, to nurture millions of winter sports enthusiasts. But will the interest last after the Winter Games end?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
Chinese viewers flock to Olympics even as the world tunes out
With Chinese fans largely shut out from attending the Winter Games, local fans have resorted to watching the events on state broadcaster China Central Television and the internet.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
France's Clement Noel conquers 'Ice River' to win men's slalom gold
The 24-year-old, who finished just off the podium four years ago in Pyeongchang, became the third French skier in history to win slalom gold at the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
Competing in the Winter Games, without a snowball’s chance
Some competitors have been able to make it to the Olympics in part because of a change in qualifying criteria aimed at producing a more diverse field — a change that has garnered scrutiny.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
Nigerian bobsled racer says discrimination cost her spot in Beijing
An 'insidious and willful gender disparity' prevented Pyeongchang 2018 participant Simidele Adeagbo from competing in the ongoing Winter Games, her lawyers wrote.

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