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BEIJING

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 23, 2021
Japan draws No. 1 Sweden for first match of women's curling campaign at Beijing Games
The Japanese women's national curling team will open its Beijing 2022 campaign against defending champion and world No. 1 Sweden, according to the Olympic curling draws that were unveiled Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Dec 23, 2021
NHL pulls players out of Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19
The decision comes as a huge disappointment for NHL players, who had negotiated a return to the Olympics into the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 22, 2021
Linked by hometowns, Yuzuru Hanyu inspires next-generation talent Mone Chiba
The Tohoku High School student grew up idolizing Hanyu and has had several opportunities to interact with her childhood hero at their home rink in Sendai.
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Dec 22, 2021
NHL players expected to skip Beijing Olympics
The decision could give the league additional flexibility as it tries to reschedule regular season games as it is expected to announce more postponements.
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Dec 21, 2021
NHL will shut down early due to COVID rise
The major shutdown has prompted the league and the players' union to reopen discussions regarding the players' involvement in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 21, 2021
Japan's Rika Kihira set to miss Beijing Olympics with lingering ankle injury
Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan's two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's event, is set to return from an injury layoff, sources have said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021
With its human rights record in question, China turns to an old friend
Perhaps no international organization has a more symbiotic relationship with Beijing than the IOC.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 19, 2021
Japan's curlers punch ticket for Beijing Games
Japan secured a spot in the Beijing Olympics' women's curling tournament as Loco Solare beat South Korea's team 8-5 in Friday's playoffs at the Olympic qualification event.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2021
China envoy urges Japan not to join diplomatic boycott of Olympics
Japan, a close U.S. ally that relies heavily on China in economic terms, is considering not sending Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Olympics, according to government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2021
Japan's Kishida says he doesn't plan to attend Beijing Olympics
The prime minister's remarks in parliament came after the United States announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games amid rising criticism of China's human rights record.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 14, 2021
Paris 2024 floats openness after two closed-door Olympics
The organizing committee said it planned to send more than 10,000 Olympians down the Seine in a parade of some 160 boats instead of having a traditional march into the Olympic Stadium.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 14, 2021
No regrets in awarding Olympic Games to China, IOC's Dick Pound says
The United States, Canada, Britain and Australia are among the countries that recently announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Games over the China's human rights record.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 12, 2021
Tibetan students chain themselves to Olympic rings to protest Beijing games
Members of the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) and Students for a Free Tibet held a sit-in at the IOC building in Lausanne as officials gathered for a meeting.
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Dec 11, 2021
Nao Kodaira second in women's 500 at speed skating World Cup
The 35-year-old 2018 Olympic gold medalist got off to a difficult start to her Olympic season but found her feet in the fourth and final meet of the 2021 World Cup.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 9, 2021
Snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi looks at big picture outside sports ahead of sixth Winter Olympics
Tomoka Takeuchi feels experience will be her biggest advantage over her rivals at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but years of daredevil downhill racing have also helped her develop a more rounded off-piste life perspective.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2021
U.K. and Canada join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Beijing would be aware of long-standing Western concerns about human rights in China.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Dec 9, 2021
Thomas Bach defends IOC's role in Peng Shuai case
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has defended the organization's handling of its contact with tennis player Peng Shuai, who disappeared from public view after making a sexual assault accusation against a powerful Chinese official.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 9, 2021
IOC welcomes support for Olympic teams despite growing diplomatic boycott
'We welcome that they (athletes) will be there, we welcome that they are supported by their national governments. The rest is politics,' IOC President Thomas Bach said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2021
Japan faces delicate balance over Beijing Olympics boycott
Tokyo is reportedly looking to send lower-level officials to the Winter Olympics, a far cry from when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 8, 2021
Australian athletes prepare for Beijing despite diplomatic boycott
The country's Olympic committee said in a statement it respected that 'diplomatic options' were a matter for governments and that politics and sport should be separated.

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