2022 Beijing Olympic Games
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with members of Russia's national team ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, via a videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
With tensions high, Russia aims for Olympic gold in Beijing

By James Ellingworth 13 hrs ago

An ice maker sprays water over a cutout of the Olympic rings while installing a sub-glacial Beijing 2022 logo on the track at the Yanqing National Sliding Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Slovenia snowboarder tests positive for virus in Beijing

13 hrs ago

FILE - Human right groups gather on the United Nations international Human Rights Day, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 in front of the Bank of China building in Taipei, Taiwan. Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the "genocide games." (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

15 hrs ago

Drew Pavlou, left, and Max Mok show some of the 1,000 shirts they plan to hand out to patrons ahead of Saturday's women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. As he was being ejected for wearing a shirt with a Where is Peng Shuai? slogan, Max Mok saw an opportunity to amplify the message at the Australian Open. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
Where is Peng Shuai? Australian Open T-shirts grab attention

By John Pye 20 hrs ago

Farmer-turned-ski coach Li Wei looks as ski enthusiasts take to the slope at the Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports. It's also creating new business opportunities. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China skis: Olympics brings on boom in winter sports

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FILE - Canada players and coaches sing the national anthem after being awarded their gold medals after they beat Sweden 3-0 in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Four years after walking away with a bronze medal after the NHL did not participate, Canada's team in Beijing has remnants of the ones that won gold in 2010 and 2014 and a roster that looks capable of doing it again. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Gold standard returns for Canada at Beijing Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Jan. 27, 2022 12:49 PM EST

FILE - Kunlun Red Star's Brandon Yip is shown during a Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey match against Russia club Amur Khabarovsk in Mytishchi, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Host China has finalized its roster for the men's hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics. The team includes a dozen players from North America. Some like forward Brandon Yip have Chinese ancestry. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
China finalizes men's hockey roster for Beijing Olympics

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2022 12:36 PM EST

FILE - Olympic workers in protective gear work at a credential validation desk at the Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Entering Beijing's Olympics bubble is a surreal experience

Jan. 27, 2022 06:01 AM EST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping tours the National Speed Skating Oval, a competition venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Competition for the Winter Olympics is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)
China spends billions on Olympics with longer-term goal

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 27, 2022 04:14 AM EST

A man wearing a hat baring an American flag and face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks by a masked security guard near lanterns decoration on the remnants of a city wall in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next month, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and its allies. The Foreign Ministry said Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday Beijing time. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China demands US halt Olympics 'interference'

Jan. 27, 2022 01:50 AM EST

FILE - A woman holds up a ligt candle and a phone showing the image of the 1989 tank man protester during a candle vigil to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, outside Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Friday, June 4, 2021. As Beijing prepares to hold the Winter Olympics opening in February 2022, China's president and party leader Xi Jinping appears firmly in control. The party has made political stability paramount and says that has been the foundation for the economic growth that has bettered lives and put the nation on a path to becoming a regional if not global power. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China's crackdowns defy critics

By Ken Moritsugu Jan. 27, 2022 12:20 AM EST

FILE - Norway's Heidi Weng celebrates on the podium after winning the women's Mass Start Free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, on Jan. 4, 2022. Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country team, Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvaa, have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics. They contracted COVID-19 at a training camp in the Italian Alpine resort of Seiser Alm and are now isolating. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)
Norwegian skiers, other Olympic hopefuls positive for virus

Jan. 26, 2022 06:06 AM EST

Residents wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus gather in line as they wait for a throat swab at a COVID-19 test site outside a residential housing block in Fengtai District in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Chinese capital reported an uptick more than dozen daily new COVID-19 cases as it began a third round of mass testing of millions of people Wednesday in the run-up to the Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China's Olympics COVID measures test residents' patience

By Ken Moritsugu Jan. 26, 2022 12:51 AM EST

FILE - Chinese authorities test fireworks ahead of the Aug 8 start of the Olympic Games on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Saturday, Aug 2, 2008. Richer, more heavily armed and openly confrontational, China has undergone history-making change since the last time it was an Olympic host in 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
China 2008 vs 2022: Richer, stronger, more confrontational

By Joe Mcdonald Jan. 25, 2022 11:08 PM EST

Germany's Linus Strasser celebrates after winningan alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Schladming, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Germany's Strasser wins last slalom before Beijing Olympics

Jan. 25, 2022 01:42 PM EST

Canada's Mason McTavish (23) and Czech Republic's Jiri Kulich (27) battle for the puck during third-period IIHF world junior hockey championship game action in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Staal, Power and Levi headline Canada's Olympic roster

By Stephen Whyno Jan. 25, 2022 11:40 AM EST

Russian skater Kolyada out of Olympics with coronavirus

Jan. 25, 2022 07:51 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian figure skater Mikhail Kolyada has been ruled out of next month's Beijing Olympics after testing positive for the coronavirus. The...

FILE - Women's snowboardcross gold medalist Michela Moioli, of Italy, celebrates during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Moioli replaces Goggia as Italy's flag bearer at Olympics

Jan. 25, 2022 07:41 AM EST

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin backs China over 'politicization' of Beijing Olympics

Jan. 25, 2022 07:07 AM EST

Sweden's Sara Hector, center, winner of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, celebrates with second-placed Slovakia's Petra Vlhova, left, and third-placed France's Tessa Worley, in Kronplatz, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Hector wins final World Cup giant slalom before Olympics

Jan. 25, 2022 05:53 AM EST