The US city of Salt Lake City has been awarded the Winter Olympic Games for the second time. The city will be hosting the 2034 Games after hosting its first Quadrennial Winter event in 2002. It was the lone contender that the Olympic Committee was considering.
If Putin travels to Beijing, it would be his first visit to his "allied nation" ever since Putin launched a so-called "special military operation" against Ukraine.
Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC, short for the Russian Paralympic Committee, as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Barquero, who finished 11th in the pairs competition with Marco Zandron, tested positive for the banned steroid clostebol.
Chinese Taipei's premier wants the Winter Olympic speedskater to be punished for wearing what appeared to be a suit from China’s team during training.
The country's lone participant, alpine skier Arif Khan, logged a 'Did Not Finish' in the men's slalom event
The 31-year-old skier from Jammu and Kashmir, who is the only Indian athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics, ended at 53rd in Race 1 with a time of 1 minute 22.35 seconds. In Race 2, he clocked 1:24.89.
The US did not detail the reasons behind the State Department’s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave Ukraine.
The lighting of the Olympic cauldron symbolized the start of Beijing 2022 and brought a mesmerizing Opening Ceremony to a climactic end.
Mohammad Arif Khan is India's sole representative in Beijing 2022. India was the 23rd country in the Parade of Nations at Beijing.
Qi Fabao, China's People's Liberation Army's regimental commander, who had suffered severe injuries during the Galwan clash, became the torchbearer at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Torch Relay on Wednesday.
MEA said it is regrettable that China has decided to politicise Beijing Winter Olympics after making a Galwan soldier torchbearer.
Abbas Wani was found COVID-19 positive upon his arrival at the Beijing Airport here on Wednesday.
The relay opened at the Olympic Forest Park. Luo Zhihuan, the country’s first internationally competitive speedskater, ran the first leg.
Abbas Wani is a part of the six-member Indian delegation at the Winter Olympics for which Kashmir skier Arif Khan is the only athlete from the country to have qualified this time.
Officials said that Tianjin, a municipality that neighbours Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19.
The 31-year-old Khan is the first Indian athlete to qualify for two events at the Winter Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Beijing from February 4. Khan will compete in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.
Beijing organizers and the IOC are creating a health safety bubble for the Olympics with stricter testing and limits on travel and movement than were enforced at last year's Tokyo Games.
The 31-year-old Khan on Wednesday secured a 2022 Winter Olympics quota spot in the men's giant slalom event. Last month, he earned a quota in the slalom event at a meet in Dubai.
The US is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumours," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian.
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