The purpose of an Olympics is to unite the athletes, to extend into the community, to metaphorically bring the world closer. This was the opposite.
Author: Christine Brennan, USA TODAY
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In the wake of the Kamila Valieva controversy, the call to raise the minimum age in women’s figure skating is growing louder. But it’s not simple.
As Kamila Valieva takes the ice, American skater upstages her where it matters| Opinion
Kamila Valieva, the young woman – girl, actually – who should not be competing is leading the Beijing Olympics figure skating competition.
Positive drug test by Russian figure skater has forced a delay of Olympic team medals ceremony
Medals for the team figure skating event were scheduled to be awarded Tuesday night, but the ceremony was delayed.
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Opinion: IOC president Thomas Bach isn’t fit to lead. When asked about Uyghurs, he takes a hard pass
The IOC’s Bach is so far in the bag for China’s repressive government, his business partner over the next 17 days, that he forgot how to be human.
Nathan Chen is USA’s gold medal favorite in men’s figure skating. But he knows there are no guarantees.
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