Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team said skating officials improperly awarded third place to Russia. The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold.
Tag: Olympic Games (2022)
Russian Figure Skaters Will Get Olympic Bronze After Valieva Disqualification
A decision to address the disqualification of Kamila Valieva gave the United States the gold in the Beijing 2022 team event, but it kept Canada off the podium.
Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Is Given Four-Year Ban Over Olympic Doping Case
Kamila Valieva, once a 15-year-old gold medal favorite, was punished in a case that upended the Beijing Games, and kept other athletes from receiving medals.
Ukrainian Olympian Does His Part Against Russian Invasion
Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton competitor from Ukraine, gathers supplies and uses the team van to deliver them to Kyiv as he waits to be called for military duty.
China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, Biden Officials Say
A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin’s war plans or intentions.
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Tests China’s ‘Sovereignty’ Rhetoric
China has presented itself as a defender of sovereign independence. But its reluctance to denounce Russia’s aggression forces it into an awkward position.
Nils van der Poel Gives Away His Medal to Protest Beijing’s Abuses
In a rare rebuke of Beijing, Nils van der Poel, a speedskater, handed one of his gold medals to the daughter of Gui Minhai, a book publisher imprisoned in China.
Your Monday Briefing: Shelling in Ukraine intensifies
Plus the Olympics end and Queen Elizabeth II tests positive.
With Olympics Closing Ceremony, China Celebrates a Joyless Triumph
The Games ended without disaster but overshadowed by a doping scandal, rising tensions in Europe and anxiety over the future of the sporting movement.
China’s Fast Train, an Olympic Highlight
A journey by high-speed train offers a window on the nation’s future, as well as some of the past it would like to leave behind.