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.
Tag: Olympic Games (2022)
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.
How China Uses Bots and Fake Twitter Accounts to Shape the Olympics
The country’s propagandists have used a variety of tools online to promote a vision of the Games that is free of rancor or controversy.
What Australia’s Success at the Winter Olympics Does (and Doesn’t) Tell You
Australia has won more medals than ever at the 2022 Winter Games, but it’s hard to tell if global respect can turn the country into a winter sports wonderland.
East Asia Becomes a Curling Powerhouse
In recent years, Japan, China and South Korea have embraced the sport, investing resources, creating celebrities and changing the competitive landscape.
At Olympics, Nathan Chen and Other American Chinese Asked to Pick a Side
American athletes of Chinese descent at the Games are targets of patriotic and even nationalistic sentiment from both countries: sometimes adoring, sometimes hostile.
How Countries With No Snow Are Competing in the Winter Olympics
Several skiers representing countries with little snow are making their Olympic debut in Beijing, partly because of a diversity initiative that has generated controversy.
For the Games, Xi Ordered Up a Snow Sports Fever. Will it Last?
China said it succeeded on a vow by Xi Jinping, the country’s top leader, to nurture millions of winter sports enthusiasts. But will the interest last after the Winter Games end?