The story of the 2022 Beijing Olympics [Video]
The 2022 Winter Olympics wrapped up with fireworks lighting up the sky over Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium Sunday night, bringing an end to a Games fraught with controversy. From COVID protocols to gold-medal triumphs, the sordid backstory of China to the…
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: As Olympics ebb, smartphone synchronicity
Fireworks explode over the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Jae C. Hong AP BEIJING The smartphones glowed. The irony echoed. As part of the closing ceremony…
Olympic Village experiences at Beijing Games vary by athlete
BEIJING — Lime-green buses, temporary buildings and volunteers braced against zero-degree wind whipping off the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area are scattered around the desolate parking lot that served as an important waystation for new arrivals at the Winter…
China strives to flex its tech dominance at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING — An automated basket tips frozen wonton into boiling water. Within minutes, the dough-wrapped bits of pork are cooked, deposited into a black plastic bowl and transported onto a conveyer belt, untouched by human hands. Pink lights flash as your…
BEIJING DIARY: Testing positive at the no-COVID Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The phone call comes in the early afternoon, six hours or so after the mandatory morning test.… BEIJING (AP) — The phone call comes in the early afternoon, six hours or so after the mandatory morning test. The number is immediately…
Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue
FILE – A gymnast performs at the pommel horse during a podium training at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2008. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week. When Beijing held the Summer Olympics in 2008 the…
Ahead of Olympics, abrupt lockdowns loom over Beijing life
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing residents are coping with abrupt local lockdowns and sweeping COVID-19 testing requirements as the Chinese capital seeks to prevent a coronavirus outbreak ahead of the Winter Olympics that opens in less than two weeks. The…
2008 Beijing Olympics vs. 2022: No lofty promises this time
The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics showcased China’s reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International… The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics showcased China’s reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China,…
‘Shameless,’ former NBC host says of the Olympics returning to Beijing
“The IOC deserves all of the disdain and disgust that comes their way for going back to China yet again,” Costas said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday. Costas referenced the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2015 Winter…
ESPN and Sports Reporters Snub Beijing Olympics of ‘Shame’
For sports reporters, being sent to cover an Olympic Games has always been seen as a privilege, a career highlight, a chance to bathe in the reflected glory of the world’s top athletes while enjoying a couple of weeks in the sun or on the slopes, all…