2022 Beijing Olympics

Coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing – from the opening ceremony held on February 4 to February 20.

The wild finish to the Olympic women’s figure skating final

By Alex Abad-Santos February 17

The hidden reason Olympic sledding is so dangerous

By Marie Cascione February 16

The shocking decision to allow Kamila Valieva to skate at the Olympics, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos February 15

Kamila Valieva failed her drug test. Blame her coaches.

By Alex Abad-Santos February 11

The Russian women’s figure skating team has bigger problems than doping

By Alex Abad-Santos February 11

Artificial snow is nothing like the real stuff

By Neel Dhanesha February 10

Nathan Chen was always America’s best shot at figure skating gold

By Terry Nguyen February 10

How Nathan Chen won Olympic gold

By Alex Abad-Santos February 10

Why the Olympic monobob event is only for women

By Kimberly Mas February 9

The secret to winning a short track speed skating race

By Laura Bult February 8

Why ski jumpers hold their skis in a V

By Edward Vega February 7

Will climate change melt the Winter Olympics?

By Umair Irfan February 5

The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.

By Bryan Walsh February 5

Why the Olympics opening ceremony felt kinda weird

By Aja Romano February 4

How figure skating became all about the jumps

By Alex Abad-Santos February 3

The Olympics are meant to be a beacon of progress. A century of film tells another story.

By Alissa Wilkinson February 1

What happens when omicron hits China

By Jonathan Guyer December 24, 2021

What the US’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics does — and doesn’t — mean

By Jen Kirby December 10, 2021

The complicated politics of a Beijing 2022 boycott

By Jen Kirby June 1, 2021