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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
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The hidden reason Olympic sledding is so dangerous

By Marie Cascione

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

By Alex Abad-Santos

Kamila Valieva failed her drug test. Blame her coaches.

By Alex Abad-Santos

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

By Alex Abad-Santos

Artificial snow is nothing like the real stuff

By Neel Dhanesha

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

By Terry Nguyen

How Nathan Chen won Olympic gold

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Why the Olympic monobob event is only for women

By Kimberly Mas
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The secret to winning a short track speed skating race

By Laura Bult
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Why ski jumpers hold their skis in a V

By Edward Vega

Will climate change melt the Winter Olympics?

By Umair Irfan

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

By Bryan Walsh

Why the Olympics opening ceremony felt kinda weird

By Aja Romano

How figure skating became all about the jumps

By Alex Abad-Santos

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

By Alissa Wilkinson

What happens when omicron hits China

By Jonathan Guyer

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

By Jen Kirby

The complicated politics of a Beijing 2022 boycott

By Jen Kirby