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The 2022 Winter Olympics, the 24th winter Olympiad, were held in Beijing, China between 4-20 February 2022.
It is inevitable that big sports events will be used to make political points, but sport offers an opportunity to bring nations together, instead of driving them further apart.
At a time of so much division, the superstar skier is doing her best to represent both China and the US in promoting winter sports, and her desire to further cross-cultural understanding is something we need more of.
The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics provided welcome relief from global troubles and the athletes’ achievements are an inspiration to us all.
Discussions between top officials of both countries concluded in disappointment, but at least they agreed to disagree and keep communications open.
Despite the absence of spectators these have been the most-watched Winter Olympics ever, and the hi-tech enhancements witnessed by a global audience have set the bar high for future hosts.
As Eileen Gu goes for her third medal at the Winter Olympics, the skier born to a Chinese mother and American father continues to be her 18-year-old self.
- Olympian Ning Zhongyan totals five medals after the Speed Skating World Cup events in Hokkaido and Beijing
- On December 1, the athletes jet off to Stavanger, Norway to compete in their third of six World Cup events
While the Beijing Winter Olympics took a physical and mental toll on Su, forcing him to take a break from competing, the 19-year-old is now preparing for the World Cup in December.
Beijing’s state system for sport aims for glory in the international arena but is criticised for corruption and neglecting grass-roots participation.
Eileen Gu is a skiing phenomenon, overachieving student, multitasker extraordinaire and one of the most admired and sought-after sportswomen of our times – so how does she fit it all in?
Ni Huizhong ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’, General Administration of Sport says.
Han Cong ‘still not fit to be back to the rink’ 18 months after Beijing Winter Olympics, as partner Sui Wenjing says ‘I understand and support his decision’.
Norwegian Jesper Pedersen says there were no Chinese competitors involved in this season’s World Cup circuit, less than a year after the country’s athletes topped the medal table at the Games.
Double-Olympic gold medallist beats out likes of Chloe Kim and Rayssa Leal at prestigious awards in Paris, while Lionel Messi is named sportsman of the year and his Argentina side team of the year.
More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.
11-year-old stuns crowd with series of tricks to finish second at event in Cooper Mountain, Colorado.
Patti Zhou was born in Beijing and is now based in Colorado, where she is expected to make her Dew Tour debut this weekend.
Eileen Gu’s double gold medal-winning performance at Beijing Winter Olympics earns her nod in World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award, while likes of Lionel Messi and Iga Swiatek headline sportsmen and women categories.
South Korean teenager Gaon Choi completes 1080 to seal first ever X Games gold for South Korea.
From her LV ‘Wonder Woman’ leather get-up at the Met Gala to her feathery Elie Saab jumpsuit for the ESPYs, here are 13 of the Chinese-born sports icon’s hottest fashion looks to date
Almost a year after the Beijing Winter Games, the next generation of Chinese stars are being put through their paces in the Changbai Mountains.
Those acquitted were a Tibetan student, a Hong Kongese-American and a Vietnamese-American activist. They had staged a protest at the Acropolis in Athens, holding up a Tibetan flag and a banner reading ‘Free Hong Kong – Revolution’.
WADA is seeking a 4-year ban for the Russian figure skater, which could rule her out of the next Winter Olympics in 2026.
Document guided by UN principles published a week after outgoing human rights chief released report saying China’s alleged detention of Uygurs may be a crime against humanity.
Admitting to consuming cannabis earlier this year means the Olympic gold medallist loses his disruption privileges while serving mandatory military service.
Olympic speed skater Sidney Chu tells the Post why speed skating is a great workout for mind and body, and why he wants to make the sport more inclusive in Hong Kong.
Winter Olympian claims another title after her double gold medal winning performance in Beijing, has fans swooning after taking grandmother to glitzy ceremony in Los Angeles.
Hong Kong short-track speed skater leaves for United States next month to take up a place at Rutgers’ New Jersey Medical School, but is aiming to compete in 4 years.
Japanese figure skating icon and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition – but will put on exhibition shows for legion of fans.
Japan’s two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu will hold a news conference on Tuesday where he will will make a ‘statement of determination’.
Zhang Jiang Jing helped Hungarian brothers Sandor Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang shine at Beijing Winter Olympics.
Readers discuss whether Putin had a hidden agenda when he attended the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Western criticism of China’s treatment of minorities, and why the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is not attractive to small states like Cambodia.
