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2020 Tokyo Olympics
Kilde fastest in 2nd downhill training session at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — On their second trip down a previously unknown Olympic hill, the world’s top skiers had to deal with strong winds.
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EXPLAINER: Biathlon combines physical demands, mental calm
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Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics
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World leaders: Who’s coming, who isn’t to Beijing Olympics
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For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark
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Olympian moved to village after tearful video in isolation
BEIJING (AP) — Kim Meylemans thought she was going to the Olympic Village. She wound up in tears instead.
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EXPLAINER: Water Cube where Phelps ruled turns into Ice Cube
Somewhere under the four sheets of curling ice being used for the Beijing Olympics is the swimming pool where Michael Phelps splashed his way to history in the 2008 Summer Games.
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GLIMPSES: Testing, testing everywhere in the Olympic bubble
BEIJING (AP) — Two hands reach through holes in the glass to fill up a pair of dangling gloves. The hands seem almost separate from the woman they belong to.
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EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face
The controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician continues to cast a shadow over the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that officially begin on Friday.
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150,000 fans to be invited to events at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — About 150,000 spectators are expected to be invited to attend events at the Beijing Olympics in two of the three clusters of venues, organizers said Thursday.
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AP Top News at 11:58 p.m. EST
Biden orders forces to Europe amid stalled Ukraine talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.
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Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing was awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, largely under the assumption that the Games would improve civil liberties in the country.
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Remote Games: NBC announcers ready to call action from US
Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside. NBC isn’t alone in keeping its announcers home.
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Shortened Olympic torch relay starts for Beijing Games
The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics has started with an 80-year-old former speedskater carrying the flame.
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COVID knocks Meyers Taylor out of Olympic flagbearer duty
BEIJING (AP) — Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was chosen Wednesday to be a flagbearer for the U.S. Olympic team but will not be able to attend the Winter Games opening ceremony because she’s in isolation after a positive COVID-19 test.
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For Taiwan’s Olympics team, everything is in a name
For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics — and even more so when that stage is China.
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Shuster to become 1st curler to carry US flag at Olympics
John Shuster will become the first curler to carry the American flag in an Olympic opening ceremony at this year’s Beijing Games.
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Olympic athletes face many doping, virus tests in Beijing
The athletes at the Beijing Olympics will have to contend with the daily collection of coronavirus samples as well as the usual doping tests.
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Beijing says COVID-19 situation ‘controllable,’ ‘safe’
Beijing has reported three new COVID-19 cases as officials say the virus situation is under control with the Olympic Games set to open later in the week.
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Olympic advisers at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling
More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but organizers say they aren’t worried and expect numbers to drop within days.
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6 Danish men’s hockey players test positive at Olympics
Denmark’s men’s hockey team held its first pre-Olympic practice without six players after a spate of positive COVID-19 test results upon arriving in China.
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2-time Olympic champion Mayer to open downhill training
BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Matthias Mayer will be the first athlete to test the downhill course at the Beijing Olympics after drawing the No. 1 bib for Thursday’s official training session.
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Italian Olympic president Malagò tests positive in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malagò is at least the second IOC member who has tested positive for COVID-19 and been placed in isolation at the Beijing Games.
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China’s Olympic hockey hopes rest on North American talent
BEIJING (AP) — When Chris Chelios and the U.S. went on a run to the Olympic final in 2002, son Jake was front and center in Salt Lake City, dreaming of one day following in his father’s footsteps.
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LeDuc to become 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Games athlete
BEIJING (AP) — Adam Rippon delivered one of those quintessential Olympic moments four years ago in Pyeongchang, when his dazzling free skate helped to clinch the bronze medal for the U.S. in the team event to begin the figure skating program.
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Chloe’s change: Olympic champ Kim eyes 2nd gold on her terms
Chloe Kim, prodigy, is no more. The same goes for Chloe Kim, political symbol. And that’s a good thing for snowboarding in general and the sport’s current standard-bearer more specifically.
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Shiffrin talks about watching Biles deal with Olympic stress
Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was paying attention when gymnastics superstar Simone Biles opened up about being burdened by “the weight of the world” and sat out a string of finals at the Tokyo Olympics six months ago.
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AP PHOTOS: Life in the ‘bubble’ at the Beijing Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — From the moment participants at the Beijing Olympics step off the plane, they enter the “bubble” — a system of strict containment measures that aims to keep the coronavirus at bay for the duration of the Games.
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Shiffrin’s Slovakian rival has big plans for the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t the only Alpine skier who could enter all five individual events at the Beijing Olympics and come away with multiple medals.
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Norway to top medals table in unpredictable Beijing Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The Beijing Olympics will be unprecedented when they open Friday in a tightly sealed bubble, replete with COVID-19 tests, extreme health precautions, and athletes fearful of testing positive before they leave home, or upon arrival in the Chinese capital.
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Putin accuses US, allies of ignoring Russian security needs
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia’s top security demands but said Moscow is willing to talk more to ease tensions over Ukraine.
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Virus enters Tonga along with disaster aid, lockdown planned
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga will enter a lockdown Wednesday evening after finding coronavirus infections in two port workers helping distribute aid arriving in the Pacific nation after a volcanic eruption and tsunami.
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US snowboardcross racer Deibold out of Olympics with injury
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American snowboardcross rider Alex Deibold withdrew from the Beijing Olympics following a head injury he suffered at a World Cup race last weekend in Italy.
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Olympians worry as ‘Winter’ disappears from Winter Games
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Ski racers settling into the start gate for Alpine World Cup events in the Rocky Mountains in early December squinted through sunshine that carried the temperature toward 50 degrees and glanced down at a course covered with pristine — and manufactured — snow.
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Ski jumper Marita Kramer ruled out of Olympics with virus
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Ski jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the Austrian team said Tuesday.
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