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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
The 2022 Winter Olympics, the 24th winter Olympiad, were held in Beijing, China between 4-20 February 2022.
Alysa Liu’s transgender sibling Jaylin Liu (right) has been making headlines. Photo: @alysaxliu/Instagram
Get to Know

Who is Olympic skating champion Alysa Liu’s transgender sibling Jaylin Liu

The younger sibling of the US figure skating prodigy is also good at sports, loves going to concerts and has met Laufey backstage.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, the Olympians who made their runway debut

Switzerland fire ice hockey coach who entered China on false Covid-19 vaccine certificate

Ice hockey coach admits using false Covid-19 vaccine certificate to enter China

Swiss Patrick Fischer was fined US$50,000 by local authorities in 2023 for document forgery after buying the fake paperwork on social media.

Switzerland reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, where Covid-19 testing was a requirement. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Opinion | Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu don’t deserve to be caught in culture wars

The issue is not that one chose to represent China and another the US but that both have been dragged into culture wars not of their making.

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Eileen Gu

Gu says ‘people won’t understand or believe’ why she decided to compete for China

Multiple Olympic freestyle skiing medallist says decision allowed her to fulfil her mission of encouraging young girls to take up sports.

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2026 Olympic Winter Games

Video | Hong Kong alpine skier competes in 2026 Winter Olympics

The 21-year-old alpine skier is among six athletes competing in Italy as part of Hong Kong’s largest Winter Olympics delegation in history.

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2026 Olympic Winter Games

Meet Alex Hall, Team USA freestyle skier at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The Switzerland-raised gold medallist, who’s in a long-term relationship with a fellow skier, says he’s prioritising fun over defending his title.

Fame and celebrity

Q&A | Former Olympian Shaun White on life after pro snowboarding

We caught up with the Moncler Grenoble ambassador at the brand’s Aspen show to chat about his viral Central Park stunt and projects The Snow League and Whitespace.

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2026 Olympic Winter Games

Eileen Gu to get Winter Games spotlight again but passport issue won’t go away

The Chinese superstar skier was born and raised in the US, where her father is from, but changed allegiance to her mother’s homeland in 2019.

Olympic champion freeskier Eileen Gu, who won her 20 World Cup title recently, will be in the spotlight again as China’s most prominent athlete at the Winter Games at Milano-Cortina. Photo: AFP
United States

Who is Ryan Wedding? Ex-Olympian accused of running global drug empire arrested

Fugitive Canadian snowboarder from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics is linked to cartels and faces murder and drug charges.

Ryan Wedding during a practice run for the men’s parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Winter Games. Photo: Reuters
2026 Olympic Winter Games

Hong Kong speedskating duo eager to compete against world’s best at Olympics

Darren Kwok, who was a reserve four years in Beijing, and Joey Lam are in South Korea for their final preparations.

2026 Olympic Winter Games

How Olympians think about success and failure – and what we can learn from them

Competing at the Games is a rare opportunity, and above all else, psychologists say, athletes must savour the moment – as most will not win.

2026 Olympic Winter Games

Olympic snowboarding champ Su becomes first Chinese winner of Big Air World Cup

Former child actor scores back-to-back World Cup wins and also adds another Guinness World Record to his name after ‘back-to-back 1980’ move.

Su Yiming of China greets spectators after the Big Air final in Beijing on December 6. Photo: Xinhua

Young speed skaters inspired by Olympian Chu take to the ice at Hong Kong Cup

Skaters such as Tristan Lo say being able to have more time on the rinks would make a huge difference to city’s growing prospects.

Hong Kong’s 2022 Olympics speed skater Sidney Chu with several young skaters, including Jamie Wan (second from right), at the Hong Kong Cup in Discovery Bay on Tuesday. Photo: Ada Li
2026 Olympic Winter Games

No backup ice hockey arena for Winter Olympics as construction goes down to wire

Construction on the 16,000-seat Santagiulia Arena on the outskirts of the Italian host city is running late but organisers are optimistic.

Art

Profile | Why is Cai Guo-qiang such a famous artist, and why is he so controversial?

The Chinese artist, known for setting his gunpowder art alight, has stunned many with his work but has also drawn criticism over the years.

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Extreme fitness

China’s Su Yiming ‘happy to be first in world’ to perform dual 1980-degree spins

Olympic champion snowboarder ‘still pretty dizzy’ as he posts footage of the spins at the Stomping Grounds Project in Switzerland.

Su Yiming has performed several world firsts on a snowboard. Photo: Xinhua
2026 Olympic Winter Games

Olympic champion White looks to revolutionise snowboarding again with Snow League

Inaugural season kicks off in Aspen on Friday, with a field of 36 athletes – including reigning Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano of Japan.

2026 Olympic Winter Games

China champion trio of Xu, Li, Qi win team title at FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The win by a team of two reigning Olympic champions and two World Cup winners comes a day after Chinese 1-2 finishes in the individual events.

2025 Asian Winter Games

Path to Olympic redemption starts at China’s Asian Winter Games for skier Yung

The 2022 Beijing Games were devastating for the history-making then-17-year-old, but he says he has learned from the experience.

Hong Kong’s Adrian Yung crashed out of the slalom, as well as the giant slalom, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: AFP

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche days after 26th birthday

The young athlete, who competed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was practising at a Swiss resort area when she was caught in a snowslide.

Sophie Hediger after finishing second, her best result, at the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup in January in St Moritz, Switzerland. Hediger was killed in an avalanche on Monday. Photo: TNS
Trending in China

Netizens accuse ‘two-faced’ China skier Eileen Gu over ‘arrogant’ French athlete

China’s Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu has been plunged into controversy after a video emerged of her being “intimate” in a Paris nightclub with a French swimmer accused of disrespecting a Chinese coach.

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Trending in China

Speed skater Lin, who switched from South Korea to China, vows to win over public

Lin, formerly Lim Hyo-jun, says he feels ‘already Chinese’ and has promised to win more gold medals for his adopted country.

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

7 of the richest skiers and snowboarders in the world – net worths, ranked

Hitting the slopes is one thing, but turning great runs into mega-millions with lucrative off-piste businesses and endorsements? That’s a talent these 7 skiers and snowboarders have in common.

Jon Olsson, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin are among some of the richest skiers in the world. Photos: @mikaelashiffrin, @jonolsson1, @lindseyvonn/Instagram
Doping in sport

Who gets Olympic gold now Russian skater Valieva has been banned for doping?

Two years after incident rocked Beijing Winter Olympics, the US team are likely to be crowned champions, with Japan taking silver, but Russian athletes could still get bronze.

Russia’s Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women’s single skating short programme Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo: AFP
Doping in sport

Figure skater Kamila Valieva banned for doping, Russians lose Olympic gold

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Valieva guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation that rattled 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; competitors still waiting for medals.

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Icons and Influencers

Meet legendary Japanese figure skating world champion Yuzuru Hanyu

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu has been dubbed one of the greatest figure skaters in history, but what else do we know about the double Olympic champion?

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