VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCHINA'S PLANS FOR OLYMPIC FACILITIES AFTER GAMESBeijing has a legacy plan for how venues and other Olympics infrastructure will be managed once the Games finish. Bloomberg's Kurumi Mori explains. Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGGLOBALCLOSING CEREMONY MARKS END OF CONTROVERSY FILLED OLYMPICSBeijing doused its Olympic flame on Sunday night, closing a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-o... Reuters3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGTHE HIGHS, LOWS AND CHALLENGES AT BEIJING 2022The National’s Adrienne Arsenault explores the highs and lows of the 2022 Beijing Games as well as the unique challenges of an Olympics in a COVID-zero country. CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGWHAT WILL BE THE LEGACY OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS?The Winter Olympic Games close on Sunday against the backdrop of diplomatic boycotts and global protests from activists. International condemnation of the Chinese government for human rights abuse... Al Jazeera3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALLOOKING BACK AS BEIJING OLYMPICS ENTERS FINAL DAYThree weeks of heated competition and stunning athletic feats in Beijing are coming to an end. The winter Olympics' final events will be held Sunday. Quicktake's Kurumi Mori explains why this y... Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGEILEEN GU FINISHES OLYMPICS WITH THREE MEDALS"I do my best to make the world a better place." What's next for U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu as China basks the glory of her Beijing 2022 medals. But critics point to Gu's silence on China's human... Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUSING CHINA'S DIGITAL CURRENCY AT OLYMPIC SITESChina is showing off its central bank digital currency, the e-CNY, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. @rumireports and @allenwan290 demonstrate how it works. Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGFAMILIES CELEBRATE CANADA’S WOMEN’S HOCKEY GOLDAs Canada’s women’s hockey team celebrated their gold medal on the ice in Beijing, their ecstatic families shared the moment from home. CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBEIJING BAGPIPERS BRING SOME SCOTLAND TO OLYMPIC CURLINGThe Beijing Warrior Bagpipers greet players with regal gusto before every curling match at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCANADA'S WOMEN BEAT U.S. TO TAKE HOCKEY GOLDCaptain Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice as Canada's women's hockey team beat the U.S. 3-2 to win the Olympic gold medal in Beijing. Forward Sarah Nurse scored Canada's other goal to win her first ... CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCHINA'S DIGITAL CURRENCY HAS 'UNDERWHELMING' OLYMPIC DEBUTChina's aim to make an Olympic splash with its digital currency, thwarted by a COVID 19-induced decision to exclude foreign spectators, has been taken up instead by a captive audience of locals una... Reuters3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALATHLETES SAY THE TOLL OF SELF-ISOLATION REQUIREMENTS IS 'CRUSHING'"I have isolated myself so much that the loneliness I've felt in the last month or 2 has been crushing at times." Here's how Covid-19 has put a renewed spotlight on athletes' mental health at the... Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGFANS ATTEND WINTER OLYMPICS DESPITE NO TICKETS BEING SOLDThere are plenty of people in the stands despite tickets not being sold to the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, but the process of getting a seat was long, complicated and involved a lot of COVID-19 tes... CBC News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGCANADIAN SPEED SKATERS WIN GOLD IN TEAM PURSUITThree Canadians were on top of the podium after taking gold in the women’s team pursuit speed skating event, which was also the third medal win for Isabelle Wiedemann. CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGU.S BORN EILEEN GU'S CHOICE TO REPRESENT CHINA 'PAYING OFF'As the San Francisco-born skier prepared for Tuesday's slopestyle final and her bid for a second of what could be three golds in Beijing, her closely scrutinized decision to compete for China appea... Reuters3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUNSEASONAL SNOWFALL CAUSES HEADACHES FOR WINTER OLYMPIC ORGANISERSBeijing residents may be enjoying a rare snow day, but for Olympic organizers the snowfall has created some logistical challenges and postponed some events. CBC News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGLARGE PART OF CHINA'S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM MADE UP OF CANADIANSMany of the players on China's men's hockey team are Canadians living out a lifelong dream. And while they face long odds at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, they're playing not just to win, but to win... CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCHINA SOCIAL MEDIA TURNS AGAINST THEIR U.S-BORN ATHLETESChinese athletes who grew up in the United States are under intense scrutiny at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Eileen Gu and Zhu Yi were born and raised in the US before deciding to represent C... Al Jazeera3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGCOURT TO DECIDE RUSSIAN FIGURE SKATER'S OLYMPIC MEDAL FATERussian figure skater Kamila Valieva must now wait for a Court of Arbitration for Sport decision to find out whether she's allowed to hold onto her gold medal victory. CBC News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGMEET THE CANADIAN KEEPING SNOW FRESH AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICSCanadian Dirk Van Wijk is responsible for grooming the snow at Beijing Olympics. It's a skill he's been perfecting for decades, and one that's brought him to three Winter Olympics. CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGGLOBALRUSSIA ALLOWED SKATER TO COMPETE DESPITE POSITIVE DRUG TESTRussia's Kamila Valieva is one of the youngest Olympic athletes to test positive for a banned substance, and many fans around the world expressed outrage over how she came to have a prohibited angi... Reuters3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGWARMING CLIMATE PUTS WINTER OLYMPICS IN DOUBT"It makes me sad that we need so much man-made snow to sustain winter sports." Beijing is the first Winter Olympics host to rely completely on man-made powder. Here's how climate change could imp... Bloomberg3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSPEEDSKATER GILMORE JUNIO’S OFF-ICE ACTIONS MORE DEFINING THAN MEDALSSpeedskater Gilmore Junio hopes to finish on the podium at his third Olympics, but says his off-ice legacy is even more important. In 2014, Junio gave up his spot in the 1,000-metre final because t... CBC Canada3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGREPORTS RUSSIA FACES OLYMPIC DOPING SCANDAL AFTER POSITIVE TESTA doping infraction by a figure skater could cost the Russians a gold medal in the team event and potentially bump the Canadians up to a bronze. Medal favourite Kamila Valieva, 15, reportedly tes... CBC News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCHINA DEFENDS USE OF SOUTH KOREAN TRADITIONAL WEAR AT OLYMPICSMany in South Korea are accusing China of cultural appropriation, after it featured the Korean hanbok costume in the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing last week. China denies that. Lucy Fielder h... Reuters4 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGTHREAT OF 'COMPETITION ENDING' TEST LOOMS OVER BEIJING ATHLETESStrict COVID-19 protocols at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games have added to the intense pressure on athletes, where one positive test result could jeopardize the chance at competing. CBC News4 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCRITICISM OVER THE PRICE OF TEAM CANADA'S LULULEMON GEARSome Team Canada fans were faced with sticker shock over the price tag on its Olympic gear, especially compared to The Bay’s $10 mittens, but experts say outfitting athletes is also about raising t... CBC Canada4 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGONBOARD CHINA'S HIGH-SPEED OLYMPICS TRAIN NETWORKThe Beijing Games are made up of 3 bubbles connected by a high-speed railway system. Bloomberg's Kurumi Mori takes a ride on the Winter Olympics train from one zone to another by taking a ride on t... Bloomberg4 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCHINESE-AMERICAN SKIER EILEEN GU THE 'PHENOMENON' OF GAMESChinese-American freestyle skier Eileen Gu has became a cultural phenomenon after her decision to compete for China over the U.S., bringing star power wherever she goes — including to the 2022 Beij... CBC News4 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCANADA’S SKI JUMPERS SURPRISE WITH BRONZE MEDAL AT BEIJING 2022A team of Canadian ski jumpers grabbed bronze in a surprise podium finish at Beijing 2022, and now they’re calling for more support for the sport at home. CBC Canada4 months ago
