Locked out of international competition after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has quickly shifted its attention to domestic alternatives.
Olympics
Mike Schultz, who won a gold medal in 2018, formed a company that has made prosthetics for 26 athletes at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.
China’s state-run broadcaster didn’t translate the International Paralympic Committee president’s remarks on war. English soccer broadcasts will also be blacked out this weekend.
The International Paralympic Committee barred Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
The International Paralympic Committee’s decision, days ahead of the event’s start, comes as Russian and Belarussian athletes are being banned from other competitions.
The decision by the International Skating Union, in response to the International Olympic Committee’s call to ban Russian athletes, reshapes an event Russians dominate.
The dramatic move gives cover to any global federation to take action. FIFA’s move effectively throws Russia out of World Cup qualification.
The U.S. finished fifth in total medals, behind first-place Norway. In a surprise, the U.S. won one fewer gold than China.
Jessie Diggins ended her ambitious Olympics racing schedule with a silver medal in the women’s 30-kilometer mass start.
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong represent the culmination of the host nation’s pairs figure skating hopes, from humble, freezing origins
Attorneys for American figure skaters who competed in the team event had sought a medal ceremony before the Games ended
Despite perennial concerns about the cost of hosting the Games, Beijing says it stayed true to its budget, while a Journal analysis reveals a more complicated picture.
Donnie Pei has spent two decades teaching Chinese students how Olympic philosophy can be a model to improve society.
IOC President Thomas Bach said the group convened a meeting after a Chinese Olympic official told reporters there is only “one China,” in a reference to Taiwan.
IOC president Thomas Bach said he was “disturbed” by Thursday’s competition, which featured distraught teenagers vying for Olympic gold under the cloud of a doping scandal.
A rising emphasis on youth racing and travel is driving “financial doping” in an already-pricey sport, narrowing the Olympic pipeline.
Timothy LeDuc’s skating career was basically over. But a gig performing for Royal Caribbean Cruises began a journey to the Olympics.
Kamila Valieva finished fourth after a mistake-laden free skate, clearing the way for fellow Russian Anna Shcherbakova to win the event.
Eileen Gu will leave Beijing as the first athlete—man or woman—to win three freestyle skiing medals in a single Olympics..
Seventeen-year-old Anna Shcherbakova thrived in Russia’s skating dynasty, then was overtaken. When teammate Kamila Valieva faltered amid a doping controversy, she won gold.
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