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  2034 Winter Olympic Games host confirmed after vote of International Olympic Committee

  Other Sports | July 24, 2024 17:18 IST

  The US city of Salt Lake City has been awarded the Winter Olympic Games for the second time. The city will be hosting the 2034 Games after hosting its first Quadrennial Winter event in 2002. It was the lone contender that the Olympic Committee was considering.

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  Putin agrees to visit China in October, days after he declines to attend G20 Summit in India: Report

  World | August 30, 2023 13:31 IST

  If Putin travels to Beijing, it would be his first visit to his "allied nation" ever since Putin launched a so-called "special military operation" against Ukraine.

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  Russians, Belarusians compete as ''neutral athletes'' in China

  Other Sports | March 02, 2022 18:01 IST

  Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC, short for the Russian Paralympic Committee, as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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  Spanish figure skater Barquero fails Olympic drug test

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 22:03 IST

  Barquero, who finished 11th in the pairs competition with Marco Zandron, tested positive for the banned steroid clostebol.

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  Controversial athlete Huang Yu-ting faces backlash from Chinese Taipei's Premier

  Other Sports | February 21, 2022 13:09 IST

  Chinese Taipei's premier wants the Winter Olympic speedskater to be punished for wearing what appeared to be a suit from China’s team during training.

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  Winter Olympics 2022: Arif Khan fails to finish men's slalom event

  Other Sports | February 16, 2022 13:17 IST

  The country's lone participant, alpine skier Arif Khan, logged a 'Did Not Finish' in the men's slalom event

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  Winter Olympics: Arif Khan finishes 45th in giant slalom at Beijing 2022

  Other Sports | February 13, 2022 19:16 IST

  The 31-year-old skier from Jammu and Kashmir, who is the only Indian athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics, ended at 53rd in Race 1 with a time of 1 minute 22.35 seconds. In Race 2, he clocked 1:24.89.

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  US says Russia could invade Ukraine during ongoing Beijing Winter Olympics

  World | February 11, 2022 17:25 IST

  The US did not detail the reasons behind the State Department’s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave Ukraine.

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  Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics officially declared open

  Other Sports | February 04, 2022 21:55 IST

  The lighting of the Olympic cauldron symbolized the start of Beijing 2022 and brought a mesmerizing Opening Ceremony to a climactic end.

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  Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Alpine skier Mohammad Arif Khan lead India's way at opening ceremony

  Other Sports | February 04, 2022 20:59 IST

  Mohammad Arif Khan is India's sole representative in Beijing 2022. India was the 23rd country in the Parade of Nations at Beijing.

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  'Shameful': US slams China for making Galwan soldier Winter Olympics torchbearer

  World | February 03, 2022 20:40 IST

  Qi Fabao, China's People's Liberation Army's regimental commander, who had suffered severe injuries during the Galwan clash, became the torchbearer at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Torch Relay on Wednesday.

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  Regrettable China chose to politicise Olympics: India on Beijing making Galwan soldier torchbearer

  India | February 03, 2022 18:24 IST

  MEA said it is regrettable that China has decided to politicise Beijing Winter Olympics after making a Galwan soldier torchbearer.

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  India's Winter Olympic contingent COVID-19 free after manager found negative in retests

  Other Sports | February 03, 2022 14:44 IST

  Abbas Wani was found COVID-19 positive upon his arrival at the Beijing Airport here on Wednesday.

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  Shortened Olympic torch relay starts for Beijing Games

  Other Sports | February 03, 2022 14:25 IST

  The relay opened at the Olympic Forest Park. Luo Zhihuan, the country’s first internationally competitive speedskater, ran the first leg.

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  Manager of India's Winter Olympics contingent tests COVID-19 positive upon arrival in Beijing

  Other Sports | February 02, 2022 12:52 IST

  Abbas Wani is a part of the six-member Indian delegation at the Winter Olympics for which Kashmir skier Arif Khan is the only athlete from the country to have qualified this time.

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  Omicron scare in China’s Tianjin close to Beijing ahead of Winter Olympics

  Other Sports | January 09, 2022 15:49 IST

  Officials said that Tianjin, a municipality that neighbours Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19.

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  Winter Olympics-bound Arif Khan included in TOPS, granted Rs 17.46 lakh for training

  Other Sports | January 07, 2022 17:53 IST

  The 31-year-old Khan is the first Indian athlete to qualify for two events at the Winter Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Beijing from February 4. Khan will compete in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.

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  IOC assures teams Winter Olympics in Beijing will go ahead

  Other Sports | January 06, 2022 10:15 IST

  Beijing organizers and the IOC are creating a health safety bubble for the Olympics with stricter testing and limits on travel and movement than were enforced at last year's Tokyo Games.

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  Beijing 2022: Arif Khan becomes first Indian to qualify for two Winter Olympics events

  Other Sports | December 31, 2021 18:13 IST

  The 31-year-old Khan on Wednesday secured a 2022 Winter Olympics quota spot in the men's giant slalom event. Last month, he earned a quota in the slalom event at a meet in Dubai.

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  China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit

  Other Sports | December 07, 2021 15:53 IST

  The US is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumours," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian.