Tag: Olympic Games (2022)

Yuzuru Hanyu Retires and Figure Skating Won’t Be the Same

Yuzuru Hanyu, the two-time Olympic champion, said on Tuesday that he would…

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Figure Skating Will Raise Age Limit to 17

Figure skating’s global governing body voted Tuesday to gradually increase the minimum…

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China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say

China and Russia have been strengthening their economic, diplomatic and military ties…

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Paralympics Will Allow Russian Athletes to Compete

BEIJING — Organizers of the Beijing Winter Paralympics will allow athletes from…

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‘Abrupt Changes’: China Caught in a Bind Over Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

As Russian troops have poured into Ukraine, officials in Beijing have fumed…

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Valieva Had 3 Substances Sometimes Used to Help the Heart in Sample

A sample provided by a teenage Russian figure skater to an antidoping…

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Kamila Valieva Can Compete but Won’t Receive Medals

Update: Kamila Valieva‘s sample had three substances sometimes used to help the…

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Valieva Falls and Shcherbakova Rises in a Blur of Jumps, Tumbles and Tears

Although Valieva landed her first jump, a quad salchow, she fell on…

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Thomas Bach, IOC President, Rebukes a Chinese Official Over Political Comments

Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, issued what amounted…

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