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Victor Wild, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after winning a bronze medal in the men's parallel giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Snowboarder Vic Wild’s ride leads to another Olympic medal

February 8, 2022, 7:18am National Sports

Eight years after he won gold at the Sochi Games on the same stirring day his now ex-wife took a bronze in parallel giant slalom, White Salmon-born Vic Wild walked away with a bronze of his own ... still representing Russia. Read story

China's athletes Dinigeer Yilamujian and Zhao Jiawen prepare to light the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J.

Emboldened China opens Olympics, with lockdown and boycotts

February 4, 2022, 9:30am Latest News

China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some countries’ leaders into staying home. Read story

The family of Liu Wenbin, center, watches the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on a television with his family at home in western Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Liu, a retiree from Beijing, was unable to see the event up close this year as tickets were only available to select groups owing to pandemic prevention measures. "As a Chinese person, I feel incomparably proud," Liu said. "Our great China really is no.

Beijing excited, dismisses controversy as Olympics begin

February 4, 2022, 9:29am Nation & World

As the lights flashed on the Bird's Nest, the stadium designed for the previous Olympics in China, 63-year old Liu Wenbin was just one of many excited Beijing residents eager for the Games to begin. Read story

The National Stadium and the Beijing Olympic Tower are lit in red on the eve of the Chinese New Year ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 31, 2022, in Beijing. The former site of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Bird Nest will host the Winter Games opening cermony on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Winter Games

February 3, 2022, 8:21pm National Sports

Starting with Friday’s opening ceremony at the lattice-ribboned Bird’s Nest Stadium, the spotlight will be trained on China, a country with human-rights record that troubles many, an authoritarian government and a “zero-tolerance” policy when it comes to COVID. Read story