Oksana Masters of Team United States poses with a gold medal following the Para Cross-Country Skiing … [+] Mixed 4×2.5km Relay during day nine of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at Zhan...
Tag: Beijing 2022
Many Countries Pay Big Bonuses For Olympic Medals. This One Is Shelling Out $2.7 Million.
Some countries offer six-figure incentives for Olympians who win medals. Illustration by Forbes; Photos by John Lund/Getty Images, Fred Lee/Getty Images For the second Winter Olympics in a row, Norway...
IOC President Criticizes ‘Tremendous Coldness’ Towards Kamila Valieva From Russian Coaches After Skating Final
Topline International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Friday criticized Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s entourage for displaying “tremendous coldness” towards the 15-year-old skater after h...
Mikaela Shiffrin Crashes Out Of Her Final Solo Event At The Beijing Winter Games After Promising Start
Topline Mikaela Shiffrin on Thursday failed to finish the second leg of the alpine combined skiing event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics—her final solo event at the Games—a result that caps off a torrid ...
Russia’s Kamila Valieva Grabs Top Spot In Figure Skating Short Program Amid Doping Cloud
Topline Russian skater Kamila Valieva took an early lead in the women’s single skating event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday after she topped the chart in the short program, a strong pe...
Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Can Compete At Beijing Olympics Despite Earlier Doping Violation, Tribunal Rules
Topline Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to compete in the women’s single skating event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance recently, the ...
Russian Figure Skater Failed Drug Test Before Winter Games Debut, Urgent Court Hearing Set To Decide Her Olympics Fate
Topline Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva—who won gold in the team figure skating competition— was allowed by her country’s officials to participate in the Beijing Winter Games despite recently tes...
‘Rocketman’ Nathan Chen Grabs Gold Medal In Men’s Figure Skating At The Beijing Winter Games
Topline U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen won the gold medal in the men’s figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday after putting on a staggering performance the event’s free ...
U.S. Snowboarder Chloe Kim Does It Again, Wins Halfpipe Gold Medal At Beijing Winter Olympics
Topline U.S snowboarder Chloe Kim won the gold medal in the women’s halfpipe event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Thursday, in a victory that cements her superstardom in the sport and follows her spe...
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis Snags First Gold Medal For Team USA At Beijing Winter Olympics
Topline Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis became the first American athlete to win a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Wednesday after she held on to an early lead in the women’s snowboar...
32 Athletes Are In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19
Topline Thirty two at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are currently under isolation at designated facilities after testing positive for Covid-19, the Games’ organizers announced on Tuesday, a disclos...
China’s Peng Shuai Says She Never Accused Anyone Of Sexual Assault In Interview With French Newspaper
Topline Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai said she never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her in an interview published by French newspaper L’Equipe on Monday, marking the second instance of her r...
Here’s How Much Olympic Skiing Star Mikaela Shiffrin Is Making From Endorsements
Mikaela Shiffrin in the giant slalom at a World Cup race in Italy in January. Luca Tedeschi/LiveMedia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Just how good is Mikaela Shiffrin? Consider that she won four medals at ...
These 12 Countries Will Pay Their Olympians Six-Figure Bonuses For Winning Gold Medals
Americans who stand atop the podium in Beijing will score a cash prize of $37,500—not bad, but a pittance relative to what some other nations are offering. MMost athletes who compete at the Olympics c...
Here’s How Much Olympic Figure Skating Star Nathan Chen Is Making From Endorsements
Nathan Chen is a favorite for gold in men’s figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Team USA You could say Nathan Chen has unfinished business. When the then...
Record Numbers Of Openly LGBTQ+ Athletes Will Compete At Beijing 2022 — Including First Openly Nonbinary Winter Olympian
Topline Beijing 2022 has the highest number of openly LGBTQ+ competitors at a Winter Olympic Games ever, including its first nonbinary athlete, hot on the heels of a record-setting Games in Tokyo last...