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A Little Roundup 02.03.22

2/3/2022

 

A Roundup of Olympic Athlete Previews Before Beijing 2022's Official Start

Olympics.com: Athletes to watch at Beijing 2022, Part I...

and...Part II.
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Yuzuru Hanyu (Getty Images)
NBCOlympics.com: "Everything to know about the 2022 Winter Olympics", including athletes to watch, day-by-day guide, and more.

Olympics.NBCSports.com: Make sure you know the full Team USA roster.

Team USA's own full roster.

Reuters: Thoughts on second-largest-ever Team USA Winter Olympics team.

Deadspin: Who are Team USA athletes at Beijing 2022 to watch?

And who are Sports Illustrated's?

And from For The Win...

...and from its mothership, USA TODAY...

The Boston Globe: Meet Team USA's stars, and more. (paywall)

Bleacher Report: Latest odds for "top superstars and medal favorites".

And Yardbarker has their own 25 athletes to watch. (Points off, though, for calling them the 2020 Games.)

"Olympics expert" Mike Tierney makes his over or under thoughts on 22.5 medals for Team USA.

CBC: Who are the non-Canadians that they're watching at the Olympics?

More CBC: Fun facts about Team Canada's athletes.

And from Team Canada's own perspective.

World Athletics: Who are some of the track & field stars to be found competing at Beijing 2022?

Newsroom: Which Team New Zealand women could win gold at Beijing 2022?
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Zoe Sadowski-Synnott (Lennon Bright/Snow Sports NZ)
News.com: Is this the year for Team Australia to break its Winter Olympic gold medal drought?

The New York Times: Answers to some "big questions" around the Beijing Olympics.

More USA TODAY: Columnist Christine Brennan recounts her all-time favorite Winter Olympic moments, on the eve of covering her 20th consecutive Olympics. (paywall)

Associated Press: Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Olympic quiz.

The Guardian​: "An armchair guide" to the Winter Olympics.

Meet Team Great Britain, from Team Great Britain.

BBC: Highlights on ones to watch for Team Great Britain.

Irish Examiner: The A-Z of Ireland and the Irish at the Winter Olympic Games.

Pan Am Sports: Everything you need to know about Beijing 2022.

Keep the Flame Alive: A roundtable Beijing 2022 preview podcast. From within the closed loop!

Off the Podium: Revisiting the 22 Beijing 2022 athletes the podcast has interviewed.


South China Morning Post: Five men's and women's ice hockey athletes to watch.

The Hockey Writers has a preview of the men's ice hockey tournament.

And The Ice Garden does the same for the women's.

Sydney Morning Herald: Are the Olympics part of Beijing's plan to "woo the world"?

CNN: A photo gallery of "25 athletes to watch in the Beijing Winter Olympics".

Outsports: At least 34 publicly out LGBTQ athletes will compete at Beijing 2022, a record.
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Photo illustration by Shelby Weldon/Outsports with images from Getty Images
And from the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee...an update on "Covid-19 Prevention and Control".
(updated as of February 2)

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