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Beijing Olympics Quick Hits 02.19.22

2/19/2022

 

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Atop the medal table, what is the secret to Norway's Winter Olympics success? Is it 'fun and friendship'?
The New York Times​ investigates as well.
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Team Norway biathletes (DeFodi Images/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, is drinking wine the key to Swiss skiing success??

Retired biathlete Martin Fourcade and Alpine skier Frida Hansdotter elected as newest members to the IOC Athletes' Commission.

Check out USA TODAY​'s roundup of some of their best photos from Beijing 2022, including captures of the range of emotions the Games always bring...and 'funny faces'.

The New York Times has a great photo roundup, too.

And, here is CNN.com​'s selections from Beijing 2022.

Athletes biting their medals is still a thing...as For the Win investigates.

Tim Layden: These Olympics have been...complicated.

How is Beijing 2022 the 'most-watched and digitally-engaged' Winter Olympics ever? The answer is China, and not the rest of the world...

The U.S. Olympic Committee can point to a bobsledders Josh Williamson and Sylvia Hoffman as successes of its reality t.v. athlete search.

Associated Press: How did athletes spend their down time at Beijing 2022?

A challenge for U.S. Ski and Snowboard...how do grow a more diverse athlete population?

Will team China's cross-country performance at Beijing 2022 have a "profound impact" on the sports development in the host nation?

More...Su Yiming and Eileen Gu are forging a 'new face of sport' in China, amidst its most successful Winter Games.

An every-four-years question: how to leverage the Olympic excitement of women's ice hockey?

'Loveable losers' takes on a new meaning for Olympics-watchers in Australia.

Buzzfeed looks at how some Beijing 2022 athletes have grown since we first saw them in an Olympics.

The Sydney Morning Herald: Was this really Russia's Olympics?

The next Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026 wants to bring 'the joy back to the Olympics'.

But will Milano Cortina 2026 "lack spirit and atmosphere" in Alpine skiing? Federica Brignone thinks so.

And beyond...what is the future of Winter Games in an era of sustainability awareness and climate change? Will the continued focus be on adapting "the Games to the master plan of the (host) city"?

Thought Beijing wasn't winter-y enough? Snow aside, the AP has the photos to prove how cold it got.

Here are some of the best bobsled color schemes from this week.

Here's "17 of the wildest skeleton helmets" from Beijing 2022.

And, what's your favorite goalie mask from Beijing 2022's ice hockey competition?
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Saskia Maurer and her mask (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)

Three to Watch

Out of Covid-19 isolation, Vincent Zhou is making a return to the ice in the closing figure skating gala.

More gala: Double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is determined to participate, pain or no pain.

"He is an awesome role mdoel." Carlo Valdes looks to still lead as an example for younger push athletes as he closes out his Olympic bobsled career.
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Carlo Valdes (Rick Bowmer/AP Photo)

Let's Get Social Fab Five (+1)

Ryan Cochrane-Siegle reflects.
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Seamus O'Connor says thanks.
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Peace out, Mark McMorris.
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Antoinette de Jong's feeling cute.
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Simon Eder got cold.
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Goodbye, and thank you, Gus Kenworthy.
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