Blog Tag - Beijing Olympics

OlymPicks: Beijing's Ice Ribbon Opens to the Public
Submitted on Jul 11, 2022
In OlymPicks, we highlight the news, gossip, and developments following the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and beyond. On the Jul 9, the National...
OlymPicks: Olympic Venues Opening to the Public, Chinese Athletes Awarded Medals After Russians Caught Doping
Submitted on Mar 23, 2022
In OlymPicks, we highlight the news, gossip, and developments following the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and beyond. Olympic Venues Set to Open to...
OlymPicks: Beijing 2022 Torches Are Ready To Get Lit, Venues Ready To Get Played
Submitted on Mar 02, 2021
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Beijing 2022 torches are ready to...
OlymPicks: 500 Days To Go Til Wintry Athletes Hit the Snow
Submitted on Sep 23, 2020
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. 500 days to go... Last Monday,...
OlymPicks: Cool Runnings Cooper, Ligety's Last Stand, and Paralympians Resume Training
Submitted on Jun 07, 2020
OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Jamaican bobsleigh team practices...
OlymPicks: Time Ticking for NHL Decision, Testing Zones for Self-Driving Cars Expand
Submitted on May 25, 2020
OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Speculation on hockey Olympic picks...
Trending in Beijing: Water Cube Turns Ice Cube, Nervous Breakdowns, and Lab Explosion
Submitted on Dec 30, 2018
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general...
Get Trapped in an Eddy of Time at Beijing's Dried-Up Kayak Course
Submitted on Dec 03, 2018
Ride out of the city smog into the suburban haze, push through the thick shroud of Shunyi mist, and that is where you will find the Olympic Rowing-...
Olympicks: IOC Announces 7 New Events to Be Added to Beijing Winter Olympics Roster
Submitted on Jul 20, 2018
OlymPicks is an ongoing blog series whereby we highlight news, gossip, and developments in the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. The...
OlymPicks: Sorry Couch Potatoes, IOC Prez Says You Can’t Become an Olympian Via Esports
Submitted on May 03, 2017
Brace yourself for some tragic news, video game addicts: The years you’ve dedicating to sitting at a console and mastering a controller aren’t yet...
R Drug Tests Net Three Chinese Gold Medal Dopers from 2008 Beijing Games
Submitted on Jan 13, 2017
Relying on re-tests of eight-year-old urine samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has for the first time disqualified a batch of Chinese...
Beijing's 2022 Olympic Venues Start Construction Soon, Even As '08 Medal Table Still Being Adjusted
Submitted on Dec 09, 2016
Preparation for Beijing's hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympics is heating up, even as the final medal table from the last time Beijing hosted the...
Olympics 2.0?: Questions for Beijing and the Winter Games
Submitted on Aug 01, 2015
Hooray! Beijing is an Olympic host city again, the first city to be able to say that and not be hosting the games in the summer for a second time. So...
Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Submitted on Jul 31, 2015
Beijing will host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and 2022 Paralympic Winter Games from February 4-20, 2022 after the International Olympic Committee (...
Recapture the '08 Olympic Spirit by Watching Usain Bolt and Co. at the Bird's Nest in August
Submitted on May 28, 2015
The fastest man on the planet returns to the National Stadium (the Bird's Nest) August 22-30. His race will last fewer than 10 seconds, but if there...