BEIJING (AP) — The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics, shortened considerably because of concerns about the coronavirus, started Wednesday with an 80-year-old former speedskater ...

Completed in 2021 in Beijing, China. With the culmination of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the remaining and only permanent new venue, the National Speed Skating Oval (NSSO), ...

The snow guns have tried to dress some of them in white. The Beijing Organizing Committee once released renderings that depicted the Olympic venue as a recreation of the European Alps.

Getty Images The symbolism of Shougang Park goes beyond the towering jump used for the Beijing 2022 big air events. Built on the site of a former steel mill, the Park’s history leads us back to the ...

Like any iconic Olympic venue, the National Speed Skating Oval has a nickname. Characterized by its ribbed, wavy structure, the “Ice Ribbon” is the only new venue Beijing built for the Winter ...

The scaled-down torch relay is a far cry from 2008, when Beijing sent the Olympic flame on a global journey ahead of hosting that year’s Summer Games. The relay drew protesters against China’s ...

Shougang Park spreads out over more than 8 square kilometers on the Yongding River, on the site of a massive steel factory that first opened in 1919 to smelt iron ore from the nearby Longyan mine ...

Born in Englewood and raised in Winter Parker, Irving is making his Olympic debut in Beijing. He had a breakout year in 2021, winning bronze medals in the halfpipe at the world championships and in… ...

First Torch bearer Luo Zhihuan holds up the torch after receiving it from Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng before the start of the torch relay for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Olympic Forest Park ...