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 ...

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 Beijing Organizing Committee once released renderings that depicted the Olympic venue as a recreation of the European Alps. A rendering of the mountain region that is hosting the skiing ...

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 ...

Catch up on Olympic Alpine skiing since Beijing — team changes, rising stars, returning medalists, and the biggest storylines shaping men’s and women’s tournaments for Milan 2026. Olympic Alpine ...

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), ...

Security personnel stand behind a fence at the Olympic Park in Beijing, two weeks before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympic. Noel Celis/AFP/ Getty Images.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China – Could the dry mountains of China provide the best snowboarding courses ever in the Olympics? Nelson Wormstead thinks it’s possible. The English speaking in-venue announcer ...

A person walks past a Beijing 2022 sign inside the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Beijing. Credit: AP Photo/David J. Phillip The Cold War is long over ...

Born in Englewood and raised in Winter Park, 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 ...

More Team United States celebrate during the Mixed Team Snowboard Cross Finals flower ceremony on Day 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 12, 2022 in Zhangjiakou ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, torch bearer Luo Zhihuan runs with the torch during the 2022 Winter Olympics Torch Relay at the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.