Matthias Hangst / Getty Images Olympic Skier Says She Was Confronted by Chinese Officials After Posting Reality of Athlete's Village 'Incompetence or malevolence? Olympic athletes are getting the full Communist China experience,' including 'the Hunger Games.' By Jack Davis February 19, 2022
David J. Phillip / AP Russian Skater Who Was Allowed to Compete Despite Failed Drug Test Misses Podium After Stunning Falls Kamila Valieva was expected to take gold in the women's figure skating competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. By The Associated Press February 16, 2022
Ashley Landis / AP Russian Speedskater Celebrates Beating US with Vulgar Gesture, Triggering Apologies Aldoshkin's gesture was controversial because it came amid US-Russia tensions over an anticipated Russian invasion of Ukraine. By Andrew Jose February 16, 2022
Sarah Stier / Getty ImagesCommentary American-Born Olympic Athlete Competing for China Sparks Outrage After Tone-Deaf Advice for Chinese Eileen Gu has become a superstar by winning the big air ski competition. Just as quickly, however, she's become a controversy magnet. By C. Douglas Golden February 15, 2022
Carl Court / Getty ImagesCommentary Communist Olympics' Environmental Disaster: Here's Where That Fake Snow Is Coming From 'These could be the most unsustainable Winter Olympics ever held,' a geographer at the University of Strasbourg said. By Samantha Chang February 14, 2022
Gabriel Bouys - AFP / Getty Images; Jonathan Ferrey / Getty ImagesCommentary NBC Exec Admits to Terrible Ratings as Americans Dump Genocide Games: 'For Us, It's Been Difficult' NBC's ratings for the game are down nearly 50 percent compared to the last Winter Games in South Korea in 2018. By C. Douglas Golden February 14, 2022
Ben Stansall / AFP via Getty Images Did China Break the Rules After Uyghur Olympic Torchbearer Stunt? The Uyghur skier China used as a prop in the opening ceremonies for the Olympics has not been available to the western media since. By Jack Davis February 13, 2022
David J. Phillip / AP Olympics in a State of Shock After 15-Year-Old Skating Prodigy's Drug Test Results Go Public An Olympic sensation on the ice is causing one off the ice as well after a failed drug test has ignited efforts to ban her from the Games. By Jack Davis February 13, 2022
Patrick Smith / Getty ImagesCommentary Jaw-Dropping Satellite Images Show Massive Reason Why the Winter Olympics Shouldn't Be in China There's nothing ethical about the Beijing Olympics, and satellite images reveal there's hardly anything real about them, either. By Isa Ryan February 13, 2022
Lintao Zhang / Getty ImagesCommentary Russia Could Lose Most Important Award After Olympic Officials Notice Horrible Detail About Youngest Figure Skater Russian skater Kamila Valieva reportedly tested positive for a banned substance after helping to lead her team to a gold medal. By Grant Atkinson February 10, 2022