What Happens if an Athlete Tests Positive at the Beijing Olympics

Becoming an Olympian is a long and unpredictable journey rife with hurdles. But those arriving in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games face yet another daunting challenge: COVID-19.

 Beijing’s Winter Olympics symbolise a world divided

The West has rightly concluded that buttering up China will not make it nicer.

 Can the Winter Olympics survive on a warming planet?

The Snowman cometh: one man’s fight to save skiing.

 COVID cases inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are going down

Athletes in isolation have complained of serious problems with food, internet connections and access to training equipment — issues that officials say they have moved quickly to improve.

 Inside Beijing’s Olympic Bubble: Robots, Swabs and a Big Gamble

There are multiple tests and guards and anxious Olympians as China stages the Games under a “zero Covid” bet. Our correspondent’s journey into the walled-off maze.

 It’s not just athletes: Doctors at the Olympics have also worked years to get there

It’s a lot to ask from a volunteer, but former Olympic physicians say the experience is worth it. “I knew I wasn’t going to make it there as an athlete,” said Dr. Mark Hutchinson, an orthopedist in Chicago. “But I thought that as a doctor, I could go and enjoy Olympic glory vicariously.”

 Olympians Face a Daunting Final Qualifying Event: Staying Healthy

For athletes going to Beijing, years of sacrifice could go to waste if they get the coronavirus now. To avoid it, they’re hunkering down, shunning friends and skipping competitions.

 The Omicron Olympics: Behind the Scenes of a Covid ‘S–tshow’ China Doesn’t Want You to See

Gold-medal hopefuls and Olympic legends reveal ‘the elephant in every room’ at the Winter Games: Covid-19.

 What is fun about the Winter Olympics?

Most enjoyment in watching sports is in criticising athletes who are vastly more talented than oneself.

 What it's like to fly into Beijing's Olympic 'bubble'

The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress -- known informally as the "bubble" -- that takes weeks of careful planning to successfully penetrate. Designed to prevent the spread of Covid, the bubble is the most ambitious quarantine attempted anywhere since the start of the pandemic.

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Answers to Some Big Questions

How will the Olympics deal with the coronavirus? What happens if athletes protest China? Will there be boycotts? Here’s what we know.

As Olympics Near, China Tightens Rules and Athletes Invent Their Own

With the Omicron variant spreading only weeks before the Beijing Games, Olympians and organizers are navigating a stretch run marked by isolation, inoculation and worry.

As the Beijing Winter Olympics countdown begins, calls to boycott the ‘Genocide Games’ grow

Beijing is about to become the first city to host both a winter and summer Olympics. However, this comes amid growing calls to boycott Beijing 2022, with critics labelling them the “Genocide Games”.

At the ‘Logistics Games,’ Just Arriving Is a Victory

Wrestling P.C.R. tests, QR codes and a ticking clock, officials tasked with getting teams to Beijing say planning is the Olympics’ newest high-stakes event.

Beijing Olympics’ Strict Covid Rules Loom for Recently Infected Athletes

A lower threshold for positive tests could mean athletes who recently tested negative will test positive in China

Beijing Winter Olympics Won’t Be Open To Public After City Records Covid Case

Citing the “current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the International Olympic Committee said spectator tickets will no longer be sold for the Winter Games, which kick off February 4.

China Faces a Host of Problems and the Olympics Haven't Even Started

As China prepares for its new moment in the Olympic spotlight, it faces the most highly transmissible form of COVID-19 yet. Compared with America and Europe, it has a much smaller percentage of people protected by previous infections or access to the most effective vaccines. That’s why foreigners can’t attend the Games as spectators, and why domestic audiences will enter by invitation only.

China is determined to make the Winter Olympics go smoothly

It must cope with boycotts, covid and the unexpected.

China's Olympics aim to keep COVID at bay with armpit sensors, robots and more

Everyone will live, work and compete inside what authorities have termed a "closed loop" This loop includes every winter sports competition and training site in Beijing as well as in nearby Yanqing and Zhangjiakou and in designated hotels where participants and other attendees will stay.

COVID-19 testing at Beijing 2022: international standard with safety as highest priority

The testing in Beijing is robust and is reliable. It is the same type of PCR test that is used the world over. For the Games, the test is set at a very sensitive level because what we want to achieve is not to get Omicron into the closed-loop system

Get caught up in the Olympic spirit, but keep your (political) eyes wide open

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are at the crosshairs of two political crises: Accusations of human rights violations that have prompted several nations to declare diplomatic boycotts of the Games, and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant that raises questions about the appropriateness of athletes travelling from around the world to Beijing.

If Beijing Olympics athletes aren't vaccinated, they'll be in quarantine for 21 days

Olympic athletes, team staff and journalists who arrive at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games next February will be required to be vaccinated — or face a three-week "hard quarantine" period that lasts longer than the Games themselves. That's according to new guidelines from the International Olympic Committee.

IOC welcomes solemn appeal by United Nations to observe Olympic Truce during Beijing 2022

The tradition of the Olympic Truce – “Ekecheiria” – involves ensuring a halt of all hostilities, allowing the safe passage and participation of athletes and spectators taking part in the Olympic Games. The resolution reaffirms that the Olympic values of peace, solidarity and respect are as important across the world today as they were over 3,000 years ago, when the ancient Olympic Games first took place in Greece.

Omicron Deepens Uncertainty Surrounding Beijing Olympics

The surge in infections even before the arrival of thousands of athletes, journalists and officials underscores the challenge Chinese organizers face in trying to hold the Games while sticking to Beijing’s “zero Covid” standards.

Spying. Human Rights. Covid-19. Beijing Olympic Athletes Face the Most Complex Games Ever.

Competitors navigate a tense mix of issues around politics, free speech, security and strict pandemic protocols

The Beijing Olympics Has Its First Big Covid-19 Challenge: the Russian Olympic Committee

Throughout the pandemic, Russia has pushed ahead with full-scale sports events, in which few participants have been masked even when not competing. Athletes have frequently been described as having pneumonia or undisclosed illnesses rather than Covid-19. Only half of the athletes representing the Russian Olympic Committee in Tokyo had been vaccinated.

Welcome to the Burner Phone Olympics

China’s Winter Games are overshadowed by human rights problems and overreaching state surveillance.