The Winter Olympics are drawing to a close with the sports showcase set to wrap up on Sunday. There’s been plenty off action on and off the slopes.
New records have been set, U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu has taken the Games by storm as she competes for host China and there have been a few shockers too with hockey giants Canada and Team U.S.A. bounced from the tournament early.
But controversy has swirled as Russian teen skating sensation Kamila Valieva battled doping allegations. Sport’s highest court still cleared her to compete in a widely criticized decision.
Geopolitical tensions are also hanging over the event amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and a handful of allies launched a diplomatic boycott over China’s rights record, and the highly transmissible omicron coronavirus variant tested Beijing’s bid to put on a safe event.
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