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Winter Olympic Games

Australia's James Matheson competes in the men's moguls qualifying at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China

Manufactured snow for the Winter Games could lead to water scarcity, environmentalists say

Environment

Since November, snow cannons have used about 49 million gallons of water to manufacture snow for the Winter Games in Beijing. But environmentalists worry that this could cause water scarcity in an already dry region.

South Korea president Jae-in Moon; IOC president Thomas Bach; North Korea nominal head of state Kim Long-nam; and Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with the Korean women's hockey team

Top American Olympics official suggests joint Korean hockey team for Nobel Peace Prize

Global Politics
Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristi Yamaguchi inspires a record number of Asian American skaters

Culture
olympics

Two Koreas will march together at the Olympics

Global Politics
Atomic skis are seen at the company's headquarters in Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria November 28, 2017.

With the Winter Olympics approaching, ski makers look to craft the perfect ski

Sports
Women's Ice Hockey

In women’s Olympic ice hockey, the US-Canada rivalry is mean and deep

Sports

The two women’s teams are so powerful and skilled that everybody else at the Olympics doesn’t stand a chance. And that has led to a brutal rivalry.

Sochi

The 2014 Olympic Games begin with an image remake for Russia

Sports

“It’s a little like watching history collapse in on itself,” says one Moscow based journalist of the Olympic opening ceremonies in Russia.

Preliminary events got underway in Sochi Thursday. Here, Poland's Kamil Stoch soars through the air during the men's ski jumping individual normal hill training event. But much attention is still focused on security.

A warning about explosives in toothpaste tubes, just the latest among security worries at Sochi

Conflict & Justice

“There is no reason to believe Sochi, in Russia, is under more threat than any other place on the planet,” said a top Russian official as preliminary events got underway at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi. Islamic militants have threatened to disrupt the Games.

Sochi

With the world’s spotlight now on Sochi, what’s the city like from the resident’s perspective?

Sports

It’s hard not to get caught up in the buzz of Olympic excitement with the Games so close now. But what’s it like from a Russian perspective?

Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe in his 2014 Winter Olympic speedsuit.

See what this Olympic skier, pop star prince will be wearing to represent Mexico at Sochi

Sports

Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe will be skiing for his birth country, Mexico, this winter in Sochi. It’s his fifth Winter Olympics. His chosen ski suit resembles a mariachi singer, but the eccentric prince isn’t an Olympic tourist he says.