Austrian ski jumper Marita Kramer has tested positive for COVID-19 prior to travelling to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) has announced.

before a training camp two weeks ago, before later returning six negative PCR tests before leaving for China

release the names of individuals impacted.Beijing 2022 confirmed that 857 Olympic Games personnel entered China

Closed loop appears in 45 different insidethegames.biz articles in recent months, since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Beijing 2022 coined the term in the build-up to the second of the double bill of COVID-19 pandemic impacted Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Beijing 2022, with Games-related personnel having been separated entirely from the general population in China

A green QR code grants entry to China when coupled with the official Games accreditation.The process

hazmat suits to greet arrivals off the plane, offering a reminder of how limited travel to and from China

has been throughout the pandemic.The Winter Olympics certainly feels like an exception in China, reflected

North Korea has conducted its biggest missile launch since 2017 according to Japanese and South Korean officials, adding to regional tension in the build-up to the Winter Olympics here.

obstructions and difficulties in unity around General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China

International Luge Federation (FIL) development programme head coach Maciej Kurowski has praised the efforts of athletes after 10 quota places were secured by the squad for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here. 

The team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games has been announced, China here I come!

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights could visit the Xinjiang region of China -

2022 by countries including the United States and sparked widespread international concern.The South China

Beijing 2022 organisers are expecting COVID-19 cases to continue to rise over the coming days here after 36 people linked to the Winter Olympics tested positive.

We are now just going through the peak period for people arriving into China and therefore we expect

It is also true that recently in some cities in China we have some clustered cases including Omicron

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claims athletes will experience a "new fanbase" when they compete at the Winter Olympics here.

Chefs de Mission of National Olympic Committees at the Athletes’ Village in Beijing where he described China

participants as part of its legacy.A recent report conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China

Jinping ©Ministry of Foreign Affairs"We should welcome to the winter sport community a new member – China

Bach spent three days in self-imposed isolation following his arrival into China earlier this week and

Freestyle skiers Valeriya Demidova of the Russian Olympic Committee and Giulia Tanno of Switzerland have been ruled out of the Winter Olympics here due to injury.

February 4).Demidova was due to compete in the women’s halfpipe and had previously enjoyed success in China

attend the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics here as he looks to "express solidarity" with hosts China

politicians to this year’s Winter Olympics.Khan, the former international cricketer, is expected to be in China

hoped that Khan’s visit will strengthen Pakistan’s "All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership" with China

History shows that Pakistan and China have always stood by each other in difficult times."

had received an official invitation from Xi to attend the Opening Ceremony.Established in 2017, the China-Pakistan

Pakistani province of Balochistan.The CPEC, part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, saw China

Hosts China have named their men’s ice hockey squad for the Winter Olympics here, with the team largely

Ice Hockey Federation expressed concerns over the standard of the team.The IIHF ruled last month that China

.The gulf between the sport’s leading nations has been eased by the absence of NHL players, however China

Japan won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup in Oman by defeating three-time champions South Korea 4-2 in he final at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

kYJCIEcb7a— Asian Hockey Federation (@asia_hockey) January 28, 2022India secured bronze after defeating China

Opposition leader Matthew Wale has called on the the Solomon Islands Government to re-direct resources, including funds for the 2023 Pacific Games, toward health facilities to ease COVID-19 pressure.

also rocked the Solomon Islands late last year, with a Government decision to forge close ties with China

Russian Ski Association President Elena Vyalbe believes the Winter Olympics here should have been postponed by a year as COVID-19 cases continue to wreak havoc on teams’ preparations for the Games, while an area close to the Chinese capital has gone into lockdown.

are expected to open in exactly a week’s time on February 4, but COVID-19 cases remain on the rise in China

a population of around 1.2 million and is situated 100 kilometres southwest of the capital.Although China

It looks like your luck will be just to come to China.

for COVID-19 ©Getty ImagesAll vaccinated participants are required to test negative upon arrival in China

Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany is set to stage the last Alpine Ski World Cup before the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing next week.

catching COVID-19 before travelling to the Games.Athletes who test positive for COVID-19 before flying to China

A replica of the Great Wall of China features in the course for the slopestyle competitions at the Winter