2022 Winter Olympics

Organizers want to keep any infections from getting out of the bubble, as well as spreading within the bubble, a heightened concern with the easily transmissible omicron variant. Everyone is tested daily — failing to get tested the previous evening means being stuck in your hotel the next day.

Now, figure skating’s latest rivalry will climax at the Beijing Games next month, when three-time reigning world champion Nathan Chen once more faces two-time defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu at the Capital Indoor Stadium.

People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents have been ordered to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics.

The flame will be displayed only in enclosed venues that are deemed “safe and controllable,” according to officials.

Bobsledder Aja Evans, a bronze medalist at Sochi and an alternate this time around, was pleased with the new gear that she modeled for media at the Polo Ralph Lauren store in Soho downtown.

The core message resonating inside the U.S. Olympic family over the last few years has been the medals shouldn’t matter as much as the athletes who compete.

The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night.

The U.S. has now won the last seven Olympic gold medals matching the country’s men’s program for the most ever in a row.