Canada’s top speed skaters have finally been allowed to resume training at the Olympic Oval in Calgary having been kept away from it for nine months by a combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and no ice.
Belarus Sports and Tourism Minister Sergey Kovalchuk has hit out at politicians in the West urging their countries to boycott next year’s Winter Olympic Games over fears about China’s human rights record.
Beijing 2022 has established an international working group dedicated to COVID-19 countermeasures, while the ticketing policy for the next Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has not yet been finalised because of the pandemic.
Sweden’s Olympic women’s curling champions will defend their title at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after being named in the latest wave of selections.
Two-time Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno believes the United States should focus on the "purity of sport" by competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and resisting calls for a boycott.
Technological details for the luge competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games have been successfully agreed and established following a series of online consultations and simulations.
Olympic speed skating gold medallist Lim Hyo-jun has been acquitted of sexual harassment by the Supreme Court in South Korea, boosting his hopes of competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Italy has selected its luge squad for the Beijing 2022 winter season.
Saudi Arabia has launched a search for skiers and snowboarders as it bids to make its Winter Olympic debut at Beijing 2022.
Hosts Scotland and Sweden secured automatic semi-final spots at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has approved a technical document for the use of dried blood spot (DBS) testing, with the hope the method could routinely be used by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Sweden became the first team to qualify for the playoff stage at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen in Scotland as they extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) has announced the addition of seven more athletes to its team for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, meaning 16 have now had their places at the Games confirmed.
The United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, criticising China for human rights abuses.
Troy Ryan has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women’s ice hockey team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - Overlay Manager - United Kingdom
The Venue Development and Overlay Department (VDO) is responsible for the planning, design and operational delivery of temporary infrastructure for all competition/training venues and non-competition venues including the Commonwealth Games Athletes Villages. This includes the adaptation of new and existing venues and development of complete temporary venues. The Department provides design integration of venue requirements for all Birmingham 2022 operational departments and external partners, including host broadcast and security. Birmingham 2022 are looking for Overlay Managers to undertake the detailed planning, management and operational delivery of Games Overlay (temporary facilities and installations).
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