Winter Olympics: Last News

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Savannah Guthrie has shared a rare behind-the-scenes moment with fans as she prepares for the 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC.MORE: Savannah Guthrie shares throwback baby bump photo during touching on-air tributeThe Today Show star will host the NBC coverage of the Opening Ceremony from New York after it was confirmed that the anchors would not be sent to China over continuing COVID-19 concerns, and she took to social media to share a video taken from behind the cameras.WATCH: Today Show's Savannah Guthrie shares rare behind-the-scenes moment with fans ahead of new projectSavannah was joined by former Olympian Lindsey Vonn for studio rehearsals, with Lindsey sharing a video and Savannah later resharing it.The mom-of-two also posted several pictures from the green room, captioning the post: "Getting ready!MORE: Savannah Guthrie shares incredible family photo featuring her rarely-seen siblingsSavannah was sent to Tokyo in 2021 for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics but the team will mostly report from the studio's Stamford facility and 30 Rock in Manhattan.Today anchor Craig Melvin will represent the morning show in Beijing across the two weeks, while Mike Tirico will also be in the Chinese city for the Opening Ceremony and the first few days of the game.A post shared by Savannah Guthrie (@savannahguthrie)On Wednesday Team USA announced that John Shuster and Brittany Bowe will carry the American flag at Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony.John, 39, will make history as the first curler to carry the flag during the opening ceremony.

Nina Dobrev, 35, has nailed snowboarding with a little help from her boyfriend, Olympian Shaun White, 35. As her beau readies to compete in the 2022 Winter Games, which starts Friday, Feb.

Team USA has announced that John Shuster and Brittany Bowe will carry the American flag at Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony.MORE: Two Canadian Olympians got engaged – and their photos and joy will warm your heartJohn, 39, will make history as the first curler to carry the flag during the opening ceremony. The five-time Olympian called it the "biggest honor" ever.

NBC and CBS both nabbed another round of Tuesday primetime wins, with respective dramas This Is Us and FBI leading the pack for the third week in a row.

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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially kicks off February 4 with the Opening Ceremonies and ends February 20 with the Closing Ceremonies, but competition actually gets underway Wednesday, February 2. That’s when some events — such as curling, freestyle skiing and ice hockey — get going.

Did you know the reason why they use brooms in curling? Let us know in the comments section below.This month's games will see a total of 109 medal events held across 15 disciplines in seven different sports, with the opening ceremony taking place on Friday.There will be three medal events in curling, with men's, women's and mixed doubles tournaments taking place.Team GB are in action in the mixed doubles event on Wednesday as Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat take on Sweden in the opening match of the round robin stage of the tournament.The mixed doubles event was only introduced at the Winter Olympics in 2018 and this year's games is the first time Team GB have been involved.

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Qimai. Grindr has also been banned from Android app stores run by Chinese phone makers like Tencent and Huawei, reports Bloomberg.Representatives from Grindr confirmed to Bloomberg and The New York Post that the company removed its app from the Apple store in China of its own accord, citing difficulties with complying with the country’s Personal Information Protection Law.New regulations went into effect at the end of 2021 that limit personal information stored in apps and require data transferred between China and other regions to be approved by the Chinese government, prompting some companies to remove their apps from Apple and Android stores in China. Several foreign Internet services, including Yahoo, Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn, and Epic Games Inc.’s Fortnite, pulled out of the Chinese market last year because of difficulty complying with burdensome regulations aimed at restricting or censoring certain types of content.Grindr’s removal from online app stores comes just days after the Chinese government announced a month-long campaign aimed at policing online content to “create a civilized, healthy, festive and peaceful atmosphere for online public opinion” as the nation prepares to host the Winter Olympics.Among the government’s goals during that time period are to crack down on online violence, pornography, the spread of rumors about the Olympics or the government, and take steps to curb “the spread of bad Internet culture,” which means rooting out online behavior that the government dislikes or finds distasteful. While the announcement didn’t specifically mention dating apps or homosexuality, LGBTQ people in China have found themselves targeted by the government in the past.

For most of Sunday’s NFL conference game at SoFi Stadium, it looked like the San Francisco 49ers would be heading to Super Bowl LVI in the venue in two weeks. But looks can be deceiving.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Top athletes across the world are already headed to Beijing ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony this weekend.Although the 2022 Winter Olympics will look a little different this year due to recent surges of the Omicron variant, the games will officially commence February 4 and run through February 20. Out of safety precautions, organizers have announced that international spectators will be barred from attending, with only a limited number of spectators allowed at any of the in-person events.This year there will be a total of 109 events on the roster, the highest in history.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“The Battle at Lake Changjin II” lived up to its blockbuster billing with a more than $75 million box office haul by lunchtime on Tuesday, its opening day in mainland Chinese theaters.The film, aka “Watergate Bridge” had grossed RMB487 million ($76.5 million) by 1.30 pm, according to online ticketing agency Maoyan and Alibaba’s Beacon data service. At this pace a $100 million opening day is possible.State media has forecast that the film may propel the Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival) week to over $1 billion and that the 149-minute film could eventually become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.To do that, it would have to surpass “The Battle at Lake Changjin” which was released on Oct.

Kevin Bickner has accomplished a lot by 25! The ski jumper, who currently holds the U.S. record and is competing in the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, is more than excited to take his skills to the snow. “My goals are to improve upon my results from last Olympics,” Kevin told NBC Chicago on Jan. 31.

NBC’s midseason Sunday lineup is starting to take shape with reality series Weakest Link and Canadian medical drama Transplant making their Season 2 debuts on the night March 6 at 9 PM and 10 PM, respectively.

2022 Winter Olympics. These 2022 Olympic Games make Beijing the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, following the city’s Olympic debut back in 2008.

After being forced to sit out the annually lucrative Chinese New Year period as the Covid crisis was just beginning in 2020, Chinese box office blasted to an all-time high during the comparable 2021 session. This week, the Year of the Tiger will be ushered in beginning February 1 with eight movies poised to potentially set new records. Projections are in the RMB 7B-8B+ range ($1.1B-$1.26B). Last year in the world’s biggest box office market, the week-long holiday reached RMB 7.8B ($1.2B at historical rates).

Winter Olympics in Beijing, but they have been advised not to hug each other.The 24th edition of the games is set to begin in China on Friday and last for 16 days, with athletes from 91 countries competing in 109 events.Athletes have started to flock to the Olympic Village ahead of the start of the games, including Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam, who boasts two million followers on Instagram.Those arriving in the Village are set to receive free condoms but have been told to refrain from hugs and handshakes.Due to the risk of spreading Covid, athletes have been advised to avoid hugging and shaking hands during their time in the Village.The Olympics playbook advises minimal interactions between athletes and asks for competitors to remain within a 'closed loop'.However, with the Olympic Village infamous for the amount of sex between athletes that occurs during the games, condoms will still be provided for free.Event organisers told Reuters: "All Olympic-related units will provide appropriate quantities of condoms for free at the appropriate time to people who've checked in to stay inside the loop.”How many medals will Team GB win at the Winter Olympics? Let us know in the comments section below.Condoms were handed out to athletes at the delayed Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, although only as a parting gift when they left the Village.The athlete accommodation in the Japanese capital also included supposed anti-sex beds, which were made out of cardboard and could allegedly only hold one person at a time.This year's Winter Olympics officially begins on Friday with the opening ceremony and will run for over two weeks before the closing ceremony on February 20.Events begin as early as Wednesday, though, with the curling

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who infamously slept on cardboard in Tokyo — jealous after revealing that the beds at the 2022 Winter Olympics are apparently fit for a queen. The 27-year-old competitor detailed the luxuriant sleeping accommodations in a TikTok video with over 181,200 likes.Addressing a fan query on the boudoirs in Beijing’s Olympic village, Britcher exclaimed: “I am so excited you asked this question because I have something incredible to share.“Because not only do we not have cardboard beds here, but it’s as if the Beijing organizing committee said, ‘How can we just absolutely just one up Tokyo?'” the Baltimore native gushed.Reply to @angellin471 #fyp #Olympian #Olympics #olympicbed #sport #athleteThen, to demonstrate the slumber pad’s lavishness, Britcher panned to a shot of the bed’s remote, which showed that its angle could be adjusted for max comfort a la an airplane seat.If that wasn’t enough to rub salt in the summer Olympians’ wounds, the lounging luger filmed herself snuggled under the covers of her plush sleep sack.“I’m in Zero-G mode [neutral sleep position] now.

Oksana Masters took social media to thank Kim Kardashian for featuring her in the most recent SKIMS campaign for Team USA. The 32-year-old Paralympian shared a photo of a billboard with her image while wearing SKIMS’ latest collaboration with Team USA.“I’m beyond honored to be a part of the @Skims for @TeamUSA collection,” Masters wrote on an Instagram Story post.