Tag: Olympics
Beijing Olympics 2022: Putin, “guest star” of Chinese President Xi Jinping
Vladimir Putin should be in his element in Beijing. Great defender of this animal in front of the eternal, the Russian president arrives for the start of the year of…
Olympic Games start with 42 Dutch athletes, but few Utrecht assets
That is always difficult, says sports reporter Bert Kous, because what is the definition of an athlete from Utrecht? “We often have that discussion in the sports editors. A Dutch…
Beijing Olympics: the official “My2022” app, a spy in the service of the Chinese regime?
What if the “My 2022” application served more diplomatic than health issues? In recent days, several media have relayed the following information: the device set up for the Beijing Olympics…
Opening of the Beijing Olympics: “The Covid has slowed down participation”
The Winter Olympics opened this Friday in a heavy context, between Covid-19, diplomatic tensions and boycott. Interview with Nathalie Péchalat, president of the French Ice Sports Federation and head of…
Olympics 2022: a ball of autocrats and friends of Beijing at the opening ceremony
The discussions preceding the opening of the Olympic Games generally revolve around the chances of medals for the very many delegations involved. Those concerning the Beijing Winter Olympics, which officially…
Between two Beijing Olympics, the emergence of an authoritarian and uninhibited China
During the 2008 Olympic Games, a smiling and laudatory George W. Bush met Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, in charge of the final preparations for the event, in Beijing. China has…
Merijn Scheperkamp is amazed in Beijing: ‘This is the slickest ice rink I’ve seen’
“I haven’t seen as many ice rinks in my life as those other men, but this is the most slick of all the halls I’ve seen so far,” said 21-year-old…
2024 Olympics boss Tony Estanguet, positive for Covid, will not go to Beijing
The president of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, positive for Covid-19, will not travel to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Estanguet, whose state of health has…
100% artificial snow: in Beijing, the not so green Winter Olympics
Beijing wants to green its image, and what better way than to display its ambition during the Beijing Winter Olympics which begin on February 4? “Beijing 2022 will be the…
Japan: the cursed Tokyo Olympics
Listen to this article on the app Listen to this article on the app “Use the money for the coronavirus, not for the Games!” chanted at the end of November…