Tag: Winter2022Olympics

2022 Winter Olympics End With Norway Winning Gold and Russia’s Doping Scandal

Tom Patriot

Vladimir Putin meets with Russian sportsmen – participants of the XXIII Olympic winter games /  CC BY 4.0 / www.kremlin.ru. Earlier this week the Winter Olympics came to a close, but not without swirling controversy and debate over the hottest topic of the games – spoilers, it wasn’t the medalists.  Investigations relating to Russia’s state-sponsored use of performance-enhancing drugs have spanned five Olympic Games and were the talk of the Beijing Games, specifically the women’s individual figure skating competition. Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, tested positive…

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American’s Want To See Olympic Sponsors Pull Campaigns From The Games

Tom Patriot

Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. On the blue field are Cai Qi (left) and Thomas Bach (right) / Presidential Executive Office of Russia / Flickr / 4 February 2022 / CC BY 4.0 The 2022 Olympics have been underway for about a week now, and amid the excitement and patriotism of cheering on our American athletes, there is controversy brewing under the surface of the ice.  What’s hidden behind the curtain is China’s dark past and history of human rights abuses…

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Biden Announces The U.S. Official Boycott of the 2022 Olympics

Tom Patriot

The U.S. has officially decided to stage a formal boycott against the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, as a protest against China’s major human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.  Also being referred to as the ‘Genocide Olympics’, this upcoming Olympic games is being held in a country where the government does not seem to have any ethical concern for their people.  The White House has confirmed that there will not be any U.S. officials or diplomatic representation at this game, as “U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these…

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