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A decade after the 2012 Games, the writer Iain Sinclair walks through the Lea Valley to Stratford to find that ‘much has changed and everything is the same’
A UN-backed ETF designed to fight climate change was launched as part of COP26. Now it’s about to fail
Beijing 2022 has been saved by the dignity of individual athletes
Norway tops medal table in ‘safe’ Games but event was tarnished by a Russian doping scandal
Plus, the unknowns of Olympic investment, Silver Lake’s big bet on rugby and more
Games will be best remembered for the furore over the teenage Russian figure skater
Great Britain has struggled to meet expectations after investing millions to back winter sports
Thomas Bach issues unusually frank criticism after teenager who failed drug test was berated
Organisers pledged event would be ‘economical’ but spending has ballooned
Pressures from pandemic protocols coincide with greater focus on mental health in elite sport
Improved national monitoring system has helped Beijing to control air quality, experts say
Host nation has hired overseas stars to train its athletes in bid to become an Olympics power
More than half of Koreans believe their country’s biggest trading partner is ‘close to evil’
Athletes’ groups condemn decision clearing 15-year-old Kamila Valieva to compete despite positive drug test
Teenage athlete wins appeal to continue competing as US team accuses Russia of showing ‘disregard for clean sport’
Beijing touts ‘solidarity’ with partners such as Moscow in face of US-led diplomatic boycott
Virus containment bubble and athletes’ success bolster Beijing’s confidence on global stage
Kamila Valieva’s positive result implicates Moscow in another high-profile sports cheating scandal
Inside the ‘closed loop’: the Games are showing just how far China will go to keep Covid at bay
Kamila Valieva-led Russian squad was due to be awarded gold as speculation mounts over drugs test
US-born Chinese skier is the face of the Games but has skirted contentious questions
Beijing residents hire themselves out for $13 an hour to stand in line for speculators
US-born skier described as ‘pride of China’ is one of the most marketed athletes at Games
Choice of torchbearer involved in Himalayan clash irks India and reveals mindset of Xi’s China
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