International Luge Federation executive director Christoph Schweiger has attributed Sochowicz’s training accident to human error. FIL announces changes to Olympic track procedures.

The uniforms to be worn by Russian athletes have been approved by the IOC according to Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov.

World Cup parallel races lack identity and athlete’s respect, ahead of Beijing 2022 mixed team parallel event.

China will be the lowest-ranked team, by far, to have ever participated at an Olympic Games. But the IIHF believes momentum from the Games will help kickstart the development of ice hockey in the country.

Thomas Bach, in an open letter on Friday, also thanked stakeholders for their efforts to make Tokyo 2020 a success despite the pandemic.

The Russian president is the first major head of state who has agreed to go to the Games as China faces potential diplomatic boycott.

For the second straight Olympics, the traditional week-long relay through Greece before the torch departs for the host country has also been called off due to COVID-19.

The United States’ Congressional-Executive Commission on China questions executives from Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Intel, Procter & Gamble and Visa