• NBC Sports Chicago

    Team USA Wrestler Kyle Snyder Takes Silver in Final Against ROC

    American wrestler Kyle Snyder lost 6-3 to Russian Olympic Committees Abdulrashid Sadulaev in a battle of Olympic champions on Saturday for the mens freestyle 97kg title.It's an Olympic SILVER for Kyle Snyder in the men's wrestling 97kg class. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/MeCD5WNrcl #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 7, 2021

  • Reuters Videos

    Beijing unveils the slogan for 2022 Winter Olympics

    This is the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics' motto:'Together for a Shared Future'(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CULTURE AND CEREMONIES DEPARTMENT AT THE BEIJING 2022 0RGANISING COMMITTEE (BOCOG), CHEN NING, SAYING: "This motto embodies the olympic spirit, the Chinese way of revealing the Olympic spirit. That's because "together" embodies a type of unity, cohesion and way of overcoming difficulties. At the same time, it is able to show how we will unite together under the Olympic banner."The Games will be held from February 4-20thBeijing is the first city to host both Winter and Summer Olympicsafter staging the 2008 Summer edition

  • Associated Press

    IOC urges Olympic teams to ask for more vaccines

    Olympic teams were urged Friday to contact the IOC about getting more vaccines ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, which will be held in the country where the coronavirus outbreak started. The International Olympic Committee first announced a vaccine rollout program with Chinese authorities for athletes and officials in March. Chinese vaccines were bought by the IOC and also made available for delegations heading to the Tokyo Olympics from countries which had approved them for use.