Olympians must be citizens of the country they represent, and China doesn't allow for dual citizenship. So how are Americans with U.S. passports competing for Team China in Beijing?
State of play: The Chinese government appears to have loosened its strict nationality laws in an attempt to win medals and present a stronger image at the Olympics.
Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva on Thursday failed to make the Olympic podium in the women's individual competition after falling multiple times during the free skate.
Driving the news: Russia's Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova won gold and silver, respectively, and Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took the bronze. Valieva, who was favored to win gold, finished in fourth place.
Hilary Knight made history at the Beijing Winter Games hockey final by making a U.S. Olympic record 22nd appearance on Thursday.
The big picture: Knight also scored in the 3-2 loss to Canada, as Team USA won an eighth silver medal — taking the Beijing Winter Olympics tally to 20. Elsewhere on Day 13 of the Games, the U.S. men's curling team beat Denmark 7-5 to reach the semifinals.
The big picture: It's the third time at the Beijing Games that the Colorado skier hasn't finished a run in what was her final individual event of this Olympics.
Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in the women's hockey final to win the Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal on Thursday.
Details: Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and assisted in Sarah Nurse's goal for the Canadians. Hilary Knight scored the first goal for the U.S. and Amanda Kessel added another with 13.5 seconds left.
When Nathan Chen made his medal-winning jumps in team figure skating, viewers around the world knew exactly how high he was flying. That was thanks to new technology from Omega, which uses AI to break down each element of the skater's performance.
Why it matters: New technology helps athletes, judges and fans better understand the fast-paced action of the Olympics.
If history is any indication, there's a two-in-three chance that either the Rams or Bengals miss the playoffs next season.
Wild stat: So far this century, at least one of the two Super Bowl teams has gone on to miss the playoffs the following season a whopping 64% of the time.
For the second time in seven months, American women are ensuring that Team USA comes home with plenty of hardware.
State of play: As of Tuesday night, women had won 13 of Team USA's 17 medals in Beijing, with nine coming in women's events and four coming in mixed events.
The top-seeded American hockey team is out of Beijing Winter Olympics medal contention after losing 3-2 to Slovakia in a shootout on Wednesday.
Details: The Americans came from behind in the second period to lead 2-1, but Slovakia's Marek Hrivik scored with 43.7 seconds left in regulation to force the game into overtime at Beijing's National Indoor Stadium.
The big picture: Day 12 saw Team USA's Olympic medal tally rise to 19, including eight golds as of Wednesday morning Eastern Time. The overall total was second only to Norway.
Alex Hall won an Olympic gold medal and Nick Goepper silver for Team USA in the free ski slopestyle on Day 12 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
By the numbers: Hall scored 90.01 on his first run, while Goepper secured second, with 86.48. Sweden's Jesper Tjader won the bronze medal with a score of 85.35.
