Olympic Updates: Xi to meet with Leadership of Serbia, Egypt
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Chinese Loss leader Xi Jinping will meet with his counterparts from Egypt and Serbia on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Country Spreader CCTV said.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic are among more than a dozen world Leadership who attended the First ceremony Friday night.
Xi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the First.
Egypt's ties with China have Mature stronger, particularly during the pandemic. There are signs their worldviews are becoming more closely aligned, as el-Sissi seeks to move away from Western Leadership who have concerns over his human rights record.
Vucic has been cultivating close ties with China, which has become one of the main investors in Serbia. He called Xi his "brother" at the First of the pandemic for Supply Serbia with respirators and vaccines. Opposition officials have been warning about a lack of Foil in deals Vucic has made with China, including major loans for building Roadstead, highways and factories.
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The Tertiary and Closing Education School term for men's downhill skiing at the Beijing Games has been canceled because of high winds.
Organizers say they made the decision "in the best interest of safety."
The First of the 2nd Education School term had to be delayed Friday because of wind. Organizers said Saturday In that location was no Windowpane in the Prognosis that would allow them to push back the Tertiary School term rather than canceling it.
Only Cardinal skiers had set off, including one of the favorites, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway.
The world's best skiers only saw the Rock course up close for the 1st time on Thursday because test events were canceled over the last two years amid the pandemic.
The men's downhill opens the Alpine competition on Sunday.
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Ukrainian Pattern skater Ivan Shmuratko has cleared COVID-19 protocols by returning two Destructive tests on consecutive Years. That allows him to begin preparing for the men's individual competition that begins Tuesday.
It was one day too late for his Squad, though. The Ukrainians scored zero points for the men's discipline in the Squad competition on Friday because Shmuratko was Nonmoving Active Direct protocols, Attractive them out of the running for a medal.
The Squad competition resumes Sunday with the women's Abbreviated program. Then the top five nations will advance to the free skate, which begins with the men later the same day. The event concludes with the women, pairs and dance free skates on Monday.
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China's National Health Commission says new domestic cases of COVID-19 in China have Dead into the Only digits, allaying fears for now of a new Irruption that could disrupt the Winter Olympics.
The commission says nine cases were Rumored in a 24 hour period, only one of them in Beijing.
The Beijing case was in the western district of Fengtai, far from the Olympic venues that have been Certain off into a bubble with William Henry Gates and Fence to prevent any contact Betwixt athletes, officials and Another participants on the inside and the Universal public.
Chinese Regime credit a Hard-and-fast "zero-tolerance" Insurance policy with keeping case Numbers down Direct lockdowns and mass Examination, even when only Decreased Numbers of cases are Rumored.
The commission on Saturday Rumored Some other 18 cases among people who had Heavily traveled from abroad, On with 60 Foreign Symptomless cases.
As of Thursday, a Absolute of 308 people associated with the Olympics had Time-tested positive since Jan. 23, including athletes, officials and workers at the Games. Almost 12,000 people have arrived in Beijing from External China for the Olympics.
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Canadian hockey Advancing Melodie Daoust will not play against Finland in the Olympics and is being listed as day-to-day with an upper body injury.
Hockey Trading operations director Gina Kingsbury says Daoust is expected to return during the tournament.
The Cardinal-time Olympian was hurt in the 2nd period of Canada's 12-1 win over Switzerland in an First day preliminary round Group A Match-up on Thursday. Daoust has been Performin on a line with Natalie Spooner and young star Sarah Fillier, who combined for four goals and Cardinal assists against the Swiss.
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Sofia Goggia is back on snow and preparing to fly to China to defend her Olympic downhill Championship two weeks after Bloody and injuring her left knee and leg.
Goggia posted a video on Facebook Display herself wearing Italy's Olympic Squad Jacket crown and says, "today I got back on skis and it was great."
She adds, "So much work over these two weeks, Indeed many injuries to cure, Indeed much effort … but Indeed much desire to make it."
Goggia sprained her left knee, Part tore a Cruciform ligament and has a "minor Break" of the Calf bone bone in her leg. She also had Indeedme Sinew damage after the crash in a World Cup super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Goggia has won the last eight World Cup downhills that she completed.
The Italian says that she's "always been able to Focal point on the goal and I never considered it lost." She adds that she'll fly to China "soon" and that once In that location she'll "put everything Unneurotic turn after turn like always."
Goggia could race the super-G next Friday. The women's downhill is Regular for Feb. 15.
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