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Newspaper Page TextA6 The BulleTin • Monday, FeBruary 21, 2022 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD MONDAY GYMNASTICS Women’s college, arizona at California Women’s college, utah at Washington BASKETBALL Women’s college, Penn St. at Michigan St. Men’s college, american at Colgate Men’s college, louisville at north Carolina Men’s college, Penn St. at Maryland Men’s college, Coppin St. at howard Men’s college, indiana at ohio St. Women’s college, indiana at iowa Men’s college, Baylor at oklahoma St. Men’s college, alabama St. at Bethune-Cookman Men’s college, arizona St. at uCla HOCKEY nhl, Seattle at Vancouver 2 p.m. 6 p.m. Pac-12 Pac-12 ON DECK 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Big Ten CBSSn eSPn eSPn2 eSPnu FS1 Big Ten eSPn eSPnu FS1 MONDAY Boys basketball: Mountain View at McKay, 6:30 p.m.; Bend at South Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Summit at West Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Gladstone at Madras, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: McKay at Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.; West Salem at Summit, 6:30 p.m.; South Salem at Bend, 6:30 p.m.; Madras at Gladstone, 7 p.m. TUESDAY Boys basketball: Redmond at Ridgeview, 7:30 p.m.; The Dalles at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Woodburn at Sis- ters, 5:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Redmond at Ridgeview, 6 p.m.; The Dalles at Crook County, 5:30 p.m.; Woodburn at Sisters, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY Girls basketball: Class 1A state playoffs, first round, TBD. THURSDAY Boys basketball: Sprague at Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.; West Salem at Bend, 6:30 p.m.; McKay at Summit, 6:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Mountain View at Sprague, 6:30 p.m.; Bend at West Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Summit at McKay, 6:30 p.m. Wrestling: Girls state tournament, at Culver, 9 a.m. FRIDAY Boys basketball: Class 3A state playoffs, first round, TBD; Class 2A state playoffs, first round, TBD; Class 1A state playoffs, first round, TBD. Nordic skiing: OISRA state championships, at Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center, 2 p.m. SATURDAY Girls basketball: Class 3A state playoffs, first round, TBD; Class 2A state playoffs, first round, TBD; Class 1A state playoffs, second round, TBD. Wrestling: Class 6A state championships, at Sandy, 9 a.m.; Class 5A state championships, at Ridgeview, 9 a.m.; Class 4A state championships, at Cascade, 9 a.m.; Class 3A state championships, at La Pine, 9 a.m.; Class 2A/1A state championships, at Culver, 9 a.m. Nordic skiing: OISRA state championships, at Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center, 10 a.m. 7 p.m. root/root+ Listings are the most accurate available. SPORTS BRIEFING COLLEGE BASKETBALL Michigan coach hits Badgers assistant; fracas follows — Michigan coach Juwan Howard hit Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft during the handshake line, setting off a fracas be- tween the team following the 15th-ranked Badgers’ 77-63 win Sunday. The Big Ten said it planned to “take swift and appro- priate disciplinary action when it completes its review.” Howard said he was upset Wisconsin (21-5, 12-4) called timeout with 15 seconds left. Badgers coach Greg Gard said he called it because his reserves were in the game and were running out of time to get the ball past midcourt. Howard began arguing with Gard during the handshake line. Howard then reached through a crowd — re- plays showed Howard had his hand open by the time he struck Krabbenhoft on the left side of his head. Players from each side got involved in the skirmish, and video appeared to show Mich- igan’s Moussa Diabate and Wisconsin’s Jahcobi Neath throwing punches. Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel issued a state- ment saying he had apologized to McIntosh. GOLF Dustin Johnson says he’s sticking with the PGA Tour — A proposed Saudi-financed rival golf league took a massive hit Sunday when Dustin Johnson said he was “fully committed” to the PGA Tour, and Bryson DeChambeau indicated he would stay where the stars were playing. Johnson added his name to a growing list of golf’s top players who have said they are not inter- ested in taking guaranteed riches from the “Super Golf League” that Greg Norman and his LIV Golf Investments are behind. Rory McIlroy, the first to speak out against a rival league and the guaranteed riches two years ago, said Sunday’s development left the concept “dead in the water.” Johnson, a two-time major champion who has spent more time at No. 1 in the world than any of the current players — he now is at No. 6 — had kept his intentions quiet over the last few months, leading to speculation he would join. Johnson’s statement means no one from the top 10 in the world have indicated any interest in signing up for the league. Some details are known, such as a schedule that includes as many as 10 events in the U.S., with the new league targeting courses owned by former President Donald Trump. — Bulletin wire reports Prep sports BASKETBALL Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Arizona 14 1 .933 24 2 .923 Southern Cal 11 4 .733 22 4 .846 UCLA 11 4 .733 19 5 .792 Oregon 10 6 .625 17 10 .630 Colorado 10 7 .588 18 9 .667 Washington 8 7 .533 13 12 .520 Washington St. 7 7 .500 14 11 .560 Stanford 8 9 .471 15 12 .556 Arizona St. 6 9 .400 10 15 .400 Utah 4 13 .235 11 16 .407 California 4 13 .235 11 17 .393 Oregon St. 1 14 .067 3 22 .120 Saturday’s Late Games Arizona 84, Oregon 81 Colorado 70, Stanford 53 UCLA 76, Washington 50 Sunday’s Games Washington St. at Southern Cal, late Monday’s Games Arizona St. at UCLA, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Late Box Score No. 3 Arizona 84, Oregon 81 OREGON (17-10) Guerrier 7-12 1-1 21, Dante 6-9 1-2 13, Harmon 3-6 0-0 6, Richardson 7-15 6-6 22, Young 4-10 2-2 10, Williams 4-13 0-0 9, Kepnang 0-2 0-0 0, Soares 0-1 0-0 0, Bittle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-68 10-11 81. ARIZONA (24-2) A.Tubelis 6-11 2-5 14, Koloko 5-8 0-0 10, Kriisa 3-8 0-0 9, Terry 5-7 1-2 13, Mathurin 9-17 2-4 24, Larsson 2-5 5-6 11, Ballo 1-1 1-2 3, Kier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-58 11-19 84. Halftime —Oregon 47-45. 3-Point Goals —Oregon 9-26 (Guerrier 6-11, Richardson 2-6, Williams 1-6, Harmon 0-1, Soares 0-1, Young 0-1), Arizona 11-23 (Mathurin 4-7, Kriisa 3-8, Terry 2-2, Larsson 2-5, Kier 0-1). Rebounds —Oregon 32 (Dante 15), Arizona 32 (Koloko 8). Assists —Oregon 12 (Young 5), Arizona 22 (Terry 6). Total Fouls —Oregon 20, Arizona 13. A—14,644 (14,644). Portland San Antonio New Orleans Sacramento Oklahoma City Houston 25 34 23 36 23 36 22 38 18 40 15 43 Sunday 2022 All-Star Game Team LeBron 163, Team Durant 160 Monday No games scheduled. Women’s college PAC-12 SCHEDULE Sunday’s Games Washington 74, Arizona St. 69 Washington St. 72, No. 8 Arizona 67 Oregon St. 68, California 59 Utah 75, UCLA 70 Colorado 67, Southern Cal 54 No. 2 Stanford 66, Oregon 62 Monday-Tuesday No games scheduled. .424 .390 .390 .367 .310 .259 23½ 25½ 25½ 27 30 33 HOCKEY Sunday’s Box Scores Oregon St. 68, California 59 NHL CALIFORNIA (11-10) Lutje Schipholt 1-4 0-0 2, Curry 8-23 4-4 23, Daniels 1-7 0-0 2, Green 6-18 2-3 17, McIntosh 3-9 2-2 10, Onyiah 0-1 0-0 0, Samb 0-1 0-0 0, Crocker 1-4 2-2 5, Mastrov 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-68 10-11 59 OREGON ST. (13-10) Aquino 1-1 0-0 2, Corosdale 3-7 4-5 10, Codding 1-1 0-0 2, Kampschroeder 1-4 0-0 2, von Oelhoffen 4-8 0-0 9, Brown 3-10 3-4 9, Mack 5-7 3-4 14, Mitrovic 4-6 1-2 9, Adams 2-2 1-2 5, Mannen 0-0 2-2 2, Marotte 2-5 0-0 4, Totals 26-51 14-19 68 California 19 16 12 12 — 59 Oregon St. 21 12 19 16 — 68 3-Point Goals—California 9-31 (Curry 3-10, Daniels 0-1, Green 3-12, McIntosh 2-6, Crocker 1-1, Mastrov 0-1), Oregon St. 2-12 (Corosdale 0-2, Kampschroeder 0-3, von Oelhoffen 1-4, Brown 0-1, Mack 1-1, Mitrovic 0-1). Assists—California 10 (Curry 3), Oregon St. 16 (Adams 4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—California 31 (McIntosh 8), Oregon St. 44 (Corosdale 9, Mitrovic 9). Total Fouls—California 17, Oregon St. 11. Technical Fouls—California Team 1. A—4,401. No. 2 Stanford 66, Oregon 62 STANFORD (23-3) Brink 3-10 2-4 8, Lexie Hull 1-6 7-7 9, Lacie Hull 2-6 0-0 5, Jones 7-17 4-4 18, Wilson 2-6 1-1 6, Belibi 2-3 1-4 5, Prechtel 0-3 0-0 0, Jump 0-3 0-0 0, Emma-Nnopu 1-1 1-2 4, Iriafen 5-9 1-2 11, Van Gytenbeek 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 23-65 17-24 66 OREGON (18-9) Sabally 3-8 2-2 8, Paopao 8-20 3-4 23, Parrish 4-10 2-2 13, Rogers 4-14 2-3 10, Scherr 0-2 0-0 0, Prince 2-3 0-0 4, Watson 2-2 0-3 4, Hurst 0-1 0-0 0, Kyei 0-0 0-0 0, Pinto 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 23-60 9-14 62 Stanford 10 21 15 20 — 66 Oregon 14 22 11 15 — 62 3-Point Goals—Stanford 3-16 (Le.Hull 0-2, La.Hull 1-4, Wilson 1-3, Prechtel 0-3, Jump 0-2, Emma-Nnopu 1-1, Van Gytenbeek 0-1), Oregon 7-17 (Paopao 4-6, Parrish 3-7, Rogers 0-2, Scherr 0-1, Hurst 0-1). Assists—Stan- ford 10 (Wilson 3), Oregon 13 (Paopao 5). Fouled Out—Stanford Brink, Oregon Sabally, Watson. Re- bounds—Stanford 40 (Jones 9), Oregon 42 (Sabally 7). Total Fouls—Stanford 14, Oregon 21. Technical Fouls— None. A—8,981. NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Miami 38 21 .644 Chicago 38 21 .644 Phila. 35 23 .603 Cleveland 35 23 .603 Milwaukee 36 24 .600 Boston 34 26 .567 Toronto 32 25 .561 Brooklyn 31 28 .525 Atlanta 28 30 .483 Charlotte 29 31 .483 Washington 27 31 .466 New York 25 34 .424 Indiana 20 40 .333 Detroit 13 45 .224 Orlando 13 47 .217 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phoenix 48 10 .828 Golden State 42 17 .712 Memphis 41 19 .683 Utah 36 22 .621 Dallas 35 24 .593 Denver 33 25 .569 Minnesota 31 28 .525 L.A. Clippers 30 31 .492 L.A. Lakers 27 31 .466 GB — — 2½ 2½ 2½ 4½ 5 7 9½ 9½ 10½ 13 18½ 24½ 25½ GB — 6½ 8 12 13½ 15 17½ 19½ 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 50 35 10 5 75 208 145 Tampa Bay 49 32 11 6 70 169 139 Toronto 48 32 13 3 67 174 132 Boston 49 28 17 4 60 140 138 Detroit 51 23 22 6 52 147 176 Ottawa 49 18 26 5 41 130 156 Buffalo 51 16 27 8 40 138 182 Montreal 50 10 33 7 27 112 195 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 49 34 11 4 72 172 118 Pittsburgh 52 31 13 8 70 173 140 N.Y. Rangers 50 32 13 5 69 151 127 Washington 52 28 15 9 65 171 145 Columbus 49 25 23 1 51 163 180 N.Y. Islanders 45 18 20 7 43 111 126 Philadelphia 49 15 25 9 39 125 172 New Jersey 50 17 28 5 39 146 182 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 49 36 9 4 76 198 138 St. Louis 49 29 14 6 64 175 137 Minnesota 46 30 13 3 63 176 140 Nashville 50 28 18 4 60 153 143 Dallas 49 27 20 2 56 143 145 Winnipeg 49 22 19 8 52 144 147 Chicago 52 18 26 8 44 126 176 Arizona 50 13 33 4 30 114 186 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 48 29 13 6 64 166 113 Vegas 50 28 18 4 60 165 149 Edmonton 49 28 18 3 59 165 154 Los Angeles 50 26 17 7 59 147 141 Anaheim 52 24 19 9 57 156 158 Vancouver 51 23 22 6 52 135 146 San Jose 48 22 21 5 49 130 150 Seattle 51 16 31 4 36 133 180 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Saturday’s Late Games Calgary 2, Seattle 1 Anaheim 7, Vancouver 4 Sunday’s Games Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 3 Montreal 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Florida 5, Chicago 2 N.Y. Rangers 2, Ottawa 1 Columbus 7, Buffalo 3 Arizona 3, Dallas 1 Minnesota at Edmonton, late Vegas at San Jose, late Monday’s Games Colorado at Boston, 10 a.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, noon Winnipeg at Calgary, 1 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Genesis Invitational Scores Sunday at Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, Calif. Yardage: 7,322; Par: 71 Purse: $12 Million Final Round Joaquin Niemann (550), $2,160,000 63-63-68-71—265 Collin Morikawa (258), $1,068,000 67-67-68-65—267 Cameron Young (258), $1,068,000 66-62-69-70—267 Adam Scott (128), $540,000 68-65-71-66—270 Viktor Hovland (128), $540,000 71-64-65-70—270 Justin Thomas (105), $435,000 67-64-70-70—271 Maverick McNealy (92), $390,000 68-68-67-69—272 Scottie Scheffler (92), $390,000 66-72-65-69—272 C.T. Pan (83), $351,000 Chez Reavie (73), $303,000 Rory McIlroy (73), $303,000 Max Homa (73), $303,000 67-70-69-67—273 74-68-66-66—274 69-70-67-68—274 66-70-67-71—274 MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 Lineup After qualifying; race Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Car number in parentheses) NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 Results Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Austin Cindric, Ford, 201 laps, 45 points. 2. (16) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 201, 43. 3. (9) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 201, 34. 4. (7) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 201, 33. 5. (38) Aric Almirola, Ford, 201, 32. 6. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 201, 31. 7. (6) Michael McDowell, Ford, 201, 30. 8. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 201, 29. 9. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 201, 44. 10. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201, 28. 11. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 201, 26. 12. (33) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 201, 0. 13. (14) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 201, 44. 14. (24) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 201, 23. 15. (27) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 201, 0. 16. (4) Chris Buescher, Ford, 200, 25. 17. (32) Cody Ware, Ford, 200, 20. 18. (21) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 199, 19. 19. (17) Kurt Busch, Toyota, 199, 22. 20. (31) Cole Custer, Ford, 199, 17. 21. (20) Joey Logano, Ford, 198, 31. 22. (40) Jacques Villeneuve, Ford, 198, 15. 23. (25) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 198, 14. 24. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 197, 13. 25. (36) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 197, 17. 26. (35) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 196, 0. 27. (37) BJ McLeod, Ford, 196, 10. 28. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, accident, 194, 22. 29. (13) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, accident, 191, 11. 30. (22) Kevin Harvick, Ford, dvp, 191, 10. 31. (39) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 0. 32. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 9. 33. (29) Todd Gilliland, Ford, accident, 190, 13. 34. (12) Christopher Bell, Toyota, accident, 152, 3. 35. (15) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, accident, 151, 2. 36. (28) Greg Biffle, Chevrolet, 136, 0. 37. (30) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 63, 1. 38. (23) William Byron, Chevrolet, accident, 62, 1. 39. (8) Harrison Burton, Ford, accident, 62, 1. 40. (19) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, accident, 62, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 142.302 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 31 minutes, 53 seconds. Margin of Victory: .036 seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 37 laps. Lead Changes: 35 among 13 drivers. Lap Leaders: K.Larson 0; B.Keselowski 1-6; Ky.Busch 7; B.Keselowski 8-26; Ky.Busch 27-31; B.Keselowski 32; Ky.Busch 33-37; R.Stenhouse 38; H.Burton 39; J.Loga- no 40; Ky.Busch 41-57; W.Byron 58; H.Burton 59-60; M.Truex 61-67; A.Dillon 68; E.Jones 69-71; R.Blaney 72- 107; M.Truex 108; B.Wallace 109; B.Keselowski 110-124; K.Larson 125; B.Keselowski 126-129; M.Truex 130-132; B.Wallace 133; B.Keselowski 134-155; B.Wallace 156; A.Cindric 157-162; B.Wallace 163-166; A.Cindric 167- 168; B.Wallace 169-170; A.Cindric 171-175; B.Wallace 176-177; R.Stenhouse 178; B.Wallace 179; R.Stenhouse 180-193; A.Cindric 194-201 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Ke- selowski, 6 times for 67 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 36 laps; Ky.Busch, 4 times for 28 laps; A.Cindric, 4 times for 21 laps; R.Stenhouse, 3 times for 16 laps; B.Wallace, 7 times for 12 laps; M.Truex, 3 times for 11 laps; E.Jones, 1 time for 3 laps; H.Burton, 2 times for 3 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 1 lap; A.Dillon, 1 time for 1 lap; K.Larson, 2 times for 1 lap; W.Byron, 1 time for 1 lap. Olympics Daytona Continued from A5 Continued from A5 The local volunteers, as is usually the case, were delightful, helpful and engag- ing, and they received high-profile acco- lades at the closing. There was snow — most of it fake, some of it real. The venues — many of them, like the Bird’s Nest and the Aquatic Center, harvested from the 2008 edition of the Beijing Olympics — performed to expectations. One new locale, Big Air Shougang, carved from a repurposed steel mill, was an appeal- ingly edgy mashup of winter wonder- land and rust-belt industrial landscape. TV ratings were down, but stream- ing viewership was up: By Saturday, NBC had streamed 3.5 billion minutes from Beijing, compared to 2.2 billion in South Korea in 2018. There were no major unexpected logistical problems, only the ones cre- ated deliberately to stem the spread of COVID in the country where the coro- navirus first emerged more than two years ago. And stemmed it seemed to be. As of Saturday, the segregated system that effectively turned Beijing into two cit- ies — one sequestered, one proceeding very much as normal — had produced only 463 positive tests among thousands of visitors entering the bubble since Jan. 23. Not surprisingly, the state-controlled media loved this. “The success in insulating the event from the virus and keeping disruption to sports events to a minimum also re- flected the effectiveness and flexibility of China’s overall zero-COVID poli- cies,” the pro-government Global Times newspaper said, citing epidemiologists who say “the COVID-19 prevention ex- perience accumulated from this Olym- pics can also inspire Chinese cities to adjust their policies.” Look deeper, though, and a different story emerges about these Games. Internationally, many critiqued them as the “authoritarian Olympics” and de- nounced the IOC for holding them in concert with a government accused of gross human rights violations against eth- nic Uyghurs and Tibetans in its far west and harsh policies against Hong Kong democracy activists off its southeastern coast. Several Western governments boy- cotted by not sending any official delega- tions, though they sent athletes. For its part, China denied such alle- gations, as it typically does, and featured a Uyghur as part of its slate of Olympic torch-carriers for the opening ceremony “What could have been, right?” Wallace said. “Just de- jected.” A trio of Ford drivers rounded out the top five with Chase Briscoe third, followed by Blaney and Aric Almirola. Kyle Busch was sixth to join Wallace as the only Toyota drivers in the top 10. Michael McDowell was seventh, fol- lowed by David Ragan and Keselowski, and finally Chase Elliott in the only Chevrolet to finish inside the top 10. Cindric, meanwhile, gave his family another one of the crown jewel trophies in mo- torsports. He’s the son of Tim Cindric, the president of Pen- ske’s racing organization, and the maternal grandson of the late Jim Trueman, who fielded Bobby Rahal’s winning car in the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Trueman died of cancer 10 days after the win at age 51. Tim Cindric watched the finish from a suite high above the speedway alongside Pen- ske and other team executives. Penske said his longtime ex- ecutive finally showed some emotion during overtime. “I always kid him, I say, ‘You’ve got to be a little more excited.’ Well, he was excited today, really,” Penske said. “He even got out of his cool, calm way. I think he said, ‘I’m going to really celebrate; my boy won the Daytona 500.’” Cindric is considered the first rookie to win the Daytona 500, although Trevor Bayne won in 2011 but was not eli- gible to run for rookie of the year in the Cup Series. Cindric made his Daytona 500 debut in last year’s race, which was de- cided by a last-lap collision that collected Cindric and his Pen- ske teammates. All the Penske cars ended last year’s race in a ball of fire. “I just wanted one of them to win. When they were com- ing to the line, I was afraid we were going to end up like last year,” Tim Cindric said. “I just wanted one of our guys to bring it home.” Jae C. hong/aP Fireworks explode over the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Sunday. Feb. 4. And then, of course, there were the Russians. And doping. Again. The 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for using a banned heart medication. The result wasn’t announced by anti-doping offi- cials until after she’d won gold as part of the team competition, even though the sample was taken weeks earlier. The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared her to compete in the individ- ual discipline, ruling that as a minor she had protected status. But Valieva, although heavily favored to win, fell sev- eral times during her free skate routine, landing her fourth place and prompt- ing a cold reception from her embattled coach, Eteri Tutberidze. “Rather than giving her comfort, rather than to try to help her, you could feel this chilling atmosphere, this dis- tance,” Bach said the next day, proclaim- ing his outrage. American skier Mikaela Shiffrin also came to Beijing with high expectations, only to see them dashed when she failed to finish three races. She left without any medal at all. In an image to remem- ber, the TV cameras captured Shiffrin sitting dejectedly on the snow, head in hands, for several minutes. The 2022 Games were controversial from the moment the IOC awarded them to Beijing, the frequently snow- less capital of a country without much of a winter sports tradition. Almaty, Ka- zakhstan, was the only other city in play after four other bids were withdrawn due to lack of local support or high cost. Geopolitical tensions also shadowed these Games, with Russia’s buildup of troops along its border with Ukraine spurring fears of war in Europe even as the “Olympic Truce” supposedly kicked in. In the closing, Bach said ath- letes “embraced each other even if your countries are divided by conflict,” an apparent reference to a hug captured on camera between a Russian athlete and a Ukrainian one. China swelled with pride, and its so- cial media swelled with comments, as Eileen Gu, an America-born freestyle skier who chose to compete for China, her mother’s native country, became an international superstar. Her three medals — two gold, one silver — set a new re- cord for her sport, and adulation for Gu literally broke the Chinese internet at one point, briefly crashing the servers of Sina Weibo, the massive Twitter-like network. Moments to remember from Beijing • With a nearly perfect free skate and a record-setting short program, the 22-year-old figure skater Nathan Chen became the first American gold medal- ist in his sport since 2010. • Snowboarding’s best known rider, Shaun White, called it a career after fin- ishing fourth in the halfpipe in his fifth Olympics, passing the torch to athletes like Su and the halfpipe gold medalist, Japan’s Ayumu Hirano. • American boarder and social me- dia figure Chloe Kim won the gold in halfpipe for the second time, adding to her 2018 medal from Pyeongchang. • Norway, a country whose total population of 5 million is less than one half of 1% of the host country’s, led the medal count, as it often does. Russia was second, followed by Germany, Can- ada and the United States. These third straight Games in Asia, after Pyeongchang in 2018 and the delayed Tokyo Summer Games six months ago, were also the second pan- demic Games. And the 16,000 athletes and other international visitors who spent the entire time segregated from the host city behind tall chain-link fences couldn’t help but see the count- less signs trumpeting unremitting itera- tions of the Olympic slogan: “Together for a Shared Future.” But for much of these austere and distant Games, wintry not only in their weather but in their tenor itself, a post-pandemic shared future — the hug-and-harmony variety that the Olympics builds its entire multinational brand around — seemed all but out of reach.