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Nagano 1998 (Winter Olympic Film)

9th February 20229th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Relive Nagano 1998 with the official Olympic film right here.

Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Shout out to Arif Khan, the only Indian athlete at Beijing 2022

9th February 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘As children we used to play football and cricket, but there was no playground around us. Skiing was the only convenient sport for us.’

Ice Hockey / Olympics / Skiing / Sport / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

The best Winter Olympic sports (if they took place in the dark)

8th February 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already an Olympic champion, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Snow worries: Beijing’s artificial snow and climate change putting future Winter Games at risk

8th February 202218th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

A lack of powder is causing problems.

American Football / Olympics / Winter Olympics

We’re getting a Super Bowl/Winter Olympics eclipse!

7th February 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

When two sporting worlds collide.

Olympics / Winter Olympics

Interesting facts about the Winter Olympics from Quartz

7th February 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Will Norway top the medal table once again or can China improve their tally from 2018 at their home games?

Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Speed skiing and its limited Olympic history

5th February 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

With speeds of over 150 mph, speed skiing isn’t for the faint of heart—or the Olympics.

Sport / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Beijing’s new ‘Ice Ribbon’ stadium by Populous

28th January 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Populous is back with another sporting stadium.

Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Guides to Olympic alpine skiing

25th January 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

It’s nearly skiing time!

Olympics / Sport / Summer Olympics

Table for One

10th January 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

What would you give up for a chance at gold?

American Football / Baseball / Basketball / Cycling / Golf / Motor Sports / Olympics / Soccer / Sport / Summer Olympics / Tennis

The Ringer’s favourite sporting moments of 2021

2nd January 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

The panDemiLovato couldn’t stop these sporting moments from 2021.

Olympics / Summer Olympics

Jessie Lau on Tokyo 2020, new rules for trans athletes, and their future

6th September 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘Will new Olympics rules exclude or include transgender athletes?’

Olympics

The Heraean Games: an unmarried women’s-only Olympic Games

27th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘The athletes, with their hair hanging freely and dressed in special tunics that cut just above the knee and bared their right shoulder and breast, competed in footraces.’

Olympics

Surena Chande’s 20 facts about the Paralympics

24th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Did you know that Tokyo is the first city to host the Paralympic Games twice?

Olympics / Summer Olympics

How Patrick Savile made Yuto Horigome’s Olympic gold medal-winning skateboard

7th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘It’s a mad one. I’m so blessed to be involved somehow! But mainly I’m so glad Yuto got it, just because of how humble and deserving he was, and I love how perfect it was for him.’

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