‘In essence, ski ballet is figure skating on skis.’
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics are a multi–sport event held every four years, typically between the months of February and March. The Winter Games complement the Summer Olympic Games held during summer months. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France and in modern times, the Games features competitions in a variety of winter sports, including alpine skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and speed skating, and ice hockey.
Montell Douglas and Mica McNeill: bobsledding at Beijing 2022
History will be made in the two-woman bobsleigh team for Great Britain.
Can you pick all 15 African nations that have participated in the Winter Olympic games?
Can you get more than half?
Erin Jackson: the first Black woman to win individual gold at Winter Olympics
Black girl magic: on ice!
Shout out to Samuel Ikpefan, the only Nigerian athlete at Beijing 2022
Ikpefan is the second consecutive Nigerian Olympian at the Winter Games, after Seun Adigun appeared in two-women bobsled in 2018.
Jonathan Abrams on the need for speed in winter sliding sports and the tracks made to protect them
Watch your step, kid (protect ya neck, kid).
An Atlas Obscura history of luge
‘Luge is pure folly, a creation of bored, aristocratic, and sometimes destructive men on vacation.’
Watch a playthrough of all the events from Nagano Winter Olympics '98 on the N64
If only there was a Konami code for the athletes in real life, eh?
Beijing's big air jumps at the 2022 Winter Olympics look metal AF
The big air ramps at the Winter Olympics offer a different kind of backdrop to what most people are accustomed to and that can be a good thing.
Guides to Winter Olympic sports
Get to grips with all the sports at Beijing 2022.
Nagano 1998 (Winter Olympic Film)
Relive Nagano 1998 with the official Olympic film right here.
Shout out to Arif Khan, the only Indian athlete at Beijing 2022
‘As children we used to play football and cricket, but there was no playground around us. Skiing was the only convenient sport for us.’
The best Winter Olympic sports (if they took place in the dark)
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!
Snow worries: Beijing's artificial snow and climate change putting future Winter Games at risk
A lack of powder is causing problems.
We're getting a Super Bowl/Winter Olympics eclipse!
When two sporting worlds collide.
Interesting facts about the Winter Olympics from Quartz
Will Norway top the medal table once again or can China improve their tally from 2018 at their home games?
Speed skiing and its limited Olympic history
With speeds of over 150 mph, speed skiing isn’t for the faint of heart—or the Olympics.
Beijing's new 'Ice Ribbon' stadium by Populous
Populous is back with another sporting stadium.
Guides to Olympic alpine skiing
It’s nearly skiing time!
Abandoned Olympic venues
What happens to Olympic venues when the games are over?