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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.

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Can you pick all 15 African nations that have participated in the Winter Olympic games?

Can you get more than half?

16th February 202218th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Erin Jackson: the first Black woman to win individual gold at Winter Olympics

Black girl magic: on ice!

16th February 20227th March 2023 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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.

15th February 202217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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).

14th February 20229th November 2023 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

An Atlas Obscura history of luge

‘Luge is pure folly, a creation of bored, aristocratic, and sometimes destructive men on vacation.’

14th February 20229th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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?

13th February 202213th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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.

11th February 20229th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Guides to Winter Olympic sports

Get to grips with all the sports at Beijing 2022.

9th February 20224th September 2023 by lukealexdavis
Ice Hockey / Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Nagano 1998 (Winter Olympic Film)

Relive Nagano 1998 with the official Olympic film right here.

9th February 20229th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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.’

9th February 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Ice Hockey / Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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!

8th February 202213th December 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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

A lack of powder is causing problems.

8th February 20228th August 2023 by lukealexdavis
American Football / Olympics / Winter Olympics

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

When two sporting worlds collide.

7th February 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Winter Olympics

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?

7th February 20229th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Skiing / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

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.

5th February 20229th July 2025 by lukealexdavis

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