Sled head is still a WIP for scientists studying the dangerous sports of bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge.
Winter Sports
Photos from the first 12 Winter Olympics
Travel back in time with this photo series, showcasing the first 12 Winter Games.
TIL: Ski ballet was a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics
‘In essence, ski ballet is figure skating on skis.’
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!