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Skiing
The top 10 posts of 2022
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Big up George Jedenoff, the world’s oldest living skier at 105
Happy birthday, George!
Jesper Tjäder sets new world record for longest rail grind on skis
Congrats, Jesper!
Skijoring: the one-time Olympic demonstration sport
From Scandanavian winter travel to North American snow cowboy racing.
Millie Knight on her experiences with blind alpine skiing
The Winter Paralympics is well underway now but a few weeks ago, Bloomberg spoke to the three-time Paralympic medalist Millie Knight about her challenges with blind alpine skiing and her relationship with her guide, Brett Wild. And congrats to Millie for her bronze medal in the women’s downhill, vision impaired event yesterday!
Skiing in Turkey
What’s “shoop, shoop, shoop” in Turkish?
Marbled skis made from melted down plastic bags
Could we see plastic bag skis on the slopes in Milano Cortina 2026?
Shout out to Benjamin Alexander, the first Jamaican alpine skiier at the Winter Olympics
Alexander joins a host of Jamaicans who have featured at the Winter Games, but he has the distinction of being the first in alpine skiiing.
TIL: Ski ballet was a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics
‘In essence, ski ballet is figure skating on skis. Can you do it on a flat surface like an ice rink? No, because you need some downward momentum to be skiing but it’s a very gentle slope. A short run is two minutes and a long run is four minutes.’
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.
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?
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.’