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.
Skiing
TIL: Ski ballet was a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics
‘In essence, ski ballet is figure skating on skis.’
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.’
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!
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.
The past and present of skis
Back in my day, we used animal hide for ski boots!
Guides to Olympic alpine skiing
It’s nearly skiing time!
Well damn, a Brit won a World Cup ski race
Perseverance and determination paid off for Dave Ryding, Britain’s greatest male alpine skier.
Café du Cycliste on Mont Ventoux
No chance of cycling on this kind of terrain in winter!