Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
It wouldn’t be the Olympic Winter Games without ski racers flying down terrifyingly steep hills at ridiculously fast speeds. Alpine skiers must navigate a course defined by gates in a quest to get to the finish line in the fastest time. There are four ...
The sport we know today as biathlon debuted as “military patrol” back at the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and it’s easy to see where the name came from. The combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting is just t...
There’s nothing quite like driving a 1,400-pound sled down an icy track at 90 mph. Bobsled (also called bobsleigh) developed in the 1880s in Switzerland and has been an Olympic sport since the first Winter Games in 1924. The lone exception was in 1960,...
Cross-country skiing as a mode of transportation far outdates its history as a competitive sport. Records of people in Nordic countries strapping planks of wood to their feet to traverse snow-covered terrain date back hundreds of years. What Jessie Dig...
Save for one appearance back in 1924, curling has been on the Olympic program since 1998, making it one of the newer sports at the Winter Games. That tournament back at the first-ever Winter Games in Chamonix, France, was male-only and included just th...
Figure skating in the Olympics actually predates the Winter Games, with competitions in men’s, women’s, pairs and men’s “special figures” taking place at the 1908 Games in London. The former three events were also held at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. It ...
Skiing is among the oldest winter sports, with ancient origins dating back thousands of years. But it took a few millennia for skiers to start figuring out how to perform some tricks. The first experimenters were alpine skiers in the 1930s who would pu...
Men’s hockey has been played at every Olympic Winter Games since the first one in 1924 in Chamonix, France. However, the sport actually made its Olympic debut four years earlier at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. That tournament was played w...
Seventy-four years after men’s hockey made its Olympic Winter Games debut, women finally got their chance to pursue Olympic dreams at the 1998 Nagano Games. That tournament wasn’t only historic for the game of hockey, it ended up being an iconic moment...
With the first international races held back in 1883, and its origins tracing hundreds of years earlier, luge is among the world’s oldest winter sports. Despite its long history, luge didn’t make its Olympic debut until 1964. The program included men’s...
Combining the sports of ski jumping and cross-country skiing, Nordic combined is considered by purists to be the quintessential Nordic event. Competitors begin with a ski jumping competition that determines the starting order for a 10-kilometer cross-c...
Skeleton returned to the Olympic program in 2002, 54 years after its last appearance and 74 after its first. The only reason skeleton made its first two appearances was that both those of those Winter Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where t...
Athletes start atop a steep ramp then soar hundreds of feet through the air, usually with a scenic backdrop to boot. It’s no surprise that ski jumping is a perennial fan favorite at the Olympic Winter Games.One of the original Winter Olympic sports, sk...
The newest sport on the Olympic Winter Games program turns 24 this year, and has it ever grown. A schedule of four medal events in the debut of snowboarding at the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998 has given way to 11 planned for Beijing. Halfpipe and p...
Ice skating has come a long way since it was developed centuries ago on the frozen canals of the Netherlands. Long track speedskating, held on a 400-meter oval, has evolved into a mesmerizing display of power and grace as athletes race across the ice t...
Short track speedskating has been thrilling fans with its fast-paced, action-packed races since the sport made its Olympic debut in 1992. Featuring packs of athletes racing against each other — rather than against the clock, as in long track speedskati...
