Jamie Anderson competes at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports Twelve snowboarders will compete for gold Sunday in the women’s slopestyle final at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and NBC and Peacock will be there to capture ...
Johannes Ludwig – Credit: Getty Images LUDWIG SPEEDS TO COURSE RECORD RESULTS That didn’t take long. The first to race, Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl immediately kicked off the luge men’s singles competition with a track record: 57.110 seconds. Kindl’s record lasted ...
U.S. Alpine skiers discuss conditions on the course at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center after the men's downhill third training session was cancelled due to bad weather. – Credit: Getty Images The last of three Alpine skiing men’s downhill ...
Johannes Ludwig – Credit: Getty Images MEN’S SINGLES, FIRST AND SECOND RUNS Imagine zooming down the world’s fastest, slipperiest slide at 80 miles an hour. Except the slide is a mile of sharp turns, stiff sidewalls, and steep slopes, and ...
Armin Zoeggeler – Credit: USA Today By David Kirton THE ABSOLUTE BASICS The fastest sport in the Olympics, a single rider goes feet-first and face-up, steering themselves down a special track with their calf muscles and shoulders down, at speeds ...
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway in action during the men’s downhill training on February 4, 2022 in Yanqing China. – Credit: Getty Images The Alpine skiing men’s downhill event holds the distinction as the sport’s fastest and most dangerous discipline. ...
In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic road cycling history, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria won the women’s road race early Sunday to capture her nation’s first Olympic medal since the inaugural 1896 Athens Games. Kiesenhofer covered the 85.1-mile (137 km) course from Musashinonomori Park ...