Category: beijing 2022

February 11, 2022 Off

Fake Snow Olympics Are an Omen of Climate Change Upending Winter Sports Forever

By Hanako Montgomery

Taiwanese skier Ping-Jui Ho fears he may lose his job to the growing climate crisis. The 23-year-old has been skiing…

February 10, 2022 Off

US Figure Skater Nathan Chen Takes Gold as Japan’s ‘Ice Prince’ Falls Short

By Hanako Montgomery

A near perfect performance put U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen comfortably at the top of the Olympic podium, a hard-fought…

February 9, 2022 Off

We Spoke to Winter Olympians From Snowless Countries About How They Made It to the Games

By Hanako Montgomery

In Yohan Goutt Goncalves’ country, there is no indigenous word for snow. When the 27-year-old skier became the first Winter…