by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, skeleton sliders Kim Meylemans, of Belgium, and Nicole Silveira, of Brazil, will compete in the women’s event on Thursday, February 10. (A full skeleton schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympics can be found here.) Usually,...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The women’s giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics was filled with plenty of disappointment. A missed gate ended Mikaela Shiffrin‘s Olympic title defense. Nina O’Brien had a scary crash across the finish line after a promising first run. All told, 31 of 82 skiers...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Maame Biney wants to change the sport of short track speedskating for all the competitors who come after her—on and off the ice. Biney, 22, became the first Black woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic short track speedskating team ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics,...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, 45 percent of athletes are women, a Winter Games record. That’s up from 41 percent four years ago in PyeongChang – and 4.3 percent at the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Beijing will feature the debut of seven new events – one...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The stars were out at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, including snowboarders Julia Marino, Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard and figure skaters Vincent Zhou and Karen Chen. Marino, taking silver in women’s snowboarding slopestyle, grabbed the first medal of...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When the world met Jamie Anderson eight years ago, she became the eccentric Olympic champion, the woman whose candles, crystals and essential oils stirred as much curiosity as her snowboarding prowess. She was the alpha free spirit in a sport of unorthodox characters,...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Logan Sankey climbs the steep, metal stairs leading up to the top of the Olympic ski jump in Lake Placid, N.Y. Sankey zips up her suit, slides herself over the ramp and takes off, flying down the ramp and then floating through the air. Read More
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Every Olympian needs a support team, and for Freestyle Skier, Jaelin Kauf, that team is led by her family. That’s not surprising, as both her parents, Patti and Scott, were champion skiers on the professional mogul tour in the 80s and early 90s. Read More
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On the shimmering white slopes of her hometown of Abali, east of the capital Tehran, Iranian Atefeh Ahmadi practises her skiing as she embarks on the path to the Winter Olympics, which has not been an entirely smooth run for the 21-year-old, who is the only Iranian...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s hockey team will be going for their second consecutive gold medal when they step on the ice in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The American women won the gold medal with a 3-2 victory over Canada in the gold medal game at the 2018...
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