NASA: A Satellite View of Olympic Terrain Beijing, the host city for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, is situated on the northern edge of the North China Plain, near the meeting of the Xishan and Yanshan ranges. (Shan means “mountain” in Chinese.) Bordering the city on three sides, mountains have a long history of shielding Beijing from roving invaders from the steppe regions to the northwest. In […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Speedskater Wins Gold at 5th Consecutive Games to Become Greatest Olympian Ever Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst has become the first athlete in history to win individual gold in five straight Olympic Games, either summer and winter. Related: [OLYMPICS] 5 Female Ski Jumpers Disqualified For Wearing Illegal Outfits Wüst, 35, took gold in the women’s 1500m speed skating event to become the greatest Olympian of all time. She won her first gold medal […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] 5 Female Ski Jumpers Disqualified For Wearing Illegal Outfits The inaugural mixed team ski jumping event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ended in controversy when several competitors were disqualified for their clothing. Five jumpers were disqualified for wearing loose-fitting suits, giving athletes an advantage while airborne. Austria, Germany, Japan, and Norway, were all disqualified, meaning Slovenia took gold, Russia silver, and Canada bronze. Favorites Germany were disqualified after […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Why Do Ski Jumpers Hold Their Skis in a V Shape? [arve url="https://youtu.be/tWsSa9VtmTw"] SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Insane Trick | Freestyle Skier Maintains Grab Through 1440 and Landing, Lands on One Ski https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1490595186958811137 Finnish freestyle skier Simo Peltola pulled off an awesome trick during the men’s freestyle skiing big air qualifiers at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday—and still failed to qualify for Wednesday’s final. Peltola, 21, completed four rotations in the air while grabbing one ski. Then, instead of releasing his ski on landing, he maintained the grab, landing on one […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Olympic Big Air Skier Drops Wallet After Landing Switch Triple-Cork on Final Jump During Qualifier https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1490591670357868544 Swiss freestyle skier Kim Gubser, 21, went big on his final run of Monday’s men’s freestyle skiing big air qualifiers at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics—losing his wallet in the process. On landing his final jump, a switch triple-cork, his wallet flew out of his pocket onto the snow. As soon as his run was over, he removed his […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Men’s Downhill Race Recap: Beat Fuez Wins First Swiss Downhill Olympic Title In 12-Years Forty control gates, two training runs, nearly a kilometer of vertical descent (2933ft), no test event, and a postponed race day. This was the story of the buildup to the first Alpine Skiing event of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. The Men’s Downhill is one of the most popular events in the Winter Olympics, and this year’s […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Re-Cap: February 3rd – 7th The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics started the winter games off with a bang on Feb. 4th, 2022. With gorgeous designs from Ralph Lauren, Team USA looked strong, intimidating, and ready to win medals this year. Some of the preliminary events began on Thursday, Feb. 3rd. Events in the Alpine, Freestyle, Cross Country, and Snowboarding disciplines took place […] Olympics Haleigh Hafner | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
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