How are Olympic Gold Medals Made? The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have come to an end. Team USA has come in first place, with 39 gold medals and 113 total medals, China in second place with 38 golds and 88 total, and Japan in third place with 27 golds and 58 overall medals. This year’s Olympics took place over the course of two weeks, and “339 […] Olympics Jesse | August 10, 2021 0 Comments
Simone Biles Steps Down From Olympic Competition for Mental Health Reasons Within the past year, mental health has been very fragile, as everyone is adjusting to new ways of life. Getting back into the swing of things isn’t easy, and Simone Biles is no exception. The 24-year-old gymnast from Columbus, Ohio, withdrew from the team competition for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Related: VIDEO: BOOM! Simone Biles is First Woman Ever to Land a […] Olympics Breya Bergom | July 29, 2021 7 Comments
2021’s Empty Olympics After Japan Declares State of Emergency The 2020 Summer Olympics, which have already been delayed for a year, recently have been presented with another setback: no spectators. Although there was already a cap of 50% capacity on domestic crowds (up to 10,000 people), Japan declared a state of emergency on July 5. The state of emergency is planned to withhold until August 22. The games are scheduled […] Olympics Breya Bergom | July 14, 2021 0 Comments
UPDATE: IOC Officially Confirms Summer Olympics Are Being Postponed for First Time Ever UPDATED: 3/24/20 – 0700PT This summer’s Olympic Games, due to start in Tokyo on 24 July, have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The games will now take place “no later than summer 2021”, the International Olympic (IOC) confirmed earlier today. “I proposed to postpone for a year and [IOC] president Thomas Bach responded with […] Olympics SnowBrains | March 24, 2020 0 Comments
Burton and Japan Airlines Team Up For The Coolest Promotion Ever Custom Burton Boarding Pass Board Japan Airlines and Burton have teamed up to give 30 lucky people a boarding pass in the shape of a snowboard. The promotion is for flights from Melbourne, Australia to Toyko, Japan booked until the end of March. The airline company started the direct flight three years ago and has seen many Aussies take advantage of […] Brains Dan Scheibelein | March 6, 2020 0 Comments
Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 to Use SNOW GUNS to Keep Spectators Cool Ever since Tokyo was awarded next year’s summer Olympics back in 2013, concerned officials have been trying to figure out how to keep spectators cool in the summer heat. Tokyo regularly sees temperatures hit 95ºF in the summer and to prevent spectators suffering from heatstroke it looks like they’ll be using snow to keep people cool. Related: 4 Reasons You Should […] Olympics SnowBrains | September 13, 2019 0 Comments
Is Shaun White Planning on Competing in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on a Skateboard? Shaun White is currently Down Under promoting his upcoming Air + Style event, but during an interview with Men’s Health Australia, did he just confirm he’s going to try and represent Team USA in skateboarding during the 2020 Summer Olympics? “You’d have to drag me to the mountain right now,” he said. “Skateboarding seems so appealing. I would have quit snowboarding […] Olympics Steven Agar | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
SURFING Considered for 2020 Olympics Last week the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that surfing will be among the five proposed sports- along with baseball/softball, skateboarding, sports climbing, and karate- added to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. According to the press release from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee: This package of events represents both traditional and emerging, youth-focused events, all of which […] Olympics SnowBrains | October 6, 2015 0 Comments
19 Dead in Record Snowfall in Japan | CNN Video: Record snow has been hitting Japan’s south/east coast the past week with Tokyo getting 27cms (11in). Two storm have come through leaving pure chaos in their wake. Japan gets a lot of snow, but not usually on the south/east coast where it’s major population centers are located. Tokyo has 26 million people in it and it is entirely not equipped for […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 0 Comments
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