Born today : November 17th - Toni Sailer, Alpine Ski Racer, three time Olympic Gold Medalist, "considered among the best in the sport", "won three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton…
Climate Change Will Make It Too Warm for Winter Olympics -- by mid-century, close to half of the previous host cities could likely be too warm for outdoor sports like Alpine skiing and snowboarding science.time.com/2014/01/…
Climate Change Will Make It Too Warm for Winter Olympics -- by mid-century, close to half of the previous host cities could likely be too warm for outdoor sports like Alpine skiing and snowboarding science.time.com/2014/01/…
Hot plating on a rainy Saturday afternoon! Alpine skiing Olympic Style! ⛷⛷⛷. I ALWAYS just do little bumps but since I discovered hot plating...it’s solid lines all the way! Here’s # 7 and 8...Cheers to the freakin weekend! 🔥🔥🔥. Highly recommend hot plating!
TIL that every Olympic Games since 1960—whether Summer or Winter—has exceeded its budget, with an average cost overrun of 156%. The worst was Montreal 1976, which overspent by 720%. The best was Beijing 2008 (2%). Other big projects (roads, bridges, rail, etc.) are much better at expense control. technologyreview.com/s/60…
#DraftNotes: Josh Rosen's dad was nearly a qualifier for the 1976 Winter Olympics as an ice skater & his mom was an All-Conference lacrosse player at Princeton. They put heavy emphasis on footwork and that was one of the biggest reasons they made him play tennis at an early age. twitter.com/JReidDraftSco…
Leaping high off the ice, Toller Cranston, Canada's top male figure skater, works out at the rink at Nathan Phillips Square with City Hall in the background. A leading prospect for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Austria, he's now practising for Canadian championship later this month. torontopubliclibrary.ca/d…
With the Winter Olympics on at the moment, this is what I'm reminded of everytime I watch the mogul skiing
Hi, I'm Kikkan Randall, 4x Olympian in cross-country skiing, Alaska girl, "Get-Active"ist and Mom -- Training for the Gold at the Winter Olympics. AMA and pleas ask me what I like on my pizza! reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…
Anton Kushnir's freestyle skiing aerials gold-medal run at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Just saw a guy from Helsinki dominate the cross-country skiing event at the Winter Olympics
He led the race from start to Finnish.
@nytimes: Ester Ledecka planed to make history as the first person to compete at the Olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Now she has her sights set on becoming the first woman to win a medal in two sports in a single Winter Olympics. https://t.co/LspyUjaDf0 twitter.com/nytimes/statu…
