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/Tonβ¦
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/β¦
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/β¦
TIL that at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Petra MajdiΔ skied into a gully during warms ups and broke both poles, a ski and four ribs. She then qualified, made it through the quarter and semifinals (during which a rib punctured her lung) and then won bronze in the event. All in the same day. wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_β¦
Hot plating on a rainy Saturday afternoon! Alpine skiing Olympic Style! β·β·β·. I ALWAYS just do little bumps but since I discovered hot plating...itβs solid lines all the way! Hereβs # 7 and 8...Cheers to the freakin weekend! π₯π₯π₯. Highly recommend hot plating!
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/commentβ¦
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/statuβ¦
