Billy Morgan was Team GB’s showman-in-chief but he admits he was privately struggling with the big stage lights when he landed Winter Olympic bronze. Morgan became the first British man to win a medal on snow when he made the podium in the snowboarding Big Air event four years ago in PyeongChang. He recovered from … Read more
British Olympic officials insist they are playing by the rules as they prepare to unveil the top secret hi-tech hacks they hope will score more medals in the mountains. British Skeleton have been working with performance innovation specialists at the English Institute of Sport to seek the ‘marginal gains’ needed in a sport where fractions … Read more
The Finish inventor Janne Käpylehto, joined by Finnish Olympic and Paralympic athletes, builds ice carousels in the shape of the Olympic rings on a frozen lake to encourage their national athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympic games. “We are supporting from here at home and we hope that there is also medals coming”.
Make way for the red, white and oooh! Members of Team USA were all business this week as they landed in Beijing, where they’ll “snow” no mercy at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, beginning Friday (and airing on NBC and Peacock). Before their game faces were on, their bulky athletic gear came off — to … Read more