Olympics Link by Link
2022 Winter Games
Beijing, China ~ Feb. 4-20
- Team USA (official site of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee)
- NBC Sports’ Olympics coverage (begins Feb. 3, multiple platforms including NBC and USA networks, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com)
- The IOC’s site devoted to the Beijing Games (official)
- Olympic memories, by USA Today’s Christine Brennan
2018 Winter Games
PyeongChang, South Korea ~ Feb. 9-25
Links for the 2018 Winter Games
- Official site of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
- The IOC’s site devoted to the PyeongChang Games (official, but not very helpful
- Android apps for your smartphone for the Winter Games
- Find out about the USA athletes
- Official results of the Winter Games
The Basics
Schedules
Winter Olympic History
- Want to know the bobsled gold medalists in 1948? *** This is the spot for you
- Read selected historical moments from Winter Olympics past written on deadline. From Eric Heiden to the Miracle on Ice, Torvill and Dean, Dick Button, Bonnie Blair and Jean Claude Killy
*** — The two-man bobsled winners in 1948 were Switzerland’s Felix Endrich and Friedrich Waller in 5:29.2. Team USA – Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, William D’Amico — took four-man gold in 5:20.1
Sport by Sport
For each sport, the IOC site give information on how the sport evolved, past and present equipment, competition requirements, what events will be held.
The IOC site even includes a flash animation demonstration of each sport.
- IOC’s rundown of the event
- “Allen’s Biathlon Page” links to enough biathlon sites to keep you busy right through the men’s 20km
- U.S. Biathlon
- Meet Blogging Biathlete Lowell Bailey
- IOC’s rundown of the event
- Curling basics animations … if you know what you’re looking for already
- U.S. Curling
- IOC’s rundown of the event
- This is the best run-down I’ve found on the web explaining and illustrating (including video) of the elements of figure skating
- Jumps and Spins (Site also has other basic information on skating)
- U.S. Figure Skating
- Golden Skate (the forum is particularly good)
- The Competitive Figure Skating FAQ: Rules and Regulations is particularly good
Skeleton
Upcoming Games
2018 – Winter: PyeongChang (South Korea)
2021 – Summer: Tokyo (Japan)
2022 – Winter: Beijing (China)
2024 – Summer: Paris (France)
2026 — Winter: Milano Cortina (Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy)
2028 – Summer: Los Angeles (U.S.)
Winter Olympic Mystery Quote
“Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die.”
~ attributed to “Carmen Boyle, Olympic Luge Gold Medal winner 1996
If you’ve been anywhere near a Web quote site or humor page, you’ll have seen this quote. It’s a great line. Just a few problems with it: There were no Winter Olympics in 1996 and the IOC database does not list a Carmen Boyle as a medal winner in any Olympics of any year in any event. Hmmm. I thought maybe a World Champion gold medalist instead of Olympic, but no luck there, either.
If you have any luck tracking down this mystery quote and mystery person, send your sleuthing to me, and I’ll add it here. You can also send nominations for your favorite Winter Olympics quote – a real one – to me for posting here.