Though political controversy is nothing new to the Olympic Games, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China have proven contentious. From the dismissal of the ongoing Uyghur genocide to the International...
The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea, has been a year of firsts but also a year of surprises. This year marks the most equal gender representation in a Winter Olympic games thus far in history,...
With an emphatic ceremony celebrating the past and the future, the XXII Olympic Winter Games came to a close. The flame was put out—by giant stuffed animals crying fake tears, no less—and now the eyes of the world turn to the next great sporting venture. The Olympic cycle will next stop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Summer Games in 2016, a short turnaround for Brazilians as they host the FIFA World Cup this coming summer. In numerous ways, the 2014 Olympics were a success and revolutionized the Winter Games, both from a sporting and political standpoint. In countless other ways, however, questions remain not only about Sochi and its future but also about the Olympic system as a whole.
When Shaun White failed to medal at the Sochi Olympics, it was a historic first. It would be naïve to think that the Winter X Games hadn’t had a profound effect on the Winter Olympics and White was one of the biggest reasons for that.
