Sports At Politics

One of the biggest threats to the existence of human life on this planet is the recent trend of global warming, or the increase in Earth's average temperature. According to the Carbon Brief website, human activity has caused virtually all of the long-term global warming that has been observed since 1850 . If you were to ask me who I thought was the foremost leader in the race to save our planet, you might think I would respond by naming a prominent American politician who views global warming as a serious problem, such as legendary U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), or a leader of a foreign country who views global warming as a serious problem, such as French President Emmanuel Macron. Actually, it's American cross-country skier and Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins , who, while at the U.S. Capitol last week, gave an example of how her sport is threatened by global warming: Jessie Diggins traveled from her home in Afton, Minn., to La Clusaz, France, in December 2016 t...

For the first time in the Winter Olympics, there will be a mixed team event in alpine skiing. The mixed team event is considerably different than traditional alpine skiing events, as, in the mixed team event, there are two competitors on course at any one time instead of just one competitor on course, and the competition format is that of an elimination tournament. A total of 16 countries will compete in the mixed team event, with each country entering a four-skier team consisting of two male skiers and two female skiers; each team is also able to enter an alternate skier of each gender who can replace a skier of the same gender. The Olympic format for mixed team alpine skiing will be a single-elimination tournament, with the final match, called the big final, being contested for the gold and silver medals, although the losers of the semifinal matches will compete in the small final for the bronze medal. Each team is seeded based on a ranking system by the FIS, which is the IOC-appro...