Finally, after dodging the hyper-contagious omicron variant in the lead-up to the Beijing Games, Alaska skiers and their coaches are finally able to narrow their focus to the competitions ahead. sportsadn
Skiers practice during a cross-country skiing training session before the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.
A course crew member attempts to clear windblown snow out of the cross-country ski tracks Friday, February 4, 2022 at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Center. “I would say China’s policy on COVID matches our team policy on COVID,” said Matt Whitcomb, one of the U.S. Ski Team coaches. “Even though athletes made the team, we weren’t sure they were actually going to make it to the Olympics.”
That’s allowed athletes to think, and talk, about other things — namely the conditions on Zhangjiakou’s courses in advance of the Olympics’ first cross-country ski races.
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