Articles tagged as Winter Olympics | Smithsonian Magazine

How Korean Fried Chicken, AKA “Candy Chicken” Became a Transnational Comfort Food

A new Smithsonian Folklife Project, Forklife, traces the journeys of immigrant food traditions taking root in the United States

October 18, 2017

Chaunté Lowe, who placed sixth in the high jump in the 2008 Beijing Games, is now a bronze medalist

Over 75 medal winners from the 2008 and 2012 games have been busted for doping, scrambling the Olympic record books

November 23, 2016

The Olympics' highest honor is named for Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games

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This Olympic Medal Is Even Harder to Win Than the Gold

The International Olympic Committee values sportsmanship above all else

August 19, 2016

Federal Corrections Instiution, Ray Brook, is housed inside the former Olympic Village for the 1980 games in Lake Placid

It’s one way to deal with leftover infrastructure

August 18, 2016

Scenes from the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

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The Rise of the Modern Sportswoman

Women have long fought against the assumption that they are weaker than men, and the battle isn’t over yet

August 18, 2016

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Are the Fancy New Curling Brooms Fair? Robots and Lasers Will Help Figure It Out

So-called “Frankenbrooms” are causing tension amongst the world’s curlers

May 31, 2016

Russia's Anna Sidorova plays during the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship.

Is new technology too dominant for the Olympic sport?

November 3, 2015

As the rest of the world considers what to do about Russia’s military actions, the Paralympians find themselves in limbo

March 3, 2014

Protestors Strengthening Barricades in Kiev

One Olympic athlete has withdrawn from competition; Russia may be holding back

February 20, 2014

An ice maker pebbles the 2014 Olympic curling rink in Sochi.

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Why Curling Ice Is Different Than Other Ice

There is a science to preparing ice for the shuffleboard-like sport. It’s all about the pebbling

February 14, 2014

Until they start 3D printing golds on demand the IOC will have to prepare for ties, regardless of how unlikely they are

February 14, 2014

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The Timekeeping Tech that Keeps the Olympics Fair

Modern starting pistols are more Buck Rogers than Dirty Harry

February 13, 2014

Khinkali can be found through Sochi and the Caucasus

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How to Make Khinkali and Khachapuri, Sochi’s Delectable Delicacies (With Recipes!)

Eat your way through the Olympics with these foods native to the Caucasus

February 11, 2014

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Winter Olympians From the Smithsonian Vaults

From the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, a team of former champions, heroes and icons

February 11, 2014

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Sarajevo’s Abandoned Olympic Sites

Haunting images of a war-torn Winter Olympic venue

February 11, 2014

Zach Lund, a former Olympian and head driving coach for the U.S. bobsled team, films an athlete training in Lake Placid, N.Y. for the Sochi Olympics using Ubersense, an app that allows for real-time video analysis.

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How Technology is Changing the Way Athletes Train

Apps like Ubersense and AMPSports bring run-by-run data to skiers, bobsledders and other competitors

February 10, 2014

Over time, Olympians are changing shape to suit their sport

February 10, 2014

Do you want to be an Olympics superfan? Turn watching the games into a two-screen experience.

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The Best Ways to Follow the 2014 Olympic Games

Not in Sochi? Not a problem. Stay connected with these apps and social media-lites

February 7, 2014

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150 Years Ago, Sochi Was the Site of a Horrific Ethnic Cleansing

Czar Alexander II may have freed the serfs, but his war against the stateless people of the Caucasus cannot be ignored

February 7, 2014

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Sochi 2014: What’s In & What’s Out

So much has changed since London and Vancouver. Let us guide you through the new Olympic scene

February 6, 2014