Inspiring skiers and snowboarders star in new Olympic Channel Original Series, ‘Snow Game’
As Beijing 2022 fast approaches, learn how the athletes bidding to make their mark at the Games prepare for that life-changing sporting moment courtesy of a new six-episode series documenting their journeys.
What does it take to prepare for a Winter Olympic Games?
That is the question at the heart of the new Olympic Channel Original Series, Snow Game.
The six-part docu-series follow the stories of six remarkable athletes, four skiers and two snowboarders, as they double down on their training for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games slated to begin next February.
Each episode combines music, stunning imagery with unique user-generated content to provide a unique insight into the lives of the athletes taking on their own personal challenges ahead of the Games.
Kevin Rolland, Mia Clerc, Kelly Sildaru and Johannes Klaebo head up the skiers that will feature in ‘Snow Game’ while Katie Ormerod and Fynn Bullock-Womble will represent the snowboarders.
‘Snow Game’: series premiers December 15
The first three episodes of ‘Snow Game’ will be available to watch from today.
Episode one details the journey of Rolland, France’s freestyle skier and halfpipe expert. The 32-year-old talks about recovering from severe injury, the thrill of freestyle riding and what it takes to get ready for Beijing 2022.
Madagascar’s first female Olympic alpine skier Clerc is the focal point of the second episode of the series. The Malagsy’s story is quickly inspiring as she explains how she wants to reignite Winter Olympic passion in the country of her birth at next year’s Games in the People's Republic of China.
Cross-country ski sensation Klaebo is that star of episode three. Having already ticked off records for the youngest male to win a FIS World Cup, a world championship event and an Olympic gold medal in his sport, the question is: what more can the Norwegian do in Beijing? Find out more.
Later this month three more episodes will be available to watch as Beijing 2022 inches ever closer.
In Bullock's episode the double-threat slopestyle and halfpipe snowboarder speaks about wakeboarding at an elite level and how the two sports work in harmony with each other to make up the person and athlete that he is today.
2019 freeski halfpipe world champion - and 5-time Winter X Games gold medallist - Sildaru talks about her recovery from an injury that saw her miss the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Fit and ready to go again, her sights are now set on having fun and enjoying Beijing 2022.
Ormerod's episode pivots around the Briton's unique journey from the dry slopes of England to winning a Crystal Globe. She also talks about her heartbreaking injury just days before she was due to make her debut in South Korea and far she has come since then.
How to watch Olympic Channel Original Series: ‘Snow Game’
You can watch the episodes one, two and three of ‘Snow Game’ on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com right now.
