Otherworldly feel of Alpine skiing venue a perfect fit for unusual Beijing Olympics
BEIJING — The downhill track resembles a narrow white river snaking through the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area's windswept brown scrub that extends in all directions. In a Winter Games where the unusual has become routine — participants are segregated from society by walls, scores of security guards and strict travel limits because of the coronavirus — the competition that starts with the men's ...
BEIJING — The downhill track resembles a narrow white river snaking through the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area's windswept brown scrub that extends in all directions.
In a Winter Games where the unusual has become routine — participants are segregated from society by walls, scores of security guards and strict travel limits because of the coronavirus — the competition that starts with the men's downhill Sunday at the Yanqing National Alpine Centre is no exception.
Sixty-six miles from the main cluster of venues, the mountains that host the 11 Alpine skiing events receive less than 8 inches of snow
