Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 - Days 5-8

Hello all!

I hope you're all enjoying the Winter Olympics, and maybe doing some winter-themed stitching to accompany them?

Here's my starting point, and thoughts and progress, over days 5-8:

Day 5 - 8th February

I only really caught the round-up show tonight, although an awful lot was still packed into an hour including the usual curling and skiing.

Best moment - Eileen Gu winning the freestyle skiing women's big air. She was absolutely (forgive the pun) head and shoulders above the rest and, being Chinese, her win went down surprisingly well the spectators!

Day 6 - 9th February

Again, only the catch-up show but it included snowboard cross, skiing and speedskating.

Best moment - the men's double luge. As if sliding down ice at over 100+kph on a sled isn't insane enough, these guys lie one on top of the other. The faith of the bottom person in the top one must be unquestionable. But added to that, the winners, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt have now won this event three times in a row.

Day 7 - 10th February

More snowboarding was on the menu today, along with some skiing. I don't know about other countries, but our skiing commentators always SHOUT, so the downhill and slalom are best watched with the sound off! Such a shame, as I really would like to know what's going on without being SHOUTED at the whole time!

Best moment - the gold medal winning performance of figure skating's Nathan Chen. His performance was sublime to watch and in Beijing he really was in a class of his own.

Day 8 - 11th February

I caught a little bit more of the Olympics today, being strangely fascinated by the cross-country skiing and the halfpipe snowboarding. You have to admire the courage of these snowboarders to perform such complicated twists and turns so high above the snow.

Best moment - the men's snowboard halfpipe and the world record breaking height achieved by Kaishu Hirano during his run - he was 24'4" above the pipe. I couldn't find a video link, but see if you can. It's amazing!

And here's my stitching finishing point at the end of day 8. I've now stitched all of the words and added the edges of the snow globe. The base of the snow globe will be my focus over the next four days:

Back on 16th with more Winter Olympic fun!

Take care,

Rachel x