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There were no tail grabs for this tiger. French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre was a crowd pleaser at Big Air Shougang all the same. The 26-year-old helped Beijing ring in the Year of the Tiger by putting on an orange-and-black big-cat costume during qualifying Monday in women’s big air and miming a pair of claws while some 20 feet off the ground....

NBC Connecticut’s Gabrielle Lucivero was just 14 years old when she watched on TV as her big cousin experienced heartbreak in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. Her cousin, Lindsey Jacobellis, was leading the snowboard cross final event in Torino when she fell just yards from the finish line, losing out on a gold medal and taking the silver instead….

NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo and Fernando Hurtado tell us how expansive the big air venue at the Winter Olympics is, why ski ballet is no longer an Olympic sport and why American athlete Eileen Gu is causing such a stir in China and the U.S.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are the first to rely solely on artificial snow on their courses and snowboarder Jamie Anderson weighs in on what it was like after the team’s first practice.

The massive ramp is designed to maximize air time.

Jong Jin Kim told his daughter Chloe, “Today is the day imugi turns to dragon.”

It will host the 2018 Winter Olympics in February, but South Korea is a relative newcomer to the world of winter sports. The nation’s first ski resort didn’t open until 1975.