Insane POV Video Goes Viral Showing What It’s Like To Be An Olympic Skier On An Icy Course

• The ski course for this year’s Olympics is full of blind turns and packed with ice.
• An insane POV video shows just how crazy it is to compete in downhill events.
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The Winter Olympics are officially open on February 4, 2022, but many of the athletes have been in Beijing for just over a week now. Part of the early arrival is preparation and part of it is prelims.

The former is currently the case on the ski hill.

This year’s Alpine Skiing events begin on Saturday, Feb. 5th with the Men’s Downhill event. The competition is taking place at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing, which is roughly 45 miles northwest of Beijing.

It is an absolutely beautiful venue, but it is also very unknown.

There have not been any significant events contested at the venue ahead of the Winter Games. As a result, skiers do not know what to expect and have been getting a feel for the course throughout practice all week.

The Yanqing region does not get any natural snow, so the course is entirely man-made. While skiers often times prefer the icy, firm conditions, the gates on the course are the same color as the safety fencing and it is very blind from top to bottom.

To give the viewers at home a look at what it’s like to compete in the downhill events, NBC had a unique angle for its coverage. During the practice time this week, they sent a correspondent down the entire course with a camera strapped to the body.

It provided an insane POV angle of the course at 80 miles per hour. To make things even crazier, that speed is about 20 miles per hour less fast than the skiers during competition.

Take a look:

Fortunately the POV camera did not fall off. Unfortunately, someone else who was trying to cover the practices did not have the same luck.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Games Alpine Skiing schedule is as follows:

• Wed. Feb 2 – 10 p.m. ~ Training – Men’s Downhill
• Thurs. Feb 3 – 10 p.m. ~ Training – Men’s Downhill
• Fri. Feb 4 – 10 p.m. ~ Training – Men’s Downhill
• Sat. Feb 5 – 10 p.m. ~ Men’s Downhill
• Sun. Feb 6 – 9:15 p.m. ~ Women’s Giant Slalom – Run 1
• Mon. Feb 7 – 12:45 a.m. ~ Women’s Giant Slalom – Run 2
• Mon. Feb 7 – 10 p.m. ~ Men’s Super-G
• Tue. Feb 8 – 9:15 p.m. ~ Women’s Slalom – Run 1
• Wed. Feb 9 – 12:45 a.m. ~ Women’s Slalom – Run 2
• Wed. Feb 9 – 9:30 p.m. ~ Men’s Combined – Downhill
• Thurs. Feb 10 -1:15 a.m. ~ Men’s Combined – Slalom
• Thurs. Feb 10 – 10 p.m. ~ Women’s Super-G NBC
• Fri. Feb 11 – 10 p.m. ~ Training – Women’s Downhill
• Sat. Feb 12 – 9:15 p.m. ~ Men’s Giant Slalom – Run 1
• Sun. Feb 13 – 12:45 a.m. ~ Men’s Giant Slalom – Run 2
• Sun. Feb 13 -12:45 a.m. ~ Training – Women’s Downhill
• Mon. Feb 14 – 10 p.m. ~ Women’s Downhill
• Tue. Feb 15 – 9:15 p.m. ~ Men’s Slalom – Run 1
• Wed. Feb 16 – 12:45 a.m. ~ Men’s Slalom – Run 2
• Wed. Feb 16 – 9:30 p.m. ~ Women’s Combined – Downhill
• Thurs. Feb 17 – 1 a.m. ~ Women’s Combined – Slalom
• Fri. Feb 18 – 10 p.m. ~ Team Event