I keep thinking about how much the playing surface comes into play with the Winter Olympics, while struggling to come up with similar situations in the Summer Olympics. Whether it is on snow or ice, the most athletic, most prepared athlete can find themselves far off the podium because they found a bad spot on the surface or conditions deteriorated. Maybe that’s part of the fun of the Winter Olympiad — as long as they can stay upright, nobody is ever completely out of it.
