On the home stretch

A Ukrainian skeleton racer during the Luge World Cup 2021/2022 in Yanqing District of Beijing on November 21, 2021
A French athlete participates in the boardercross event during the Snowboard World Cup 2022 in Chongli, Zhangjiakou City of Hebei Province, on November 26, 2021
The Chinese and U.S. teams go head-to-head in the World Wheelchair Curling Championship semifinals in Beijing on October 29, 2021
Ice skaters race during the 2022 U.S. speedskating Olympic trials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the U.S., on January 9
An ice hockey Olympic qualification match between Germany and Denmark in Füssen, Germany, on November 14, 2021

Over many months of training, test events and qualification matches, athletes have been thoroughly preparing themselves, both mentally and physically, for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

(Photos by VCG)

Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

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