Winter Olympics
The 2022 Olympic Winter Games were just held from February 4-20, in and around Beijing, China. Norway was the winner, garnering more medals overall (37) and more gold medals (16) than any other national team. In second place was Germany with 12 gold medals and 27 medals in total. Third place was host China, with […]
Continue reading about 2022 Winter Olympics Reveals Some Thorny Citizenship/Identity Issues
Mexico had a team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. There were four skiers on the Mexican team. In many ways though, the Mexican team was not really very Mexican. Only two were born in Mexico, only two speak Spanish, only one currently resides in Mexico. And yet, they were very proud to compete for Mexico. […]
Continue reading about The Mexican Winter Olympics Team and Mexican Nationalism
The 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Mexico has participated in a number of Winter Olympics through the years, and this time had four skiers competing. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published March 12th, 2018, on Mexidata.info.