Six Offbeat Sports That Should Be Added to the Winter Olympics

It’s only been 68 days since the Olympic torch stopped shining over Tokyo, and yet the Winter Games in Beijing are less than four months away. The doubleheader is a rare silver lining from the pandemic—and reason for sports enthusiasts around the globe to celebrate, even if they largely can’t attend in person.

The Winter Games, which start on Feb. 4, have in some ways already begun. Test events for sports such as speedskating are underway in the facilities to ensure that stringent Covid-19 protocols—like forcing athletes to wear all-day temperature monitors and give interviews from behind plexiglass—will successfully prevent the mingling of delegates from 95 nations from becoming one big superspreader event.