AARON MORRISON
File- Skier Seba Johnson from the Virgin Islands looks back to see her racing time at the Olympic ladies Super-6 event at Mt. Allan in Nakiska, Alberta on Monday, Feb. 22, 1988. Johnson first saw skiing on a tiny black and white TV in the housing project where she lived in Fredericksted, on the island of St Croix. Nine years later, Johnson broke barriers during the 1988 Calgary Games, becoming the first Black woman to ski in a Winter Games, and at 14, the youngest. She relied on support from ski equipment companies, celebrities and other donors, and even then was able to spend far less time training than her competitors, due to socioeconomic barriers. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha, File)
On the slopes, a struggle for Black skiers’ Olympic dreams

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 16, 2022 07:46 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Take an informal survey of elite American Alpine skiers and

FILE - Elladj Balde of Canada performs during the gale exhibition of the NHK Trophy figure skating in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. Balde’s unconventional, hip-hop-inflected dancing style has gone viral on social media in recent years, allowing him to leverage the notoriety to push for both change and diversity. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
On the ice, a question: Where are the Black figure skaters?

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 11, 2022 02:45 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Before her own Olympic career began, Canadian figure skater Vanessa

Foreign athletes inside a bus respond to residents on a street as they were heading to the National Stadium ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
AP PHOTOS: Olympic fans undaunted by closed Winter Games

Aaron Morrison Feb. 06, 2022 06:38 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Behind barrier fences, in socially distanced stadium seating or