EditorialBlood runs downhill from a harvested bison in Beattie Gulch at the edge of Yellowstone National Park in Montana, March 13, 2023. (Michael Hanson/The New York Times)
EditorialA general view of Benton, a tiny town in the foothills of the southern Appalachians in Tenn., on Jan. 10, 2023. (Jessica Tezak/The New York Times)
EditorialMillie Knight, a British Paralympic skier who competes in all five Alpine disciplines, from slalom to downhill. (Emily Rhyne/The New York Times)
EditorialMikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, competes in the women?s combined downhill event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Yangqing, China, Feb. 17, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialMikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. competes in the women's alpine combined downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialLindsey Vonn of the U.S. celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the women's downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 21 2018. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialMikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. after finishing 18th in the women’s downhill at the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Cochran-Siegle of the United States at men’s downhill training for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Yanqing, China on Feb. 3, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialBeat Feuz of Switzerland, at the National Alpine Center, won the Olympic men’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Yanquin, China, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialAleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway competes in the downhill portion of the men’s super combined ski event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2014. (Doug Mills/ The New York Times)
EditorialBryce Bennet, center, of the United States after a training run on the men’s downhill course at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the Yanqing district of Beijing on Feb. 3, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialBryce Bennett of the United States during a training run on the men’s downhill course at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the Yanqing district of Beijing on Feb. 3, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA wheelchair competitor in the Bay Ridge neighborhood during the New York City Marathon in Brooklyn on Nov. 3, 2013. (Andrew White/The New York Times)
EditorialA skier descends Grizzly, the course where the men's 2002 Olympic downhill competition was run, at the Snowbasin resort in Utah, Feb. 1, 2020. (Kim Raff/The New York Times)