How climate change is changing the way athletes train ahead of the Winter Olympics

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PAT GRAHAM

A live camera pans in every direction along the Rettenbach glacier in Soelden, Austria — a way to show the snow status at the resort in the Alps. Instead of blankets of snow everywhere leading into a season-opening World Cup ski race, the images reflected a light dusting — thanks to a recent snowfall — over the rocks, rubble and dirt.

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