Oversized or emergency vehicles are not the intended users of navigation. Important: Navigation and info about which lane to use aren't available in all countries, regions, and languages. With voice navigation, you can hear traffic alerts, where to turn, which lane to use, and if there's a better route. Maps shows you directions and uses real-time traffic information to find the best route to your destination. “At least for this one time in life,” she said, “the world comes together over sports.To get easy, turn-by-turn navigation to places, use the Google Maps app. “I feel like me not going isn’t going to make the world any less corrupt.”Īnd though the Olympics have always brought their own set of conflicts beyond whether to compete in China - snowboarders have never fully felt comfortable living in that world - Anderson said there is one overarching reason she keeps going, no matter where they are. “I don’t know (expletive) about politics,” she conceded. Her passion, she said, has not waned in the ensuing years, so she, too, will head to Beijing, hoping her presence there might inspire others.
With how passionate I am about snowboarding, it’s hard to make that shift.”
“It’s hard to get out until you consciously make the decision. “It’s easy to get sucked into the system, whether you want to or not,” she said in a 2017 AP interview. She has been unflinchingly honest about the conflicts her lifestyle creates - yes, she wants to be in touch with the planet that literally sustains her career, but she travels heavily and it contributes to global warming. She has also tried to stay down to earth, focusing on conservation and women’s empowerment over her decade-plus at the top of the sport. Earlier this week, she announced her engagement to Canadian snowboarder Tyler Nicholson. She has made millions, in no small thanks to her top performance on the biggest stage. She has has two gold medals in slopestyle and a silver in big air, which was added to the Olympic program four years ago. But I see that a lot of people have been working so hard to go and this might be their only shot.”Īnderson knows how big the Olympics can be for an athlete. “And I think it would be a really powerful stance. “A lot of the athletes I’ve spoken to, no one really wants to, and I’m not strong standing alone,” she said. With top-level sponsors, NBC and her own national governing body pushing forward for Beijing, Anderson said she has felt no groundswell among her U.S. Noah Hoffman, an American cross-country skier who competed in the 20 Olympics, has been openly critical of the IOC and the Beijing organizers, yet he has said he hopes athletes “stay silent” in Beijing for fear they be punished. “It can feel very powerless when you read those things, because you think, ‘What can I do?’” American figure skater Timothy LeDuc said of some of the reports of abuses in China. “We only have the choice: Do I fly there and give everything or do I just let my sporting dream burst so close to the end?” she said.Ī common theme among the few athletes who do speak up is that it wasn’t their choice to put these Games in Beijing. German slider Natalie Geisenberger was among the few to seriously weigh not going, but last week, she came to the same conclusion as so many of her fellow athletes. Very few have been willing to even talk about the issues encircling these Games, let alone sacrifice their Olympic spot. And right now, I feel like I still want to pursue this Olympic journey because it really is such a gift to be on that world stage.”Īll of which has left it up to the athletes themselves to decide whether to attend, or speak up about issues in China or anything else on their minds. “And I kind of had to find my yin and yang to that and link the pros and cons. “I definitely thought about protesting and standing up for what I think is right,” she told The Associated Press earlier this winter. Part of that, to her, means the question about whether to go to the Beijing Games, which are riven with conflicts about COVID-19, human rights, cybersecurity and more, should at least be something she can talk about freely. The 31-year-old from South Lake Tahoe, California, is one of the most thoughtful people in her business. One of the many things that makes her unique is that she is willing to say it.Įven in a sport filled with nonconformists, Anderson stands out. The two-time snowboard gold medalist knows she’s not the only Olympian who thinks that. (AP) - There is part of Jamie Anderson that wishes these upcoming Olympics weren’t in China.
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