U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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Kitty cats and cloud hands - how U.S. Olympic snowboarders keep calm in competition
United States' Alessandro Barbieri, AKA "Kitty Kitty Meow Meow," sends it during a halfpipe training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.'/>