The 2018 Winter Olympics theme has got to be an underlying current of precariousness. I’m not only referring to the dare-devils riding skeleton or jumping 300 feet on skis, but also the geopolitics of the Korean peninsula.
The University of Wisconsin proudly watches as current and former Badgers alike compete in the games in men’s and women’s ice hockey for Team U.S.A., Canada and even the joint team for Korea. But their performances, win or lose, are bookended by the possibility of a thawing – ever so slightly – of Korean relations.
A joint Korean team has marched at the opening ceremonies of past Olympics but never competed together.