<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7628×5086+0+0/resize/7628×5086!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2F13%2F8498aeaa42c2affaa7e85c007fc1%2Fap26041407934931.jpg' alt='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.’/>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.(Image credit: Abbie Parr)
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