"Mother Nature Doesn't Care"

2 March 2026

60s

No warm welcome.

Channel 4's got some bad news for Winter Paralympians: Mother Nature does not care. It's harsh but true: athletes can train as hard as they want, overcome as many obstacles as possible, and defy all the medical practitioners they like—the forces that govern the weather in northern Italy owe them less than nowt. If they want to conquer Milano-Cortina, they’ll have to do it on the hardest difficulty.

From the heavy metal soundtrack as crunchy as snow to director and editor Barry Dyer's montage of hard knocks and even harder frost, the promo sets up a doozy of a battle between medal hopefuls and the sheer impartiality of the conditions. If the broadcaster gets its coverage right, though, even Mother Nature will be tempted to tune in and get on the hype train ski lift.

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