2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics could break a world record before the events start. The Winter Olympics are expected to have the most countries participate in Winter Olympic history.
The 2018 Winter Olympics are going to be held in PyeongChang, South Korea. The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China. Competitions are scheduled to start at 6:05 PM on Thursday, February 9 and end on Sunday, February 25.
The total cost of the games is about $10 billion. There is going to be 13 venues used for the Winter Olympics.
There were originally 5 sports in the Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice Hockey, Nordic Skiing (Military Patrol, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, and Ski Jumping), and Skating (Figure Skating and Speed Skating). Some sports have been added like Snowboarding, and others were discontinued like Military Patrol.
The Olympic flame is a large symbol of the Olympics. It commemorates the theft of fire from the Greek God Zeus by Prometheus. Its origins lie in Ancient Greece, where fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The Olympic flame is kept burning throughout the entire Olympic Games.
The 2018 Winter Olympics is expected to break a world record before the opening day. A total of 92 countries have announced they will compete in the Winter Olympics. This is the most countries in Olympic history. In the last Winter Olympic Games, 88 countries participated.
The Olympics is always an important event in the US. The US is the only country to win a gold medal at every single Winter Olympic. Although the US has a gold at every Winter Olympics, Norway leads in the total number of gold medals and in overall total medals earned.
Many people have started to make predictions for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Germany is predicted to take home the most medals. The US is expected to take third in total medals.
The IOC, International Olympic Committee, has recently released news about the Winter Olympics. They announced that Russia is banned from participating in the 2018 Olympics due to a lengthy doping investigation. Clean athletes will be allowed to participate under the title “Olympic Athlete from Russia.” The IOC also announced that North Korea and South Korea will march together under one flag.
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are expected to be one of the biggest events of the year.
Hockey stadium- This picture is the PyeongChang Olympic hockey stadium. Hockey is supposed to be the most watched Olympic game during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
