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2018 Winter Games PYEONGCHANG KOREA.NET / KOREAN CULTURE AND INFORMATION SERVICE KOREA.NET / KOREAN CULTURE AND INFORMATION SERVICE KOREA.NET / KOREAN CULTURE AND INFORMATION SERVICE © ADOBE STOCK Guide to the 2018 Winter Games PYEONGCHANG QUEEN YUNA 2018 WINTER GAMES | INTRODUCTION Basics of the Games n Feb. 9, the XXIII OOlympic Winter Games will kick off in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea, to much fanfare and slight global trepidation. The people of South Korea face North Korean military threats on a regular basis, lead- ing some athletes, government officials and Olympics analysts to raise concerns about safety. Officials have expressed full confidence in the overall secu- rity posture of PyeongChang, the first Korean city to host the Olympic Winter Games since the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988. PyeongChang will be the stage for the opening and clos- ing ceremonies and most snow sports. THE ROAD HERE PyeongChang was selected as the host city after receiving a majority vote at the 123rd IOC Session held in July 2011. The city’s vision for the 2018 games KOREA.NET / KOREAN CULTURE AND INFORMATION SERVICE is to “offer the Olympic Movement and the world of winter sports New Horizons — a legacy of new growth and THE MASCOT “Sooho” represents “the protec- ditional folk song of Gangwon. doubles and the Alpine team new potential never seen Soohorang, the mascot of tion offered to the athletes, event. before,” according to a state- the PyeongChang 2018 spectators and other partici- SCHEDULE This brings the number of ment. Olympic Winter Games, was pants of the 2018 Games.” The competition program gold medal events to 102 — the South Korea is hopeful to inspired by the white tiger — “Rang” comes from the middle for games features six new most ever at Winter Games. draw young audiences to the long considered Korea’s guard- letter of “Ho-rang-i”, the events, including snowboard Analysts expect the large events, given PyeongChang’s ian animal. Korean word for “tiger,” and is big air (men’s and women’s), number of medals to make this strategic position in Asia and a According to the Olympic also the last letter of “Jeong- speed skating mass start (men’s one of the most competitive fast-growth youth market. Winter Games’ website, seon A-ri-rang,” a popular tra- and women’s), curling mixed Olympics in history. 2018 WINTER GAMES | TRADITIONS © ADOBE STOCK KOREA.NET / KOREAN CULTURE AND INFORMATION SERVICE Sports and Venues thletes taking part in Here is a breakdown of the sport Ice hockey PyeongChang Village features 600 the Olympic Winter disciplines in which athletes will be Curling accommodation units in eight A competing for medals. 15-story buildings while the slightly Games PyeongChang 2018 Sliding sports larger Gangneung Village has 922 units Snow sports 3 disciplines spread across nine 25-story buildings. will compete in 102 events 7 disciplines Bobsleigh The PyeongChang Village will house in 15 sport disciplines. The Alpine skiing Luge approximately 4,000 athletes and team Biathlon Skeleton officials during the Olympic Winter Games will be the first ever Cross-country skiing Games and more than 2,000 people Olympic Winter Games with Freestyle skiing OLYMPIC VILLAGES during the Paralympic Winter Games. Nordic combined The layout of the 2018 games is The Gangneung Village will house more than 100 gold medals. Ski jumping compact. All competition venues of more than 2,900 people at the Snowboard PyeongChang 2018 are located within Olympic Winter Games only. Six new events will be rolled out. 30 minutes driving distance from the Both villages will provide a bank, These include snowboard big air Ice sports PyeongChang Olympic Stadium. post office, general store, laundry ser- (men, women), speed skating mass 5 disciplines The PyeongChang 2018 villages are vice, fitness center, recreational center, start (men, women), curling mixed Short track speed skating comprised of hundreds of accommo- beauty salon and multi-faith center, as doubles, and an alpine skiing team Speed skating dation units ready to host athletes and well as a large dining hall serving event. Figure skating officials. The privately funded round-the-clock meals. 2018 WINTER GAMES | PEOPLE TO WATCH Top American Storylines mericans of all experience levels Awill represent United States at the Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang. From ice dancing siblings to reaction from a chemotherapy grizzled downhill skiers, Team drug. He credits his love for USA fields a talented collection skiing and his parents — who of world-class athletes ready to took him to ski jumps as a make their mark on the winter youngster — for pushing him stage. through. He went into remis- Here is a look at a few of the sion at age 8. top American storylines in Earlier this year, Fletcher PyeongChang 2018. was named FasterSkier’s North American Nordic Combined THE SHIBUTANI SIBLINGS Athlete of the Year. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Mich., Alexa and Maia AMY PURDY Shibutani have glided to multi- Hailing from Las Vegas, Nev., ple awards during their young Amy Purdy is used to the careers. Now they are ready for bright lights. She, like Fletcher, the big winter stage. has a health-related story to While growing up, the sib- tell. lings initially skated separately, One day in July 1999, the but began competing together 19-year-old snowboarder had when Maia was 10 and Alex to leave early from her job as a was 13. Dubbed the “Shib massage therapist for what she Sibs,” the skaters won the pres- thought were flu-like symp- tigious Skate America compe- toms. Purdy had actually con- tition in November to position tracted bacterial meningitis them for a gold-medal run in and was given a less than 2 Korea. percent chance of living. She survived but lost her spleen, BRYAN FLETCHER kidneys, hearing in her left ear, When Bryan Fletcher and both legs below the knees. endures the grueling Nordic Thanks to advanced pros- Combined course in thetics and a kidney transplant PyeongChang, it will pale in from her dad, Purdy is on top comparison to what he went of her favorite sport. She through as a child. became a three-time snow- The Colorado skier was boarding world champion, diagnosed with leukemia at winning the bronze medal age 3. Two years later, he suf- during the 2014 Sochi Winter © LUU / CREATIVECOMMONS fered a stroke due to an allergic Paralympics. 2018 WINTER GAMES | SPORTS FOR ALL Paralympic Winter Games ith great W excitement and a dedicated fan base, the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will take place between March 9 and 18. According to the games’ organizing committee, the Paralympics will feature up to 670 athletes — a large increase that includes a 44-percent boost in the number of female athletes compared to the Sochi games in 2014. THE EVENTS Paralympic athletes will compete in 80 medal events across six sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, snowboard and wheelchair curling. © ADOBE STOCK According to the planning committee, alpine skiing and snowboard events will take place at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre while the Aplensia Biathlon Centre will host biathlon and cross-country ing committee has launched strong will and courage — two The medals use the Korean three agitos on the front side of events. “Actualizing the Dream,” to characteristics of the Hangeul alphabet to engrave the medal. The Coastal Cluster will host promote Paralympic winter Paralympic athletes traveling the consonants of • The Paralympic Winter the ice events. Para ice hockey sports, raise awareness of Para to PyeongChang from across “PyeongChang 2018 Games logo, along with the will take place at the sports and its athletes, and the world. Paralympic Winter Games” name of the specific sport fea- Gangneung Hockey Centre foster social inclusion for peo- around the edge. ture on the back. and the Gangneung Curling ple with impairments. THE MEDALS Other interesting features of • Horizontal lines that repre- Centre will stage wheelchair The official mascot of the Athletes will compete for a these stunning medals include: sent the Paralympic values of curling. PyeongChang 2018 collection of beautiful medals • Traditional and symbolic equality. Paralympic Winter Games is that are based on the Olympic patterns including clouds, • “PyeongChang 2018” in ACTUALIZING THE DREAM Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear. Winter Games medals but fea- mountains, wind and wood. Braille on the back of the The PyeongChang organiz- The animal is symbolic of ture their own unique style. • The Paralympic symbol of medal. 2018 WINTER GAMES | SPORT TO WATCH Collegiate Hockey Dreams t’s back to the future Iin 2018 for the U.S. men’s hockey team. For the first time in five Olympics, the American men will not field professional play- ers from the National Hockey League. The roster is instead filled with college players, retired NHL players and Americans playing in European leagues. The U.S. women’s team, on the other hand, is more focused on overcoming its fierce rival. The Americans lost in overtime to Canada in the 2014 Sochi games — a loss that still haunts the U.S. women. Olympic veteran Hilary Knight has vowed to bring home the gold medal from PyeongChang, which would be a first for the Americans in 20 years. USA WOMEN The women have spent the last four years training to beat Canada in Korea. Knight, a 27-year-old for- ward who has played on the © ADOBE STOCK USA women’s national team since 2006, and fellow veteran Monique Lamoureux- round support. The sides The U.S. Olympic women’s Austin Matthews won’t be Washington Capitals. Morando lead the way. made an agreement and the hockey team begins its quest playing in South Korea. • Former Hershey Bears for- The team made headlines in women won the tournament for a gold medal on Feb.
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