When is olympics 2018

The sports include bobsleigh, curling, figure skating, luge, snowboard and ski jumping. The International Olympic Committee added some new events for the Winter Olympics: big air snowboarding, freestyle skiing, mass start speed skating and mixed doubles curling.

The International Olympic Committee announced in December that it was barring Russia's national Olympic committee from the Winter Olympics as a punishment for its alleged state-sponsored cover-up of doping by its athletes.

Some Russian athletes will still be allowed to participate in the Games by competing individually under a neutral Olympic flag. The International Olympic Committee said its report had not found any evidence that the Kremlin was aware of the doping cover-up, but confirmed the findings of previous investigations by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Those investigations uncovered evidence that Russia had concealed doping by hundreds of its athletes for years, aided by the country's intelligence services.

The cover-up reached a crescendo during the Winter Olympics hosted by Russia in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin said his government won't prevent athletes from competing in Winter Olympics under a neutral flag, but he questioned the premise of the ban if the International Olympic Committee concluded there was no state-sponsored system of doping. That, of course, is a big question. South Korean designer Lee Suk-woo created the medals for the Games.

Inspired by the texture of tree trunks, the medals feature a design of dynamic diagonal lines and three-dimensional characters from Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The teal and red ribbon from which the medal hangs was made using Gapsa, a traditional South Korean fabric, and is embroidered with Hangeul patterns and other designs. The gold medal weighs the most at grams. A total of sets of medals have been made for the Winter Olympics, according to the Games official website.

It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Alan Dawson. The Winter Olympics are in full swing and end on Sunday, February Winter Olympic sports include ice hockey, cross-country skiing, and bobsled. In , six new medaled events were added to the schedule.

Organizers said 2, athletes from 92 countries will compete this year. Two hundred and forty-two of those athletes are competing for Team USA — about 12 more than those who did in Sochi in While it is a record for the Winter Olympics, the number of those participating is still smaller than the number of athletes who regularly participate in the Summer Olympics. In Rio in , more than 10, athletes competed, with of them representing the U. Mikaela Shiffrin: Shiffrin will be the returning slalom champion this year, after being the youngest champion in that event in Olympics history in Sochi in At age 22, she currently has the second-most World Cup wins by an American woman — behind Vonn.

Lindsey Vonn: After injuries kept her out of the Olympics, Vonn is gearing up for a triumphant return. In , she was first American woman to ever win the gold medal in the downhill race. She has also won four overall World Cup championships. Maia and Alex Shibutani: The siblings are three-time World medalists, earning bronze in ice dancing in They appear to be the new pair to watch, after Sochi gold medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White announced they would not compete to defend their title in PyeongChang.

Erin Hamlin: A three-time Olympian, Hamlin was the first ever female American luger to win a medal in luge after taking home bronze in Sochi. Shaun White: A two-time Olympic gold medalist, White is focusing this year solely on the halfpipe. Though he won the event previously, White placed fourth in Sochi. The athlete also has the record for the most X Games gold medals.

At the U. Grand Prix at age 15, Kim became the first woman to land back-to-back s on the halfpipe, in an event where she scored a perfect points. After finishing fourth at the U. Figure Skating Championships in Jan. NBC is once again broadcasting the Olympics — but this time, the network is changing it up. In the past, U.