The 23rd Winter Olympics are being held in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9th - 25th February, 2018. Here are some of the best websites to discover more about the games, PyeongChang, and the 15 sports involved. Australia will be sending our first Indigenous Winter Olympian, Harley Windsor.
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Winter Olympics - Salt Lake City 2002 - Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom .Italy's Lidia Trettel. [Photography]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/search/158_2462752/1/158_2462752/cite
The game venues can be found around two locations: the Pyeongchang mountains and the Gangneung coastal area.
- Pyeongchang mountain cluster: Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, Alpensia Biatholon Centre, Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, Alpensia Sliding Centre, Alpensia Cross-Country Sking Centre, Yongpyong Alpine Centre, Bokwang Snow Park, and the Jeongseon Alpine Centre
- Gangneung coastal cluster: Gangneung Oval, Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Ice Arena, and the Gangneung Curling Centre.
South Korea won it's bid for the games on it's third attempt.
CIA World Factbook: South Korea.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html
Britannica Library: Kangwŏn.
http://library.eb.com.au/levels/teens/article/Kangw%C5%8Fn/44564
SPORTS
There are 15 sports in the Winter Olympics. Information on each sport can be found via the resources listed below.
ALPINE SKIING
Britannica Library: Alpine skiing
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/
BIATHLON
Britannica Library: Biathlon
International Biathlon Union
http://www.biathlonworld.com/
BOBSLEIGH
Britannica Library: Bobsledding
Official website of the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation: Latest results, news, videos, athletes, and slideshows.
http://www.fibt.com/
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Britannica Library: Cross-country skiing
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/
CURLING
Britannica Library: Curling
World Curling Federation.
http://www.worldcurling.org/
FIGURE SKATING
Britannica Library: Figure skating
International Skating Union: Covers figure skating, synchronised skating, speed skating, and short track.
https://www.isu.org/
FREESTYLE SKIING
Britannica Library: Freestyle skiing
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/freestyle-skiing/
ICE HOCKEY
Britannica Library: Ice hockey
International Ice Hockey Federation.
http://www.iihf.com/
LUGE
Britannica Library: Lugeing
International Luge Federation.
http://www.fil-luge.org/en/home
NORDIC COMBINED
Britannica Library: Nordic skiing
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Britannica Library: Short track speed skating
International Skating Union: Covers figure skating, synchronised skating, speed skating, and short track.
https://www.isu.org/
SKELETON
Britannica Library: Skeleton sledding
SKI JUMPING
Britannica Library: Ski jumping
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/
SNOWBOARD
Britannica Library: Snowboarding
International Ski Federation: Covers the sports of alpine sking, cross-country, freestyle sking, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.
http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/
SPEED SKATING
Britannica Library: Speed skating
International Skating Union: Covers figure skating, synchronised skating, speed skating, and short track.
https://www.isu.org/

1952 Winter Olympics. [Photography]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/search/115_3827141/1/115_3827141/cite
1952 Winter Olympics, The venue for the ski-jumping event at the Winter Olympics, the Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway, 25th February 1952. (Photo by Reg Birkett/Keystone/Getty Images)