The 2018 Winter Olympics taking place for the first time in 30 years in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 9-25 2018. It will be the first Winter Olympic Games and second Olympic Games in South Korea. Pyeongchang will also be the first Asian city outside of Japan to host the Winter games. Many other countries like Germany and France applied to be the host countries for The Winter Olympics.”2018 Olympic Winter Games will no doubt expose new generations of potential athletes to the power of winter sports.” The Winter Olympic Games is an international winter multi-sporting event, including the events: Bobsled, Speed Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Curling, Skeleton, Luge, Nordic Combined and Short Track. Many of these events are self explanatory but some are not.

Here are an explanation of the events:

-Cross Country Skiing: is a form of skiing where the skier relies on his own motion and move across a snow terrain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fredVDoCUAU

-Snowboarding: is composed of doing trick like, Giant Parallel Slalom, Half-Pipe, Parallel Slalom, Snowboard cross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLWwRIEZrC4

–Bobsled: is timed run down narrow, banked, ice tracks in  a sled that runs on gravity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTd6DqAdWoE

-Figure Skating: is an elegant dance on ice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrVL5tM926s

-Short Track Skating: where athletes compete each other on an ice track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAADWfJO2qM 

-Freestyle Skiing: doing tricks on slopes like, Half-pipe, Aerials, Moguls, Ski cross and Slope style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_hux-Z6Ll0

-Curling: is an event with 4 players on a team and they’re allowed to deliver(slide) across the ice twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_03ZG1L5nc

-Skeleton: is putting your total weight on a sled, the weight varies on whether you are a man or a woman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8WDgnpvqdo

-Luge: is when the athlete is on a small sled and is facing up and feet first (can be single or double).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oshZNFf-Fc

-Nordic Combined: a combination of Cross Country Skiing and Ski Jumping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmoo8ZPBuio

-Biathlon: a mix of cross country skiing and target shooting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN7l1ztW-wI