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| Feb.26 |
South Korea |
PyeongChang Games end with spectacular closing ceremony
Map of Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium Pyeongchang South Korea The Games ended with a softening of relations between the two Korean countries, who competed under a united flag | |
| Feb.22 |
South Korea |
Alina Zagitova wins gold for OAR in women's single figure skating
Fifteen-year-old Alina Zagitova won Olympic athletes from Russia's first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's single figure...
| Feb.19 |
South Korea |
Canada's Virtue & Moir ice dance champions for second time
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir held their nerve to become Olympic champions. They took their total to an overall world record of 206.07
| Feb.18 |
South Korea |
Krushelnitsky named as Russian suspected of failed doping test
A Russian athlete suspected of failing a doping test at the Winter Olympics has been named as medal-winning curler Alexander Krushelnitsky
| Feb.17 |
South Korea |
Bjoergen matches all-time medal record with relay gold for Norway
Marit Bjoergen now has a record of 13 career medals Saturday as she led Norway to gold in 4x5-kilometer cross-country skiing relay
| Feb.16 |
South Korea |
Lindsey Vonn misses medals in super G as Ester Ledecka earns shock win
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South Korea |
Yuzuru Hanyu Wins Figure Skating Gold Medal
Hanyu becoming the first men’s repeat champion since Dick Button of the United States in 1948 and 1952
| Feb.14 |
South Korea |
Shaun White lands historic third gold
White cemented his iconic status in the sport of snowboarding with a third Olympic halfpipe gold medal and a 100th overall at a Winter Games
| Feb.12 |
South Korea |
Japan's Kei Saito given first doping ban in Pyeongchang Japanese speed skater Kei Saito has become the first athlete to be excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics for a doping violation
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South Korea |
High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold
| Feb.11 |
South Korea |
Red Gerard wins United States' first gold in Pyeongchang
Gerard snatched a dramatic victory in the men's slopestyle to win the United States' first gold of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
| Feb.9 |
South Korea |
Olympics Opening Ceremony preaches a Games of 'peace'
Map of Olympic Stadium Pyeongchang South Korea A giant dove of peace lit up the night sky and athletes from North and South Korea walked in unison for the first time in 11 years
Famous South Korean singers sang John Lennon's 'Imagine'. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in described these Games as a 'festival and celebration of peace'
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| Jan.20 |
North Korea |
North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang
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| Feb.8 |
Switzerland |
Erik Guay becomes skiing's oldest world champion
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| Jul.19 |
Chile |
Extreme skier dies from injuries in Chile avalanche
| May.12 |
New York |
Secret Russian program helped Olympic medalists cheat drug tests |
| Mar.27 |
Southern France |
Skier falls from lift in French Pyrenees |
| Mar.16 |
Switzerland |
Peter Fill wins downhill shootout in St. Moritz |
| Mar.12 |
Alaska |
Snowmobile 'driven into dog-sleds' in Iditarod race |
| Feb.27 |
Southern France |
Lindsey Vonn suffers hairline knee fracture in crash |
| Feb.6 |
Western Canada |
After-hours visit to Calgary bobsled track leads to 2 deaths |
| Jan.23 |
Northern Italy |
Lindsey Vonn breaks record with 37th downhill win |
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| Jul.31 |
Beijing |
Beijing chosen to stage Winter Games Beijing is set to become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics after it was chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Game...
| Jan.31 |
Switzerland |
4 dead after avalanche hits group of skiers |
| Jan.18 |
Northern Italy |
Vonn equals World Cup record |
| Jan.5 |
Austria |
2 US ski team prospects killed in avalanche
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| Dec.7 |
Western Canada |
Skiing: Vonn leads U.S. clean sweep |
| Mar.8 |
Sochi |
Ukraine beat Russia to biathlon gold |
| Mar.7 |
Sochi |
Winter Paralympics open in Sochi
| Feb.23 |
Sochi |
Olympics closing ceremony is trip through Russian culture The ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Sunday night took viewers through what organizers called an artistic look at Russian culture
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Sochi |
Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win Olympic ice hockey gold Jonathan Toews, Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz scored as Canada became the first team to retain the Olympic hockey title since the Soviet Un...
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Sochi |
Zubkov wins double bobsled gold for Russia |
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Sochi |
Legkov leads Russian sweep of XC 50K |
| Feb.22 |
Sochi |
Finland routs U.S. 5-0 for hockey bronze |
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Sochi |
Russia's Wild wins second snowboard gold
| Feb.20 |
Sochi |
Sotnikova makes history for Russia
| Feb.19 |
Sochi |
Bjoerndalen wins 13th Winter Olympic medal
| Feb.17 |
Sochi |
U.S. duo Davis and White skate to historic gold
| Feb.12 |
Sochi |
Russia's Volosozhar, Trankov win pairs gold
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Sochi |
Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze share women's downhill gold title
| Feb.9 |
Sochi |
Russia claimed their first gold medal of Sochi 2014
| Feb.8 |
Sochi |
Sochi's 1st gold: Kotsenburg of US wins slopestyle
| Feb.7 |
Sochi |
Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
Map of Fisht Stadium Russia Athletes from 87 nations paraded before 40,000 people in the Fisht Stadium before president Vladimir Putin declared the Games open
The Olympic flame was lit by Russian former triple gold medallists Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina as fireworks illuminated the sky. At a cost of $50bn, the Games is the most expensive Olympics in history even though Olympic ring doesn't open at the ceremony
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| Feb.4 |
Sochi |
Putin arrives in Sochi ahead of Winter Olympics
| Jan.7 |
USA |
Lindsey Vonn: Injured Olympic champion out of Sochi 2014
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| Dec.29 |
Southern France |
Schumacher critical after ski fall
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Southern France |
Schumacher injured in skiing accident in France
Map of Meribel France Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has suffered a head injury while skiing in Meribel, France | |
| Oct.28 |
Sochi |
Putin: 'Gays welcome at Sochi Olympics' Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted gay and lesbian athletes have nothing to fear at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi
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| Jul.6 |
South Korea |
S. Korean to host 2018 Winter Olympics
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| Mar.1 |
Moscow |
Medvedev rips Olympic 'fat cats'
| Feb.28 |
Vancouver |
Vancouver bids Olympics farewell
| Feb.25 |
Vancouver |
Korea's Kim skates to gold
| Feb.22 |
Vancouver |
Canada Wins Ice Dancing Gold
| Feb.21 |
Georgia |
Luger killed at Olympics laid to rest
| Feb.20 |
Vancouver |
Ammann wins fourth ski jump gold
| Feb.15 |
Georgia |
Luger 'had fears over Olympic track'
| Feb.13 |
Vancouver |
Luge resumes with safety changes
| Feb.12 |
Vancouver |
Luger killed in Olympics practice crash Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, a luge slider from Georgia was crashed during an Olympic training session hours before the opening ceremony
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| Mar.13 |
Northern Italy |
Miller claims overall World Cup title |
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| Jul.4 |
Guatemala |
Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics
The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
| Mar.18 |
Switzerland |
Hosp is women's World Cup champion |
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| May.1 |
Switzerland |
Former skiing star shot, killed |
| Feb.26 |
Turin |
Spectacular ceremony closes Games
Map of Torino Italy The Torino Olympics have a closing ceremony in the form of a carnival celebration marking the finish of 17 days
| Feb.25 |
Italy |
Greis collects third biathlon gold |
| Feb.23 |
Northern Italy |
Arakawa wins historic skating gold |
| Feb.20 |
Italy |
Navka, Kostomarov seized ice dance gold |
| Feb.16 |
Italy |
Plushenko storms to skating glory |
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Turin |
Smigun clinches second gold medal |
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Italy |
Russian biathlete tested positive |
| Feb.13 |
Italy |
Pairs drama as Russians take gold |
| Feb.12 |
Italy |
Deneriaz flies to downhill victory |
| Feb.11 |
Turin |
Germany's Greis claims first gold |
| Feb.10 |
Turin |
Torino Olympics open in spectacular style The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture | |
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| Jan.29 |
Italy |
Golden Miller clinches title glory |
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| Jul.2 |
Czech Republic |
2010 Winter Games given to Vancouver The International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver over bids from Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea
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| Feb.24 |
Utah |
Curtain falls on Winter Olympics |
| Feb.21 |
Utah |
Hughes edges Slutskaya, Kwan for gold |
| Feb.15 |
Utah |
Correction gold medal; judge suspended Russians grumbled after Olympic officials awarded a second gold medal to Canadians in a disputed figure-skating event
| Feb.9 |
Utah |
First gold of Winter Games |
| Feb.8 |
Utah |
Winter Olympics opened The 19th Winter Olympics opened with a parade of the American flag recovered from the World Trade Centre
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| Dec.29 |
Italy |
Strobl leads another Austrian sweep |