– Ashwal Singh (New Delhi)
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and in common tongue known as Pyeongchang 2018, is an ongoing international multi sport event hosted by the county of Pyeonchang, South Korea. It is the second Olympics held in the country, the first being the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and it’s the first time since 1988 that the Winter Olympics are held in Asia.
The Winter Olympics will kick start from 8th February and will end on 25th February 2018. The games feature 102 events in 15 sports, including the addition of big air snowboarding, mass start, speed skating, mixed doubles coupling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic program.
A total of 2,952 athletes from 92 National Olympic Committees are slated to compete, including the debut of Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore.
India is represented by just two athletes: Luger Shiva Keshavan and cross-country skier Jagdish Singh.
Countries stand in following order after 5 days of the event:
first time I have got detailed about Winter Olympic Games and also about its hosting first time in Asian Country and India’s participation.