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Purpose Built $200-Million Olympic Alpine Center in PyeongChang to Be Destroyed at Cost of $71-Million

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The Korea Forest Service recently made a request to the local Government that the $200m Jeongseon Alpine Center, which was built for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic alpine events, be destroyed and the area returned to its natural condition, reports Powder. Over 58,000 trees were removed and many locals in the small village of Sukam at the base of the venue […]
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PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 Made a $55-Million Profit

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The Organising Committee for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 (POCOG) has announced a profit of at least $55-million while presenting its final report at the 133rd IOC Session, reports Snow Industry News. PyeongChang 2018 generated a total revenue of $2.245-billion with an expenditure of $2.190 billion, leaving POCOG with a profit of at least $55-million. This remarkable achievement is a […]
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Hosting the Winter Olympics: Profitable or a Money Pit?

During last week’s debrief of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, the President of the Organizing Committee, Lee Hee-Beom, declared PyeongChang 2018 a success.  Lee predicts Beijing will break even or make a profit in 2022. “I was pleased to say that PyeongChang 2018 can already announce a multimillion-dollar surplus,” President Lee said. “It seems that Beijing will continue with this trend of […]
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Did the Winter Olympics Motivate Viewers to Get Out there and Participate? SIA Releases Latest Research Data (Spoiler: NO)

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The Snowsports Industries America (SIA) just released their latest research on how the PyeongChang Winter Olympics impacted viewers and the subsequent participation of those sports. Turns out, the Olympics had a very little impact on viewers, with almost 70 percent saying that watching the events had no impact on their desire to participate. Other nuggets of info to be taken […]
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Sixty Athletes Won’t be Accepting the White House Invite to Celebrate their Achievements in PyeongChang

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On Friday, April 27, around 200 2018 Winter Olympic athletes will visit the White House, accepting an invitation from President Trump to celebrate their achievements at the PyeongChang Games. However, many familiar faces from the Games will be missing from the White House festivities, reports Bustle.com. Indeed, some athletes have specifically indicated that they will not be attending due to […]
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Surfer Who was Attacked by TWO Sharks Took up Snowboarding in 2015 as Part of Recovery | Competed in Paralympics on Monday

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Australian Sean Pollard’s life was changed in just a couple of minutes when he was attacked by TWO Great White sharks while surfing in Esperance in October 2014, losing his left arm and his right hand in his struggle to escape, reports the Guardian. As a result of the attack, he needed seven blood transfusions amounting to three liters of […]
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Colorado Wins More Winter Olympic Medals than 78 Countries

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Team USA finished fourth in the country count, with 23 medals: nine gold, eight silver, six bronze. That’s the smallest medal haul in a Winter Olympics since 1998, and without Colorado’s contributions, it would have been much, much grimmer, reports westword.com. Coloradans will be bringing home medals in eight individual events: two for skier Mikaela Shiffrin and one apiece for Gerard, Gold, freestyle […]
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United States Olympic Committee Pays $37,500 to an Athlete Winning Gold | Who are the Richest Winter Athletes?

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Top US Winter Olympians like skier Lindsey Vonn and snowboarder Shaun White converted medals into financial rewards when they competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, reports Fox Business. The United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) “Operation Gold” ensures that any American athlete who wins a medal at this year’s games will take home a bonus. Gold medals […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Wins a Silver Medal in the Women’s Combined | Lindsey Vonn Failed to Finish Slalom

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Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin faced off for the first, and last, time in the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday morning and afternoon (Wednesday night and Thursday morning stateside) in the women’s alpine skiing combined, a set of two races in which the fastest total time determines the winner. Shiffrin earned silver, behind Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin. Vonn, who came on strong in the first of […]
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Thursday 22nd February | Today’s Olympic Schedule… When and Where to Watch

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Today’s original schedule is below, all times are PST. Don’t forget, these are the times you can watch them on your TV, not necessarily the times they are happening live. For live streaming, head to NBC. Curling: Men’s & Women’s Tiebreaker – 12:15am NBCSN Men’s Nordic Combined, Women’s Biathlon Relay – 2:20am NBCSN Short Track Speed Skating: Men’s 500m Finals, Women’s […]
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Lindsey Vonn takes Bronze in Possibly her Final Ever Olympic Run | Oldest Female Alpine Skiing Medalist

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Lindsey Vonn, one of the United States’ most famous Olympians, won a bronze medal Wednesday, becoming the oldest female medalist in Alpine skiing at the Winter Games in what will likely be her final downhill run, reports Fox News. Vonn, 33, surpassed Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister, who was just shy of her 33rd birthday when she won the downhill and the super-G […]
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Liz Swaney Exploits Olympic Loophole to Qualify for Games | Completes Halfpipe Run without a Single Trick

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Liz Swaney may not be hitting the Olympic halfpipe as hard as the other Olympic skiers, but she’s definitely living her life at full send, reports TGR. Her score in the women’s ski halfpipe qualifiers wasn’t groundbreaking, a mere 31.40, but what is compelling is the full life this 33-year-old has had. Swaney, born and raised in the United States but […]
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