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Winter Olympics 2018, Winter Olympics 2018 | Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018 South Korea’ The three cities vying for the 2018 Winter Olympics will make presentations Wednesday in Switzerland in hopes of selling IOC members on the strength of their respective bids. The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018.
Pyeongchang, South Korea is considered the overwhelming favorite to win the July 6 vote, with Munich and Annecy, France trying to pull the upset and bring the Winter Games back to Europe for what would be the second consecutive Olympics. The winning bid was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the 123rd IOC Session in Durban. The two other candidates which applied to host the game were Annecy, France, and Munich, Germany.
According to the IIHF’s Global Survey of Players and Rinks, Korea had 1,607 licensed ice hockey players (124 female) in 2009-2010. As Ted Starkey of the Washington Times notes, this is “slightly less than the number of hockey players in Kentucky.”When the strength of the Pyeongchang bid is discussed, there are two factors usually involved: It’s the third consecutive Games for which the city has bid (and each prior bid has been considered flawless) and the city isn’t in Europe.
A chorus of 2,018 people (get it?) performed in Seoul during a celebration earlier this week that was broadcast live on national television. Obviously, this is exciting news for the growth of hockey in Asian markets and internationally. It’s also news that hockey’s superpowers have a new enemy to worry about in seven years. Thousands more attended the concert, which was the second held by South Korea since Pyeongchang was announced as a bid finalist.
Pyeongchang, South Korea is considered the overwhelming favorite to win the July 6 vote, with Munich and Annecy, France trying to pull the upset and bring the Winter Games back to Europe for what would be the second consecutive Olympics. The winning bid was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the 123rd IOC Session in Durban. The two other candidates which applied to host the game were Annecy, France, and Munich, Germany.According to the IIHF’s Global Survey of Players and Rinks, Korea had 1,607 licensed ice hockey players (124 female) in 2009-2010. As Ted Starkey of the Washington Times notes, this is “slightly less than the number of hockey players in Kentucky.”When the strength of the Pyeongchang bid is discussed, there are two factors usually involved: It’s the third consecutive Games for which the city has bid (and each prior bid has been considered flawless) and the city isn’t in Europe.
A chorus of 2,018 people (get it?) performed in Seoul during a celebration earlier this week that was broadcast live on national television. Obviously, this is exciting news for the growth of hockey in Asian markets and internationally. It’s also news that hockey’s superpowers have a new enemy to worry about in seven years. Thousands more attended the concert, which was the second held by South Korea since Pyeongchang was announced as a bid finalist.
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